ABOUT
Born and raised in Switzerland, Maria Burns completed her sensible study of psychology at Berne University before moving to Brooklyn to pursue photography. While studying at the International Center of Photography in NYC, Maria began exploring human nature through image. Maria found her niche combining her newfound art with her love of psychology, creating work that attempts to understand how modern social dogmas affect perception and behavior. With her first short film, TENDANCE BRUTE, followed by others, Maria brings her defined aesthetic sense into the motion world.
AWARDS
2017
SIFFF | SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL | BEST VISUAL EFFECTS WINNER
2013
DPP | DIGITAL PHOTO PRO | 7TH ANNUAL EMERGING PRO WINNER
FILM FESTIVALS
2018
CANIFFF | CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL | NOMINATION | BEST EDIT
2017
VAEFF | VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL NY | OFFICIAL SELECTION
LJIFFF | LA JOLLA INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL | NOMINATIONS | BEST CREATIVE CONCEPT | BEST EDITING
BIFFF | BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL | OFFICIAL SELECTION
2016
LFFF | LONDON FASHION FILM FESTIVAL | OFFICIAL SELECTION
SAIFFF | SANTIAGO FASHION FILM FESTIVAL | OFFICIAL SELECTION
LJIFFF | LA JOLLA INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL | NOMINATIONS | BEST CREATIVE CONCEPT | BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
2013
SORFF | SHOT ON RED FILM FESTIVAL | FINALIST