Māra Liniņa was born on 10 September 1971 in Riga. She has
studied Film Direction and Stage Speech in the Latvian Academy of
Culture. Since 1998 Māra teaches elocution and acting at various
higher educational establishments and works as a casting director
for Latvian and international film projects. She also has staged
productions at the Latvian Puppet Theatre and independent
Theatre Company Skatuve.
Māra Liniņa has begun her carerer in animation in the 90s working
as executive artist at Dauka Animation studio. However, soon she
started to direct her own animaiton short films. Mara has said that
working on her own animation films means for her to be in dialogue
with the world, to tell adventures, and experiences in the language
of cinema”. Māra Liniņa’s free time interests are cycling, nature,
animals and exploring the Latvian countryside.