The release of the movie “Barbie” is one of the first topics of discussion in film circles either for its strong marketing or for the planned premieres around the world. The release of the film became the occasion to learn more about its creator Greta Gerwig.

Actress, screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig started out as an actress, starring in twenty-five films, co-creating two and writing five. She made her directorial debut in 2018 in the film “Lady Bird” where she became the fifth female candidate in the category “Best Director” at the Oscars.

Greta is now one of the important directors, having earned everyone’s respect with her work.

The film Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (and co-written with Baumbach), is her most mainstream work. But he insists he doesn’t feel that way. “I’ve never been involved in anything like this before.” she says in an interview with Rolling Stone. “Even though it’s Barbie, the film feels very personal. I feel her as familiar as Lady Bird or Little Women».

Referring to directing, she stated that to be a director you either have to be a little stupid or insensitive. Without fear, she never hid, she began to understand that what she feels, the world sees and understands even more than she does, of course, although this is part of her job, it is something that makes her particularly happy. Now that you’ve learned a little about her, it’s time to get to know her through her movies in one weekend.

  • Lady Bird

Who doesn’t remember that feeling between adolescence and adulthood, which we didn’t know how to handle. From the sensitive relationship with the mother, to the friendship and from there to the first love, you will see Greta’s perfect emotional gaze scene by scene.

  • Little Woman

This movie is based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel. The beloved story of the four March brothers, where each is determined to live her life without limits. The roles of the four girls Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth March are embodied by Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, with Timothée Chalamet as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.

  • Frances Ha

Greta Gerwig plays student Frances who lives in New York, is an apprentice at a dance school, having fallen out with her best friend Sophie. Frances is looking for her dreams, her path and the way to a beautiful and optimistic life. Frances explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure and redemption.

  • Greenberg

Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is single, in his forties, and travels to Los Angeles to see his successful and married brother with children. Although lost in his emotions, he tries to find hope again, meeting old friends who turn out not to be the best choices for him. Then he realizes that he spends a lot of time with his brother’s personal assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring singer and lost soul. Despite his efforts to stay away from her, they create a relationship and there he realizes that he has found a reason to be happy.

  • White Noise

Based on the book by Don DeLillo, Noah Baumbach’s film starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig has several mood swings, is at once hilarious and terrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and revelatory. It depicts a modern American family trying to deal with the conflicts of everyday life. At the same time he wrestles with the mysteries of love, death and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.

  • 20th Century Women

The film chronicles the life of a teenager where his mother, two other women, a free-spirited punk artist and a teenage neighbor help him grow up amid the love and freedom of Southern California in 1979. The cast is joined by Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning and Lucas Jade Zumann.