Two Sisters. Endless Drama.

 
Marlee Roberts Film & Television Production, NYU Tisch

Marlee Rodrigues
Film & Television Production, NYU Tisch
Entrepreneurship & Innovation, USC Marshall

Karlee Roberts Film & Media Studies, Columbia University

Karlee Rodrigues
Film & Media Studies, Columbia University

 

Marlee and Karlee Rodrigues, known collectively as the Rodrigues Sisters, direct, produce, and write for film and television. Their critically-acclaimed debut feature film, Little Miss Perfect, had its Los Angeles premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and New York City advanced screening at the Director's Guild of America. The film has garnered multiple awards including “Best Screenplay”, “Best Actress" and the “Grand Jury Prize” at festivals nationwide and was invited to screen in the Soho House Cinema Program. It released domestically and internationally following its festival run.

The sisters focus on telling empowering stories about underrepresented groups, often with strong yet vulnerable female protagonists. Their work has been showcased at the Museum of Tolerance NY & LA and they’ve spoken on various panels on filmmaking, including the Annapolis International Film Festival’s Young Hollywood and the 30Under30‘s Women in Film panel in conjunction with the United Nations. Karlee broke the record as the youngest graduate in Columbia University’s School of General Studies history. Marlee is an adjunct advanced directing professor at the Los Angeles Film School. The sisters have interviewed and appeared in Indiewire, Huffington PostFrance 24 TVFox News, among others. They are supporters of the following organizations: Alliance of Women Directors, Women in Film, NY Women in Film and Television, and Film Independent.  

Portraits by Hartcorn Studios