Biography
Marilyn Ness is a two-time Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont Award-winning filmmaker, working as a producer and a director. Her most recent film, Cameraperson (dir. Kirsten Johnson) premiered at Sundance 2016, was released by the Criterion Collection, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Academy Awards. Marilyn produced Trapped (dir. Dawn Porter) which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, received the Jury Prize for Social Impact Filmmaking and screened nationally on PBS. She also produced Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman's feature documentary E-TEAM, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2014 and was bought by Netflix Original, as well as Johanna Hamilton's feature documentary 1971 which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was broadcast on Independent Lens in 2015. She directed the documentary feature film Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale that broadcast nationally on PBS in 2011.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Holding Liat
Role: Consulting Producer
MOVIE • 2025
The Easy Kind
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2024
Camp Courage
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2023
Becoming
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2020
Charm City
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
Charm City
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2018
Cameraperson
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2016
Trapped
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2016
The Above
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2015
1971
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2014
E-Team
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2014
The Honor Code
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2012
Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2010
Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2010
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Role: Associate Producer
MOVIE • 1999