Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, MARIE JAMORA is a genre-agnostic director whose work spans independent film, television, mentorship, and arts leadership. She began her career directing over 50 music videos in the golden age of the Philippine rock scene. She produced, wrote, and directed her first feature ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISN'T THERE) which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. Her short film FLIP THE RECORD won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at Urbanworld and was shortlisted for the 90th Academy Awards®. Marie became the first Filipino director to be accepted into the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, where she wrote and directed HARANA, which won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Narrative Short at the Sarasota Film Festival. Prior to that, the musician-director was named one of “Five Visionary Asian-American Female Filmmakers” in Kore Magazine’s ‘New Hollywood’ issue.

She is among the first Filipinos in the Director’s Guild of America and has directed episodes of QUEEN SUGAR (OWN), MATLOCK (CBS), GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES (Paramount+), THE RESIDENT (FOX), ALL RISE (OWN) and seasons 1 and 2 of FIRE COUNTRY (CBS) and THE CLEANING LADY (FOX). Marie was the Executive Producer and Director for Warner Bros/Stage13’s unscripted food series FAMILY STYLE (HBO Max). In 2023, Marie was the Producer-Director for Ava DuVernay’s untitled limited series on STARZ, starring Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridloff.

Through the DGA’s Asian American Committee’s Family Table Fellowship, Marie is preparing to shoot her second feature, MANILAMANIA, while being mentored by Lee Isaac Chung. The film is an international co-production between her production company Indie Pop Films, Twice Told Films, and Project 8 Projects. She is also attached to direct IMPRINT, a supernatural thriller executive produced by the Hayes Brothers (THE CONJURING) and Liza Soberano (FORGOTTEN ISLAND) under the Singapore genre label, Night Market Studios/Third Culture Content, in cooperation with East Films and Momo Film Co.

After immigrating to Los Angeles with a desire to amplify Filipino stories, Marie founded the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, CINEMA SALA, which is dedicated to cultivating and supporting cinematic and artistic work that expands cultural understanding with a focus on stories from both the Philippines and its global diaspora since 2016. Cinema Sala has been supported by The Sundance Institute, Cinereach, and the California Arts Council.

Marie graduated from Columbia University with an MFA in Film and has taught at the American Film Institute, Ateneo de Manila University, and Sundance Collab.  She currently serves as a Board Member for the Slamdance Foundation, is a member of the Television Academy, and was the 2025 Guest Artistic Director of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women.