Mary Bronstein ( Wall, born 1979) is an American actress and filmmaker best known for the 2008

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film ''

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''.

Early life and education

Bronstein was born in

White Plains, New York White Plains is a city in and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, and a commercial hub of Westchester County, a densely populated suburban county that is home to about one milli ...

, in 1979. She attended

New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

Career

In 2007, Bronstein appeared in '' Frownland'', directed by her future husband

Ronald Bronstein Ronald Bronstein is an American film director, screenwriter, editor and actor. He directed, wrote and edited the independent film Frownland (2007). He is a frequent collaborator of the Safdie brothers, best known for being a co-writer and co-e ...

. Her own directorial debut, ''

'', premiered at the 2008

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. Bronstein's second feature as director, '' If I Had Legs I'd Kick You'', was announced in 2023 and premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Produced by

Elara Pictures Elara Pictures is an American independent film production and television production company founded by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein and Sebastian Bear-McClard. They have produced such films as '' Heaven Knows What'' (2014), '' G ...

and Fat City, the film will be distributed by

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bronstein, Mary Actresses from White Plains, New York Living people 1979 births Film directors from New York (state) Tisch School of the Arts alumni American women film directors