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Maria Burton is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 1 august 1961
Maria Burton is an American director, producer and actor. She and her four sisters have a production company, Five Sisters Productions.
Burton directed the feature films Manna From Heaven (2002), Just Friends (1996), Temps (1999), and co-directed the 2007 documentary Sign My Snarling Movie. She produced The Happiest Day of His Life (2007) and Julia Sweeney's Letting Go of God. Burton also acts in fims. She lectures on filmmaking at film schools such as USC, AFI, and the Rockport Institute.
Burton graduated from Yale University with a degree in theater and filmmaking. Her play, The Litany of the Clothes won first prize in the Earth Daughters' playwriting contest. In Los Angeles, Burton continues her live theater activities.
She is co-chair of the board of The Alliance of Women Directors and on the advisory board of Global Girl Media.
Her recent work includes the short film Stephen Kanner: A Retrospective, and commercials for the "Faces of Ford" campaign for Ford Motor Company., Her next feature film is a drama inspired by the "Mercury 13" women who were tested for the original astronaut program in 1961-62.
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Burton directed the feature films Manna From Heaven (2002), Just Friends (1996), Temps (1999), and co-directed the 2007 documentary Sign My Snarling Movie. She produced The Happiest Day of His Life (2007) and Julia Sweeney's Letting Go of God. Burton also acts in fims. She lectures on filmmaking at film schools such as USC, AFI, and the Rockport Institute.
Burton graduated from Yale University with a degree in theater and filmmaking. Her play, The Litany of the Clothes won first prize in the Earth Daughters' playwriting contest. In Los Angeles, Burton continues her live theater activities.
She is co-chair of the board of The Alliance of Women Directors and on the advisory board of Global Girl Media.
Her recent work includes the short film Stephen Kanner: A Retrospective, and commercials for the "Faces of Ford" campaign for Ford Motor Company., Her next feature film is a drama inspired by the "Mercury 13" women who were tested for the original astronaut program in 1961-62.
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Manna from Heaven (2002)
, 1h59Directed by Maria Burton, Maria Burton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Seymour Cassel, Louise Fletcher, Frank Gorshin, Austin Pendleton
Roles Ramona
Rating53%
Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.
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A Sort of Homecoming (2015)
Directed by Maria Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Michelle Clunie, Laura Marano, Katherine McNamara, Kathleen Wilhoite, Lara Grice, Jaqueline Fleming
Rating56%
The protagonist, Amy Hartington returns to her home town in Louisiana from her career in New York City upon request of her high school debate coach. In flashbacks, she recalls her senior year, the politics surrounding debate competitions and her relationship with Nick (Parker Mack), her debate partner.
Manna from Heaven (2002)
, 1h59Directed by Maria Burton, Maria Burton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Seymour Cassel, Louise Fletcher, Frank Gorshin, Austin Pendleton
Rating53%
Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.
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Manna from Heaven (2002)
, 1h59Directed by Maria Burton, Maria Burton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Seymour Cassel, Louise Fletcher, Frank Gorshin, Austin Pendleton
Roles Producer
Rating53%
Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.