Question: What key details about martha stephens can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: martha stephens -lrb- born march 12 , 1984 -rrb- is an american film writer and director . her three feature films involve characters yearning for escape , and naturalistically portrayed rural settings . stephens was born in west virginia and raised in eastern kentucky . a great-niece of writer jesse stuart , stephens was immersed by her family in the appalachian storytelling tradition . she graduated from the university of north carolina school of the arts , school of filmmaking , where she associated with and was influenced by jeff nichols and david gordon green , the executive producer of her third film . stephens ' first two feature films , '' passenger pigeons '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- and '' pilgrim song '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , premiered at the south by southwest festival and received several awards . her third film , '' land ho ! '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- , premiered at the sundance film festival , and was purchased for worldwide distribution by sony pictures classics .
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- birth date is 12 march 1984- name is martha stephens- occupation is filmmaker- birth place is huntington , west virginia , united states- yearsactive is 2009 -- present