Maya Forbes facts for kids
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Maya Forbes
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Maya Forbes (right) at "Cinema Cafe" at the Sundance Festival, January 17, 2014
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Maya C. Forbes
July 23, 1968 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, producer, director |
| Years active | 1995–present |
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Wallace Wolodarsky
(m. 2004) |
| Relatives | China Forbes (sister) |
Maya Forbes (born July 23, 1968) is an American writer and producer for TV and movies. She is also a film director. Her first movie as a director was Infinitely Polar Bear (2014).
Maya Forbes has written for many TV shows, including The Larry Sanders Show. She also helped produce this show. She was also an executive producer for the TV show The Naked Truth. For her work on The Larry Sanders Show, she was nominated for important awards like the Emmy and WGA Awards.
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Early Life and Family Connections
Maya Forbes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her mother, Peggy, is African American. Her father, Donald Cameron Forbes, had French and Scottish family roots.
Family and Education
Maya Forbes is married to Wally Wolodarsky. He also worked on movies like The Rocker and Infinitely Polar Bear. Maya's sister is China Forbes, who is the lead singer of the music group Pink Martini.
Both Maya and her sister, China, went to Phillips Exeter Academy. Their father also attended this school. Maya then went to Harvard University, where she wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, a humor magazine. She graduated from Harvard in 1990. Her sister and father also went to Harvard.
Notable Relatives
Through her father's side, Maya Forbes is part of the well-known Boston Brahmin Forbes family. This family has many important members. She is related to U.S. Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry and his brother, Cameron Forbes Kerry.
Creative Work and Personal Stories
Maya Forbes often uses her own life experiences in her creative work. This makes her stories feel very real and personal.
Infinitely Polar Bear Film
The movie Infinitely Polar Bear is based on Maya Forbes's own childhood. It tells the story of her experiences growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the film, her father, who had bipolar disorder, was the main caregiver for Maya and her sister. This happened while their mother was studying for her business degree in New York City.
After graduating, Maya's mother worked in finance. She later became the first African American woman to start her own investment management company in the United States.
Daughter's Role in Film
Maya Forbes's daughter, Imogene Wolodarsky, was 12 years old when she played a character in Infinitely Polar Bear. Imogene's character, Amelia Stuart, is a fictional version of Maya Forbes herself as a child. This shows how personal the movie is to Maya's life.
See also
In Spanish: Maya Forbes para niños
