Martha Patterson Coolidge (August 17, 1946) is an American director, producer, and writer best known for Valley Girl, Introducing Dorothy Dandrige, and Real Genius.
She was married to writer Michael Backes, currently married to director James H Spencer, and has one child with Backes.
Director
- Not A Pretty Picture (also producer and writer)
- Valley Girl
- The City Girl (also producer and writer)
- Joy Of Sex
- Real Genius
- Sledge Hammer! (1 episode)
- The Twilight Zone (1985) (3 episodes)
- Plain Clothes
- Bare Essentials (TV Movie)
- Rambling Rose
- Lost in Yonkers
- Angie
- Three Wishes
- Out to Sea
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (TV Movie)
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 (TV Movie)
- Leap Years (1 episode)
- Sex and the City (2 episodes)
- Girls Club (1 episode)
- Hidden Hills (1 episode)
- The Prince & Me
- Huff (1 episode)
- Related (1 episode)
- Material Girls
- Shark (1 episode)
- Weeds (1 episode)
- An American Girl Chrissa Stands Strong (also producer)
- Psych (1 episode)
- Drop Dead Diva (1 episode)
- CSI (5 episodes)
- The Unknown (4 episodes) (also producer)
- Cult (1 episode)
- The Glades (1 episode)
- Killer Women (1 episode)
- The Night Shift (1 episode)
- Madam Secretary (1 episode)
- Angie Tribeca (1 episode)
- Siren (2018) (1 episode)
- Ill Find You
Producer
- Rip Girls (TV Movie)
- Infidelity (TV Movie)
Writer
Acting Roles
- Beverly Hills Cop III as Security Woman
- Ill Find You as NY Female Florist
