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.

She works in an actor-driven process emphasizing improvisation in rehearsal and on set, and her work comprises character-driven stories often following women with bad personalities through humiliating and confrontational situations. She obtained a film directing certificate from FAMU, the film and television school in Prague, and BAs in music composition and film from American University.

Her thesis short EVERY MAN IN NEW YORK IS NAMED ANDREW, an improv-driven comedy shot on black and white 16mm film, completed production in September 2024 after a successful crowdfunding and social media marketing campaign, and her recently completed short film SHINER will screen at the Montclair Film Festival and Buffalo International Film Festival in October.