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Michelle Memran is a filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. As a journalist in NYC, she has written for The New York Times, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and American Theatre magazine. Memran’s highly acclaimed debut feature documentary on playwright Maria Irene Fornes, <a href="https://www.therestimakeup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.therestimakeup.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626267442316000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG0I6GQcoB9MC_ErN5Ug_fCzNFPmQ">The Rest I Make Up</a>, premiered at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight Series and was called one of &#8220;The Best Movies of 2018” by The New Yorker&#8216;s Richard Brody. As a visual artist, her oil pastel portraits have been commissioned by The New York Times Book Review, as well as by various theatrical and film productions.

Michelle Memran

Film

Start With One Face, End With Another: How Uncertainty in Art Quells Uncertainty in Life

How I Survived Cancer and Finishing a 15-Year Documentary