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_and_Maya_Forbes_(Infinitely_Polar_Bear)_(12026102673).jpg) Maya Forbes (right) at "Cinema Cafe" at theSundance Festival, January 17, 2014 | |
| Born | Maya C. Forbes (1968-07-23)July 23, 1968 (age 56) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, producer, director |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Relatives | China Forbes (sister) |
Maya Forbes (born July 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director withInfinitely Polar Bear (2014).[2][3] Her other writing credits include the screenplay ofThe Rocker (2008) and many episodes ofThe Larry Sanders Show. She was a co-executive producer ofThe Larry Sanders Show in its later seasons and executive producer of the sitcomThe Naked Truth.
Forbes received Emmy and WGA Award nominations for her work onThe Larry Sanders Show.
Forbes was born inCambridge,Massachusetts, the daughter of Peggy (née Woodford) and Donald Cameron Forbes (1939–1998). Her father was ofFrench/Scottish descent, and her mother isAfrican American.
Forbes is married toWally Wolodarsky,[4] who was co-screenwriter ofThe Rocker and a producer ofInfinitely Polar Bear.China Forbes (lead singer ofPink Martini) is Maya Forbes's sister.[2] Both she and her sister attendedPhillips Exeter Academy, as did their father, graduating in 1986, 1988, and 1957, respectively.[5] She attended Harvard, where she wrote for theHarvard Lampoon, graduating in 1990.[6] Both her sister and father also attended Harvard, graduating in 1992 and 1961, respectively. Part of the prominentBoston Brahmin eliteForbes family through her father's side, she is related toU.S. Secretary of StateJohn Forbes Kerry and his brother actingU.S. Secretary of CommerceCameron Forbes Kerry.
Forbes basedInfinitely Polar Bear on her own experiences as a child inCambridge, Massachusetts, when her father—who hadbipolar disorder—was the primary caregiver for Forbes and her sister while their mother was studying for anMBA atColumbia Business School in New York City.[2] Her mother, upon graduating, went to work forWall Street, first in thefutures market atE. F. Hutton, and then forMerrill Lynch, where she remained for nearly a decade. Her mother was the firstAfrican American woman to start aninvestment management firm in growth equity management in the United States.[7]
Imogene Wolodarsky, Forbes's 12-year-old daughter, plays a fictionalized version of Forbes inInfinitely Polar Bear.[8] (The character's name is Amelia Stuart, but the film is described as autobiographical.)
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