Marina Rice Bader

Marina Rice Bader is a writer, director, and film producer. She is known for the films Anatomy of a Love Seen, Raven's Touch (2015), and Ava's Impossible Things (2016). She was executive producer for Elena Undone (2010) and A Perfect Ending (2012). She started the Soul Kiss Films production company in 2009. She champions the LGBTQ+ community, saying "We could use more films with well-rounded LGBTQ+ characters, and I hope in some way I’m helping to address that issue." Ava’s Impossible Things was the first film to receive an investment from Vimeo’s “Share the Screen” female filmmaking fund, which was launched at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival to support emerging female voices in film.

"I have always had a love affair with movies, but it wasn’t until my early fifties that I had enough faith in myself to make the leap to actually creating them,” says Bader. “I’m excited to be a filmmaker at this time in history, when women are working to lift each other up and gender disparity is being discussed in a big way. The first step in fixing a problem is by shouting it from the rooftops, and I’m extremely proud to be part of the solution.”

Up next she has two feature projects under the banner of her new production company, Play Big Pictures, producing bold universal stories told through the female lens.

Personal life Marina has four adult children and currently lives as a nomad, although she considers Los Angeles her home base. She was in a relationship with director Nicole Conn.