Derek Cianfrance

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date1953-03-19

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count72

Bonnie

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

Release Date2022-11-12

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

I Know This Much Is True

The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.

Release Date2020-05-09

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count238

Roofman

Jeffrey Manchester, an inmate on the run, hides in a place no one would look for him — a toy store. When this paradise of fun becomes a prison of loneliness, he falls for the one thing that can stop him from getting away... love.

Release Date2025-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Blue Valentine

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

Release Date2010-12-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3335

The Place Beyond the Pines

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

Release Date2013-03-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4948

Sound of Metal

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

Release Date2020-11-20

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count2632

The Light Between Oceans

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

Release Date2016-09-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1371

Exhibiting Forgiveness

A Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they struggle and learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.

Release Date2024-09-08

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count18

Quattro Noza

A romance blooms between Quattro and Noza, two kids caught up in the illegal street car racing scene of Southern California.

Release Date2005-11-23

DepartmentCrew

JobCinematography

Vote Count7

Brother Tied

When Cal's brother Aaron forms a disliking towards Cal's new friend, suddenly they find their fraternal connection fading away which poses a big problem for them both.

Release Date1998-08-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home

A comedy in which the Zimmerman family stop feuding, briefly.

Release Date2006-09-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

If I Was His Mother

Two women discuss soccer.

Release Date2022-05-05

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Shots in the Dark

Exploitation of death? An history lesson on the challenges of crime photographers, taking us into the lives of a crime scene photographer with the Newark Police Dept and a staff photographer for the New York Daily News.

Release Date2001-10-02

DepartmentCrew

JobCinematography

Towheads

A Brooklyn mother finds comic relief from domestic drudgery by inhabiting the world in guises—drag king, pole dancer, Santa Claus—managing to find moments of grace even on thankless days.

Release Date2013-03-27

Vote Count2