Directing

Marnie Ellen Hertzler

Marnie Ellen Hertzler is a video artist, animator, and filmmaker living and working in Baltimore, MD. Her films and animations often explore a multi-media approach to film presentation and distribution and has utilized live performance, installation, and web design to accompany her work. Her films have screened at Locarno Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, MoMA, and more. In 201…

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OBEX

MovieFantasyAdventure

Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.

Sollers Point

Sollers Point · 2017

Keith, a small-time drug dealer, is under house arrest at the home of his father in Baltimore. He re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply entrenched segregation. There, he pushes back against his surrounding limitations as he tries to find a way out of his own internal prison.

Growing Girl

Growing Girl · 2017

Utilizing unconventional animation platforms, and stock photo characters, Growing Girl explores the form and setting of office culture, the reclamation of an empowered female identity, and a remedy for the internalization of an all-too-common social conflict.

Tux and Fanny

Tux and Fanny · 2019

MovieAnimationFantasy

Tux and Fanny are two friends living together in the forest and these are their adventures!

MyToeShoes.Com

A Florida man records an unboxing video for his YouTube channel.

Eternity One

Eternity One · 2026

ETERNITY ONE follows Mary Ella, a young girl growing up on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, where rising seas have already claimed two-thirds of the land and threaten to erase what remains. Once a thriving fishing community, Tangier now faces the collapse of both home and livelihood.

Ben & Fred, October 2020

Ben & Fred, October 2020 · 2021

Ben & Fred, October 2020

At the end of 2020 I drove from Denver, Colorado to Philadelphia, PA with my father Ben. As we drove east, tracing a path that reversed the historical trajectory of westward expansion, we spoke about decolonization, climate change, and what we imagined might be next for our world.

Rat Film

Rat Film · 2016

MovieDocumentary

Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. "Rat Film" is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them—to explore the history of Baltimore.

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OBEX

MovieFantasyAdventure

Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.

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Sollers Point

Sollers Point · 2017

Keith, a small-time drug dealer, is under house arrest at the home of his father in Baltimore. He re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply entrenched segregation. There, he pushes back against his surrounding limitations as he tries to find a way out of his own internal prison.

Set Designer

Growing Girl

Growing Girl · 2017

Utilizing unconventional animation platforms, and stock photo characters, Growing Girl explores the form and setting of office culture, the reclamation of an empowered female identity, and a remedy for the internalization of an all-too-common social conflict.

Director

Tux and Fanny

Tux and Fanny · 2019

MovieAnimationFantasy

Tux and Fanny are two friends living together in the forest and these are their adventures!

Writer

MyToeShoes.Com

A Florida man records an unboxing video for his YouTube channel.

Producer

Eternity One

Eternity One · 2026

ETERNITY ONE follows Mary Ella, a young girl growing up on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, where rising seas have already claimed two-thirds of the land and threaten to erase what remains. Once a thriving fishing community, Tangier now faces the collapse of both home and livelihood.

Director

Ben & Fred, October 2020

Ben & Fred, October 2020 · 2021

Ben & Fred, October 2020

At the end of 2020 I drove from Denver, Colorado to Philadelphia, PA with my father Ben. As we drove east, tracing a path that reversed the historical trajectory of westward expansion, we spoke about decolonization, climate change, and what we imagined might be next for our world.

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Rat Film

Rat Film · 2016

MovieDocumentary

Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. "Rat Film" is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them—to explore the history of Baltimore.

Production Design

Crestone

Crestone · 2020

MovieDocumentary

In the desert of Crestone, Colorado, a group of SoundCloud rappers live in solitude, growing weed and making music for the internet. When an old friend arrives to make a movie, reality and fiction begin to blur.

Director

Hi I Need to Be Loved

Hi I Need to Be Loved · 2018

Hi I Need to Be Loved

MovieDocumentary

Actors from Craigslist audition for a film by reading spam emails from a teleprompter. Three are cast: A Dancer, A Chef, and A Milkmaid. Is this poetry or malware?

Director

Dirt Daughter

Dirt Daughter · 2019

MovieScience FictionMystery

A security guard in an empty building in a big city finds herself overcome with loneliness. She turns to an unlikely source to find a companion: farmersonly.com -- but quickly realizes that she must make some serious changes.

Director