Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Ullrich received her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications with a concentration in Film from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

She freelanced as an Art Director and Associate Producer on nationally distributed films, nationally broadcast television series, webisodes, commercials, animation, and live events before returning to school for an MFA in Film Writing and Directing at Columbia College Chicago. 

 

Marie’s thesis film, Faster!, made its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival and played the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival in the same week. Having played and won awards at festivals internationally, it is distributed by Shorts International, and is available on both iTunes and Amazon for download or streaming. 

The Alley Cat is her first feature film as a director.