Greta Gerwig is an independent screenwriter, director and actress known for her work with Joe Swanberg. Starting out as an aspiring playwright, Gerwig fell into acting when she was asked permission by a small film whether they could use a voice mail message she left for her boyfriend in a project called LOL.http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=15672When she agreed, she became the character on the other line of a long distance relationship who literally phoned in her performance with calls and photos.http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=15672It wasn't until the screening of the film that Gerwig met the director Joe Swanberg and instantly began a working relationship. She is now known as one of the leading young people in the mumblecore movement, which is a classification for low budget or independent films about love and conflict in relationships between men and women in their 20s.http://www.zimbio.com/Greta+Gerwig/articles/hFJh4fV1H_k/Greta+Gerwig+Pics+and+BioGerwig's notable film credits include Hannah Takes the Stairs and Baghead.

Gerwig's last big movie that was released was entitled Greenberg which also stars Ben Stiller.http://www.zimbio.com/Greta+Gerwig/articles/hFJh4fV1H_k/Greta+Gerwig+Pics+and+BioThe film was premiered on March 18, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.http://www.zimbio.com/Greta+Gerwig/articles/hFJh4fV1H_k/Greta+Gerwig+Pics+and+BioBen Stiller and Gerwig appeared on The View on March 26, 2010 to talk about their new movie. March 26 was also the day the movie opened in theaters.http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/22/2623656/sacramento-raised-actress-greta.html

1. Northern Comfort (2010) playing Cassandra
2. Art House (2010) playing Nora Ohr
3. Greenberg (2010) playing Florence Marr
4. Family Tree (2009)
5. The House of the Devil (2009) playing Megan
6. Quick Feet, Soft Hands (2008) playing Lisa
7. Nights and Weekends (2008) playing Mattie
8. Yeast Movie (2008) playing Gen
9. Baghead (2008) playing Michelle
10. Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) playing Hannah
11. LOL (2006) playing Greta

In addition to acting in these films, Gerwig also wrote, directed, and produced the movie, Nights and Weekends, and co-wrote Northern Comfort, which came out on May 28, 2010.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950086/

Gerwig told Paper Magazine..."I've always liked art that has come out of some sense of a movement. I always relish in these ideas of, you know, Gertrude Stein buying Picassos and introducing these people to other people. I like the idea of being part of a movement -- even if it's a badly named movement."'

After all the buzz about her new movie, Greenburg, she stated, "The next thing I do will not be tiny. It's been a really strange and hard experience because for the first time in my life, because this film ("Greenberg") is getting some momentum, I'm getting offered work I'm turning down, which I've never done before."http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/22/2623656/sacramento-raised-actress-greta.html

• Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 2006: LOL - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2007: Hannah Takes the Stairs - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2007: Nights and Weekends

• 2008: Baghead | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews