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Miranda July

Miranda July was born in 1974. According to her official Web site [mirandajuly.com/about], "Miranda July [July is not her original family name] is a filmmaker, performing artist and writer. She grew up in Berkeley, California, where she began her career by writing plays and staging them at the local punk [rock] club. July's videos, performances, and web-based projects have been presented at sites such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and in the 2002 and 2004 Whitney Biennials [all three museums are located in New York City]. Her short fiction has been published in the Paris Review, Harper's, and the New Yorker, and a collection of stories is forthcoming from Scribner in May 2007. July created the participatory website learningtoloveyoumore with artist Harrell Fletcher and a companion book will be published by Prestel in fall 2007. She wrote, directed and starred in her first feature-length film, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), which won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Caméra d'Or. July recently debuted a new performance, and is currently working on her second movie. She lives in Los Angeles."