Martha Coolidge

Directing

Martha Coolidge

Born

1946-08-17 (80)

Place of birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

56 titles

Martha Coolidge is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America. She has directed such films as Valley Girl, Real Genius and Rambling Rose.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 5 titles

1990s · 2 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Prince & Me poster
6.2

A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige and Edward come from two different worlds, but there is an undeniable attraction between them.

The Prince & Me

2004

Material Girls poster
5.3

Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.

Material Girls

2006

Real Genius poster
6.7

When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.

Real Genius

1985

Valley Girl poster
6.0

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Valley Girl

1983

Out to Sea poster
5.8

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.

Out to Sea

1997

If These Walls Could Talk 2 poster
6.5

The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.

If These Walls Could Talk 2

2000

I'll Find You poster
5.5

Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 40s. Two young lovers, Robert, a Catholic opera singer, and Rachel, a Jewish violin virtuoso, dream of one day performing together at legendary Carnegie Hall. When they're torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what the war may bring. His search leads him on a life-threatening journey through the heart of Nazi Germany, to a reckoning that Rachel may be lost to him forever.

I'll Find You

2019

Plain Clothes poster
6.1

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.

Plain Clothes

1988

Three Wishes poster
6.3

While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack struggles to adapt their lifestyle, and finds himself loved by the family.

Three Wishes

1995

Rambling Rose poster
6.2

In the Deep South of the 1930s, Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

Rambling Rose

1991

12 Days of Christmas Eve poster
5.3

Calvin Carter, a successful business executive, has it all, but neglects those closest to him. On Christmas Eve, all that changes when the sign on his office building falls on him. He awakes in a hospital bed, attended to by Angie, a nurse who soon lets him know he has 12 days (12 chances) to get his act together and achieve the "perfect" Christmas Eve. If he doesn't, there will be dire consequences.

12 Days of Christmas Eve

2004

Nora Roberts' Tribute poster
5.7

A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother, who died of a supposed overdose in the house more than 30 years ago.

Nora Roberts' Tribute

2009

The Flamingo Rising poster
5.0

When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral home. As Lee's many promotional ideas become more and more outrageous, he continues to enrage Knight until one of the promotions backfires with grave consequences.

The Flamingo Rising

2001

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge poster
6.4

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999

Joy of Sex poster
4.1

Mistakenly believing that she has just weeks to live, teenager Leslie Hindenberg tries to lose her virginity before she dies.

Joy of Sex

1984

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong poster
6.5

A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

2009

Angie poster
5.8

Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire close-knit neighborhood upside-down and starts Angie on a journey of self-discovery.

Angie

1994

Bare Essentials poster
3.9

A couple leaves for a vacation on a tropical island and finds happiness and love... just not with each-other.

Bare Essentials

1991

Not a Pretty Picture poster
6.7

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

Not a Pretty Picture

1976

Not a Pretty Picture poster
6.7

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

Not a Pretty Picture

1976

Not a Pretty Picture poster
6.7

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

Not a Pretty Picture

1976

Trenchcoat in Paradise poster
5.7

Eddie Mazda is a hard nosed private eye who gets in too close to the mob and is forced to leave Jersey City. He decides to open up shop in Hawaii.

Trenchcoat in Paradise

1989

Lost in Yonkers poster
6.3

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

Lost in Yonkers

1993

The City Girl poster
8.0

A female photographer who is engaged to a businessman investigates a cult in the local club scene. By living out some of her sexual fantasies, she faces the truth about her life and helps one of the cult's victims escape.

The City Girl

1984

The City Girl poster
8.0

A female photographer who is engaged to a businessman investigates a cult in the local club scene. By living out some of her sexual fantasies, she faces the truth about her life and helps one of the cult's victims escape.

The City Girl

1984

Crazy in Love poster
4.6

Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their men with whom they have no end of problems.

Crazy in Love

1992

The Ponder Heart poster
5.7

Uncle Daniel Ponder moves to give away his fortune, while his niece, Edna Earle, tries to tighten the reins on Daniel's generosity. After Daniel marries teenager Bonnie Dee Peacock, her death leads to Daniel's trial for murder

The Ponder Heart

2001

Old-Fashioned Woman poster
7.3

Documentary on the filmmaker's grandmother, Mabel Tilton, reflecting on her life as an independent woman.

Old-Fashioned Woman

1974

Old-Fashioned Woman poster
7.3

Documentary on the filmmaker's grandmother, Mabel Tilton, reflecting on her life as an independent woman.

Old-Fashioned Woman

1974

Old-Fashioned Woman poster
7.3

Documentary on the filmmaker's grandmother, Mabel Tilton, reflecting on her life as an independent woman.

Old-Fashioned Woman

1974

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8.0

A documentary portrait of a young man's middle class childhood and his struggle with drugs and his reasons to live.

David: Off and On

1972

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8.0

A documentary portrait of a young man's middle class childhood and his struggle with drugs and his reasons to live.

David: Off and On

1972

No artwork available
8.0

A documentary portrait of a young man's middle class childhood and his struggle with drugs and his reasons to live.

David: Off and On

1972

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8.0

A documentary following the lives of several students involved in an experimental "school without walls" program at a Long Island high school.

More Than a School

1973

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10.0

Employment Discrimination: The Troubleshooters is a 1976 drama film directed by Martha Coolidge, focusing on workplace discrimination issues.

Employment Discrimination: The Troubleshooters

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NR

A blunt and human encounter between a nurse and an aging man.

Passing Quietly Through

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