NORA MARRIS is a director and writer from Buffalo, New York. She is based in NYC and is an MFA Film Directing/Screenwriting candidate at Columbia University School of the Arts.

Her work comprises character-driven stories often following abrasive women and toeing the line between comedy and drama. She obtained a film directing certificate from FAMU, the film and television school in Prague, Czechia, and BAs in music composition and film from American University.

Her short film SHINER recently completed post-production, and she is currently in pre-production of her thesis short filming in New York this summer, which will be based on improvisation with the actors and shot on black and white 16mm film.