Marya Cohn

Marya Cohn is an American screenwriter and director.

In 1994 Cohn directed the student short film Developing. The film starred a then unknown Natalie Portman in her first film role.

In 2013 Cohn began filming her feature film debut, The Girl in the Book starring Emily Vancamp in a semi-autobiographical film about a young book editor who is forced to work with a man who abused her as a teenager. Post-production for the film was completed via kickstarterThe film premiered at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival. It was acquired by Myriad Pictures and given a limited release in December 2015.

Cohn is the daughter of talent agent Sam Cohn.

In 1994 she married director Fraser Bresnahan.

In 2011 she married Dutch director Tjebbo Penning.

• Developing (1994)
• The Girl in the Book (2015)