Lily Mariye (born September 25, 1964) is an American television director, filmmaker and actress.
Lily Mariye | |
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| Born | September 25, 1964 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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| Website | http://www.lilymariye.net/ |
Early life
editMariye was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from UCLA with a BA in theater arts.
Career
editFrom 1994 to 2009 she had a regular role as nurse Lily Jarvik on the NBC television series ER. She has appeared in many films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Mighty Joe Young, The Shadow, The New Age, The Doctor and Extraordinary Measures. Mariye has guest-starred in over 25 television shows including Teen Wolf, Criminal Minds, Shameless, NCIS L.A., Judging Amy, Ally McBeal, Family Ties, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Chicago Hope. She is also an award-winning theatre actress, performing in New York, Los Angeles and other regional theatres around the country.
Mariye's debut feature film as a writer and director, Model Minority had its world premiere at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it received three awards: Special Jury Outstanding Director, Breakthrough Performance by a New Actor and Outstanding Cinematography as well as being a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize in Narrative Feature Filmmaking. Model Minority also won Best Micro-Budget Film and Best Female Director at The London Independent Film Festival, and Outstanding Feature at The Sacramento International Film Festival.
She has written several full-length screenplays, one of which, The Shangri-la Cafe, was accepted into the second round of the application process for development in the Sundance Feature Film Labs. The Shangri-la Cafe won Best Screenplay at the Ohio International Independent Film Festival and the Gaffers Film Festival, and won her a grant from the AFI Conservatory's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, 13th Cycle. While at AFI she produced and directed an award-winning short film version of the script (Best Short Film Award - Moondance International Film Festival, Best Screenplay Award - Brussels Independent Film Festival). The short film version of The Shangri-la Cafe was included on a DVD release of AFI shorts entitled Celebrating AFI.
In 2012 Mariye was chosen to participate in the Disney/ABC/DGA Directing Program.
In 2016 she directed Episode 14, Season 4 of ABC's Nashville and Episode 4 after Nashville (season 5) moved to CMT. She also directed an episode of Season 2 of Amazon's Just Add Magic and episode 17, Season 4 of Freeform's The Fosters.
In 2017 she participated in The CBS Directing Initiative.
Also in 2017, Mariye directed episodes of Chicago P.D., NCIS: Los Angeles and helmed her third episode on Nashville (season 6).
In 2018 Mariye directed two episodes of CBS's Criminal Minds, Chicago P.D., NCIS: Los Angeles, MacGyver and The Enemy Within.
In 2018 she received a DGA Award Nomination at the 70th Annual DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Program for her work on Just Add Magic.
Mariye also received the Visionary Award from East West Players in April 2018 for her contributions in raising "the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through [her] craft."[1]
Personal life
editA resident of Los Angeles, Mariye lives with her husband, saxophonist Boney James.
Directing credits
edit| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| The Walking Dead | 2022 | TV series |
| Promised Land | 2022 | |
| The Walking Dead: World Beyond | 2021 | |
| Council of Dads | 2020 | |
| Prodigal Son | ||
| MacGyver | ||
| The Terror | 2019 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | ||
| Stumptown | ||
| How To Get Away With Murder | ||
| MacGyver | ||
| The Enemy Within | ||
| MacGyver | 2018 | |
| Criminal Minds | ||
| NCIS: Los Angeles | ||
| Chicago P.D. | ||
| Criminal Minds | ||
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 2017 | |
| Chicago P.D. | ||
| Nashville | ||
| The Fosters | ||
| Nashville | ||
| Just Add Magic | ||
| Nashville | 2016 | |
| Model Minority | 2012 | Feature Film |
| The Shangri-la Cafe | 2000 | Short Film |
Acting credits
editFilm
edit| Title | Director |
|---|---|
| Extraordinary Measures | Tom Vaughan |
| Hancock | Peter Berg |
| American Pie Presents: Band Camp | Dr. Susan Choi |
| Mighty Joe Young (1998 film) | Ron Underwood |
| Signs and Wonders | Maurice Phillips |
| The Shadow | Russell Mulcahy |
| California Myth | Michel Katz |
| The New Age | Michael Tolkin |
| Ted & Venus | Bud Cort |
| The Doctor | Randa Haines |
| Switch | Blake Edwards |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Colin Higgins |
Television
edit| Title | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|
| General Hospital | Frank Valentini | Guest star |
| Criminal Minds | Glenn Kershaw | Guest star |
| Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) | Tim Andrew et al. | Recurring |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Eric Laneuville | Guest star |
| Shameless | John Dahl | Guest star |
| Judging Amy | James Kramer | Guest star |
| ER | Lesli Linka Glatter (et al.) | Recurring, 15 seasons |
| Ally McBeal | Billy Dickson | Guest star |
| Reunited | Asaad Kelada | Recurring |
| Chicago Hope | Sandy Smolin | Guest star |
| Melrose Place | James Darren | Guest star, 2 episodes |
| Murphy Brown | Barnet Kellman | Guest star |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | David Carson | Guest star, "Emissary" |
| Family Ties | John Pasquin | Guest star ("Eleanor"), S3 E8 "Best Man" |
Theatre
edit| Title | Director | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tea (Dramalogue Award) | Julianne Boyd | Manhattan Theatre Club, NY Old Globe Theatre, San Diego |
| Kokoro (L.A Weekly Best Actress nomination) | Jan Lewis | Odyssey Theatre |
| Into the Woods | DTim Dang | East/West Players |
| Delicacies | Bruce Whitney | |
| Runaways | Matt Casella | Richmond Shepard |
| Trojan Women | CBS Studios | |
| The Bacchae | Mark Taper Workshop | |
| Pastorale | Susan Dietz | Beverly Hills Playhouse |
| Cabaret | John Allison | |
| Kimchee & Chitlins | Mark Taper Workshop | |
| Daniel in Babylon | Matt Casella | L.A. Stage Co. |
| Lesbian Seagulls | Catherine Coke | Celebration Theatre, L.A. |
References
edit- ^ Wood, Ximón. "East West Players 52nd Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction Honors Tzi Ma, Lily Mariye, and the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund on Monday, April 30, 2018 at Hilton Universal City". East West Players. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
External links
edit- Lily Mariye at IMDb
- Lily Mariye at Rotten Tomatoes
- "USAsians.net: Latest News for September 2002". Retrieved April 11, 2008.