After winning a slot in a Sundance workshop, she developed her first feature-length film, Me and You and Everyone We Know, which opened in 2005. Her performances were successful she has been quoted as saying she has not worked a day job since she was 23 years old.įilmmaker Magazine rated her number one in their '25 New Faces of Indie Film' in 2004. After leaving college, she moved to Portland, Oregon and took up performance art. She later attended UC Santa Cruz, dropping out in her sophomore year. Miranda grew up in Berkeley, California, where she first began writing plays and staging them at the all-ages club 924 Gilman. Miranda was encouraged to work on her short fiction by author and friend of a friend, Rick Moody. In 1974 they founded North Atlantic Books, a publisher of alternative health, martial arts, and spiritual titles. Her parents, who taught at Goddard College at the time, are both writers. Miranda July was born in Barre, Vermont, the daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of 'July,' which can be traced to a character from a 'girlzine' Miranda created with a high school friend called 'Snarla.'

She currently resides in Los Angeles, California, after having lived for many years in Portland, Oregon.

Miranda July (born February 15, 1974) is a performance artist, musician, writer, actress and film director.

Miranda july the metal bowl