Marya E. Gates is a freelance film writer based in Chicago. She studied Comparative Literature at U.C. Berkeley, and also has an overpriced and underused MFA in Film Production. Other bylines include Letterboxd, Indiewire, Reverse Shot, Autostraddle, Inverse, Moviefone, The Playlist, Crooked Marquee, Nerdist, and Vulture. Her newsletter Cool People Have Feelings, Too is home of the Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide. Her first book “Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words” is available now from Rizzoli.

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