Director Marleen Valien Signs to Anonymous Content

Director and writer Marleen Valien has signed to Anonymous Content for her first commercial and music video representation in the US and UK. Based in Berlin, Valien’s short films, commercials and music videos are marked by lush, sensual visuals and rich colour palettes, combined with a playful approach that belies a deeper story. 

Her commercial work includes campaigns for Pinterest and German publishing house Reclam; and her stop-motion spec commercials for Oatly won two golds at the Young Directors Award and were honoured at the Spotlight Festival. She has also directed music video promos for Milky Chance and Midnight Tracks, the latter of which won her a silver YDA and a UKMVA nomination.

Her short films include the award-winning Hot Dog, Not the 80s, and A Small Cut, lavishly shot explorations of sexuality and coming of age, which at premiered at festivals including Sundance, Tribeca and Clermont-Ferrand.

View her reel here. 

Before studying directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Marleen studied visual communication at the University of the Arts in Berlin, where her classes included art with professor and artist Ai Weiwei.

Her latest work, the mockumentary with feminist arts group Who Needs Feminism Today?, questions why so many billionaires "are flying into space in rockets shaped like male genitalia" and seeks to restore gender equality to the cosmos. The film was shortlisted for three Cannes Lions, including the Glass Lion for Change. It was also featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

She is currently writing her first feature film.