biography: marina rice bader

President and Co-Founder of Soul Kiss Films, Marina Rice Bader has two passions in her life: her family and making movies. She created and co-founded Soul Kiss Films with her life partner, writer/director Nicole Conn. "Elena Undone" was her first producing project, and she loved every minute of it - she also learned what the term "wearing a lot of hats" really meant. Her second film "A Perfect Ending" is in final stages of production and she has three more films in development. Marina is dedicated to making films that are rich, textured, and always features strong female leads.

Being a true lover of moving pictures for as long as she can remember, Marina is excited to venture out on a new path, and will be writing and directing a short film in the spring of 2012.

"I want my movies to be for women", says Bader. "I believe in making well written, thoughtful movies with strong females leads who tell a story meant for female audiences, although we have many thoughtful male fans of 'Elena Undone'. " Her friends liken Marina to Sisyphus -- the fellow in the Greek myth doomed to eternally pushing a boulder up hill. "I'll do whatever it takes to get the job done - passion drives me and I have no fear of being rejected - it just goes with the territory. 'A Perfect Ending' was funded by our Soul Kiss Tribe, a group of women (and a few fabulous men) who all decided to work together to get this film made. It's been one of the most amazing parts of the project - all these interesting and lovely souls intersecting with our world of making movies, and it's been brilliant. I'm so attached to them, and many have become close friends.

Marina has been a Los Angeles based photographer working with celebrities, actors and children for the past two decades. Among some of her favorite clients are Hector Elizondo, Carol Channing, Val Kilmer, Wentworth Miller, Judith Light and Sir Ben Kingsley. Her transition to films, the ultimate in visual storytelling, was only a matter of time.


MARINA'S FAVORITE QUOTES

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." - Madeleine K. Albright

"In my lifetime, I hope to develop arms that are strong, hands that are gentle, ears that will listen, eyes that are kind, a mind full of wisdom, a heart that understands, a tongue that will speak softly."

"You can't do anything about the length of your life, however you can do something about it's width and depth." - Henry Louis Mencken

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud." - Coco Chanel

"And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin

"I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me." - Maya Angelou
A Moment fromMarina Rice Bader