Lily Mariye


Lily Mariye is an American television director, filmmaker and actress.

Early life

Mariye was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Theater Arts.

Career

From 1994 to 2009 she had a regular role as nurse Lily Jarvik on the NBC television series ER, for which she has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series four times. She has appeared in many films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Mighty Joe Young, The Shadow, The New Age, The Doctor and Extraordinary Measures. Lily has guest-starred in over 25 television shows including Teen Wolf, Criminal Minds, Shameless, NCIS L.A., Judging Amy, Ally McBeal, Family Ties, ' and Chicago Hope. She is also an award-winning theatre actress, performing in New York, Los Angeles and other regional theatres around the country.
Lily Mariye's debut feature film as a writer and director, Model Minority had its world premiere at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it received three awards: Special Jury Outstanding Director, Breakthrough Performance by a New Actor and Outstanding Cinematography as well as being a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize in Narrative Feature Filmmaking. Model Minority also won Best Micro-Budget Film and Best Female Director at The London Independent Film Festival, and Outstanding Feature at The Sacramento International Film Festival.
She has written several full-length screenplays, one of which, The Shangri-la Cafe, was accepted into the second round of the application process for development in the Sundance Feature Film Labs. The Shangri-la Cafe won Best Screenplay at the Ohio International Independent Film Festival and the Gaffers Film Festival, and won her a grant from the AFI Conservatory's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, 13th Cycle. While at AFI she produced and directed an award-winning short film version of the script. The short film version of The Shangri-la Cafe was included on a DVD release of AFI shorts entitled Celebrating AFI.
In 2012 Mariye was chosen to participate in the Disney/ABC/DGA Directing Program.
In 2016 she directed Episode 14, Season 4 of ABC's Nashville and Episode 4 after Nashville moved to CMT.
She also directed an episode of Season 2 of Amazon's "Just Add Magic" and episode 17, Season 4 of Freeform's "The Fosters."
In 2017 she participated in The CBS Directing Initiative.
Also in 2017, Mariye directed episodes of Chicago P.D., ' and helmed her third episode on Nashville .
In 2018 Mariye directed two episodes of CBS's Criminal Minds, Chicago P.D., , MacGyver and The Enemy Within.
In 2018 she received a DGA Award Nomination at the 70th Annual DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Program for her work on Just Add Magic .
Mariye also received the Visionary Award from East West Players in April 2018 for her contributions in raising "the visibility of the Asian Pacific American community through craft."

Personal life

A resident of Los Angeles, Mariye lives with husband, four time Grammy-nominated recording artist, saxophonist Boney James, who also contributed to the soundtracks for The Shangri-la Cafe and Model Minority.

Directing Credits

TitleYearType
Council of Dads2020TV series
Prodigal Son2020TV series
MacGyver2020TV series
The Terror2019TV series
'2019TV series
Stumptown2019TV series
How To Get Away With Murder2019TV series
MacGyver2019TV series
The Enemy Within2019TV series
MacGyver2018TV series
Criminal Minds2018TV series
'2018TV series
Chicago P.D.2018TV series
Criminal Minds2018TV series
2017TV series
Chicago P.D.2017TV series
Nashville2017TV series
The Fosters2017TV series
Nashville2017TV series
Just Add Magic2017TV series
Nashville2016
Model Minority2012Feature Film
The Shangri-la Cafe2000Short Film

Acting Credits

Film

TitleDirector
Extraordinary MeasuresTom Vaughan
HancockPeter Berg
Dr. Susan Choi
Mighty Joe Young Ron Underwood
Signs And WondersMaurice Phillips
The ShadowRussell Mulcahy
California MythMichel Katz
The New AgeMichael Tolkin
Ted & VenusBud Cort
The DoctorRanda Haines
SwitchBlake Edwards
The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasColin Higgins

Television

TitleDirectorRole
General HospitalFrank ValentiniGuest Star
Criminal MindsGlenn KershawGuest Star
Teen Wolf Tim Andrew et al.Recurring
'Eric LaneuvilleGuest Star
ShamelessJohn DahlGuest Star
Judging AmyJames KramerGuest Star
ER Lesli Linka Glatter Recurring, 15 seasons
Ally McBealBilly DicksonGuest Star
ReunitedAsaad KeladaRecurring
Chicago HopeSandy SmolinGuest Star
Melrose PlaceJames DarrenGuest Star, 2 episodes
Murphy BrownBarnet KellmanGuest Star
'David CarsonGuest Star, "Emissary |Emissary"
"Family Ties"John PasquinGuest Star, S3 E8 "Best Man"

Theatre