Derek Cianfrance

Derek M. Cianfrance (/ˈsiːənfræns/; born January 23, 1974) is an American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for writing and directing the films Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines, and The Light Between Oceans, as well as the HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True. For his contributions to the story of Sound of Metal, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with its director Darius Marder, and Abraham Marder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Cianfrance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

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 Date: 2025-10-02

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Exhibiting Forgiveness

Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, 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 learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.

Release Date: 2024-10-18

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 11

Bonnie

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

Release Date: 2022-11-12

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

If I Was His Mother

Two women discuss soccer.

Release Date: 2022-05-05

Department: Production

Job: Producer

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 Date: 2020-11-20

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 2575

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 Date: 2020-05-09

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 228

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 Date: 2016-09-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1359

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 Date: 2013-03-27

Vote Count: 2

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 Date: 2013-03-20

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 4861

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 Date: 2010-12-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3269

Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home

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

Release Date: 2006-09-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

Quattro Noza

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

Release Date: 2005-11-23

Department: Crew

Job: Cinematography

Vote Count: 7

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 Date: 2001-10-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

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 Date: 1998-08-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

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 Date: 1953-03-19

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 65