Brit Marling: Writer, Director, Showrunner, and Actor

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4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Before becoming an entertainment powerhouse, Brit Marling was headed toward the world of investment banking. But during a college internship at Goldman Sachs, her gut told her that finance wasn’t the field she should be in. With a desire to tell stories, she soon pivoted into independent filmmaking. In 2011, she made a major splash in the entertainment industry when her films Another Earth and Sound of My Voice premiered side by side at the Sundance Film Festival. Both films were nominated for Independent Spirit Awards and picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight, and in the years following, Brit went on to create massive hits like The East and The OA. Now, she’s evolving her career yet again: In November, Marling made her television directorial debut on the FX murder mystery show Murder at the End of the World starring Emma Corrin. Catch the finale of the series tomorrow, December 19.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone it's Hillary we are going to be taking a short break next week but
0:06.2	We'll be back with a new episode of second life on January 1st
0:11.0	Happy holidays and see you next year.
0:14.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of who what where, and this is
0:26.7	Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:33.0	We're talking about their work journeys,
0:35.0	what they've learned from the process of setting aside their doubts or fears,
0:40.0	and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:43.6	Today, I'm speaking with director, showrunner,
0:47.6	writer, and actor, Britt Marlin.
0:51.1	You may be surprised to learn that before becoming an entertainment powerhouse,
0:55.0	Britt was actually headed toward the world of investment banking.
1:00.0	While double majoring in economics and studio art at Georgetown University,
1:04.9	Britt took an internship at Goldman Sachs, but her gut told her that finance wasn't right for her.
1:11.5	With a desire to tell stories she pivoted into filmmaking.
1:16.0	In 2011 she made a major splash in the industry when her films Another Earth and
1:22.2	sound of my voice premiered. when her films, Another Earth and Sound of My Voice, premiered side by side at Sundance Film Festival.
1:28.6	Both films were nominated for Independent Spirit Awards and picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight.
1:35.3	And in the years following, Britt went on to create massive hits like the East and the OA.
1:41.6	Now she's evolving her career yet again with the FX show Murder at the End of the World.
1:47.8	As is so often the case when it comes to Brit's career, she created it, she wrote it, She's producing it. But this time she's also making her
1:56.3	TV directorial debut. Pretty exciting. The show is phenomenal. It's gripping. It's thoughtful. It's so excellent and the finale comes out tomorrow.
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