Maria Burton

Maria Burton is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She has directed
the films, Just Friends, Temps, and Manna From Heaven, co-directed Sign My Snarling Movie, a documentary about the popular a cappella singing group, The Bobs, and produced Julia Sweeney's Letting Go of God with her company, Five Sister Productions. Currently, she is developing her next film about the Mercury 13 women tested for the original astronaut program. Maria is on the Board of The Alliance of Women Directors.

Maria graduated from Yale University with a degree in theater and
filmmaking. Her play, The Litany of the Clothes was chosen for the prestigious Yale Dramat Mainstage, and was then selected for
production at the Harvard Loeb Theater. It went on to win first prize
in the Earth Daughters' playwriting contest and was produced by Lorna
Hills' UJIMA Company in Buffalo, New York. In Los Angeles, Maria has
produced, performed in, and/or directed numerous theater shows,
including the acclaimed and long-running A...My Name is Alice.

Variety called her second feature film, Temps, a "dead-on take of a generation at the crossroads." Her first feature, the romantic comedy
Just Friends, was sponsored by Deluxe, Kodak, and Panavision, and was distributed worldwide and on AMC and the WE Channel. Hollywood
Reporter said, "Director Maria Burton's affection for the story's
characters is infectious and gives the story its strength." Variety
said the "entertaining romantic comedy… reveals director Maria Burton
as talent to watch."