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name: "Martha Coolidge"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 August 1946"
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updated: "2026-09-17T00:11:11.301339+00:00"
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# Martha Coolidge

Director. Born 17 August 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 August 1946, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

## Biography

Martha Coolidge is an American film and television director. Born on 17 August 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, she studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she became the first film major, and later earned an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

She began her career directing documentaries before making her feature debut with *Not a Pretty Picture* (1975). Her breakthrough came with the independent film *Valley Girl* (1983). Subsequent feature credits include *Real Genius* (1985) and *Rambling Rose* (1991). She has also directed episodes of series including *Weeds* (2005), *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000) and *Sex and the City* (1998). Coolidge served as the first female president of the Directors Guild of America from 2002 to 2003.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikimili.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Weeds* (2005), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)

## Also known for

- *Siren* (2018), Director
- *Sex and the City* (1998), Director
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), Director
- *The Prince & Me* (2004), Director
- *Psych* (2006), Director
- *Real Genius* (1985), Director
- *Material Girls* (2006), Director
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), Director

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