Derek Cianfrance

Derek Cianfrance

1974-01-23 Lakewood, Colorado, USA 13 Credits

Biography

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. D...

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Roofman

Roofman

2025

Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer

Directing Writing Producing

A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname: Roofman....

Exhibiting Forgiveness

Exhibiting Forgiveness

2024

Producer

6.7
Producing

A Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Togeth...

Bonnie

Bonnie

2022

as Self

5.0
Acting

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

If I Was His Mother

If I Was His Mother

2022

Producer

Producing

Two women discuss soccer.

Sound of Metal

Sound of Metal

2020

Story, Executive Producer

7.7
Writing Producing

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 girlfrie...

The Light Between Oceans

The Light Between Oceans

2016

Director, Screenplay, Writer

7.1
Directing Writing

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

Towheads

2013

7.0
Acting

A Brooklyn mother finds comic relief from domestic drudgery by inhabiting the world in guises—drag king, pole dancer, Santa Claus—managing to find mom...

The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines

2013

Director, Story, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing

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 co...

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

2010

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

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...

Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home

2006

Director

4.8
Directing

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

Quattro Noza

Quattro Noza

2005

Cinematography

4.6

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

Shots in the Dark

2001

Director, Editor, Cinematography

Directing

Exploitation of death? An history lesson on the challenges of crime photographers, taking us into the lives of a crime scene photographer with the New...

Brother Tied

Brother Tied

1998

Director, Editor, Cinematography

Directing Writing

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 probl...