1951年11月27日,生于美国加利福尼亚州圣卡洛斯的中产阶级家庭,独生女,从小爱好骑马、绘画。1970—1972年,在旧金山艺术学院学习美术,获艺术学学士学位。1972年,获得惠特尼博物馆奖学金,前往纽约进行研究性学习。学习期满后,进入哥伦比亚大学电影系就读研究生,师从米洛斯·福尔曼、苏珊·桑塔格。毕 November 27, 1951, was born in San Carlos, California, the middle class family, only daughter, hobby horse riding, painting. From 1970 to 1972, she studied fine arts at the Art Institute of San Francisco with a bachelor of arts degree. In 1972, received the Whitney Museum scholarship, to New York for research learning. After the expiration of the study, he enrolled as a graduate student in the Film Department of Columbia University and studied under Milos Foreman and Susan Sontag. complete