From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Marleen Gorris born 9 December 1948 Roermond is a writerdirector from the Netherlands Gorris is known as an outspoken feminist and supporter of gay and lesbian issues which is reflected in much of her work She wrote and directed the films A Question of Silence 1982 Broken Mirrors 1984 The Last Island 1991 and Antonias Line 1995 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film Mrs Dalloway 1997 based on the novel by Virginia Woolf and The Luzhin Defence 2000 originally a Nabokov novel She is signed to direct Heaven and Earth a film about Dr James Miranda Barry Description above from the Wikipedia article Marleen Gorris licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia