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Complete Filmography

The Threesome
2025
Producer
Connor is a kind and unassuming young man, who, along with his long-time crush Olivia, engages in a threesome with a sweet, alluring stranger named Je...

Neighborhood Watch
2025
Producer
When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor – ...

Becoming Vera
2025
Executive Producer
In Miami, 18-year-old pianist Vera, a foster child aging out of the system, struggles to pursue her passion for Latin Jazz amidst poverty and exploita...

Crescent City
2024
as Officer Jackson
When a ruthless serial killer terrorizes a small Southern town, everyone becomes a suspect -- including local authorities. As the body count rises and...

Crescent City
2024
Producer
When a ruthless serial killer terrorizes a small Southern town, everyone becomes a suspect -- including local authorities. As the body count rises and...

Desert Road
2024
Executive Producer
A young woman crashes her car and walks down the road seeking help, only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her car. As night f...

Asleep in My Palm
2024
Producer
It tells the story of a man and the daughter he's raising off the grid on the outskirts of an elite liberal arts college in northeastern Ohio.

Allswell in New York
2023
Producer
Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family, all while finding humor and solace within the ...

Camp
2023
Executive Producer
An ensemble coming-of-age story centered around a group of teenagers who navigate friendship, romance, and betrayal in their final year of sleep-away ...

Zola
2021
Producer
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek...

Sleepaway Slasher
2020
Executive Producer
Things take a turn for the worst when a group of bickering filmmakers join a suspicious film festival on the site of a mysterious murder.

The Rental
2020
Producer
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what sho...

Zeroville
2019
as The Financier
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Zeroville
2019
Producer
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019
Producer
The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves in a desol...

Future World
2018
Producer
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
as Self
A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)

Best F(r)iends: Volume 1
2017
as Andrei Katsaros
When a drifter befriends a quirky mortician, an unlikely business partnership is formed. Paranoia soon develops, however, and both men are forced to c...

Tenn
2017
Executive Producer
Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also deal...

The Disaster Artist
2017
Producer
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have pred...

The Institute
2017
Executive Producer
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood In...

High School Lover
2017
as Sean
17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession.

High School Lover
2017
Executive Producer
17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession.
Rio
2017
Executive Producer
Screen adaptation of James Franco's novel 'Actors Anonymous', in which the Hollywood star addresses the strange addiction of acting, based on the 12-s...

The Labyrinth
2016
Executive Producer
A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.

Blood Surf
2016
Executive Producer
A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother.

King Cobra
2016
Producer
It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult ...

In Dubious Battle
2016
as Mr. Thompson
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger ...

In Dubious Battle
2016
Producer
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger ...

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
Executive Producer
When theater major Leah, brings home the special someone in her life to meet her mom, Julie, the family is met with a surprise when Pearl comes to the...

The Adderall Diaries
2016
Producer
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of ...

A Walk in Winter
2015
Executive Producer
When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood.

The Sound and the Fury
2015
Producer
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.

Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Marty
Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.

Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
Executive Producer
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Wi...

I Am Michael
2015
as Pastor Mike
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

I Am Michael
2015
Producer
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
Executive Producer
With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world.

Child of God
2014
as Ernest
A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few ...

Child of God
2014
Screenplay, Producer
A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few ...

Palo Alto
2013
Producer
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Sal
2013
as Billy Belasco
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cau...

Sal
2013
Story, Producer
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cau...

As I Lay Dying
2013
as Young Whitfield
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

As I Lay Dying
2013
Producer
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
Executive Producer
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and c...

The Director
2013
Producer
How do you make one of the world's most revered fashion brands your own? A look at the life and work of Gucci fashion designer, Frida Giannini. Taking...

Spring Breakers
2013
Executive Producer
After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.

Kink
2013
Producer
Director Christina Voros and producer James Franco pull back the curtain on the fetish empire of Kink.com, the Internet's largest producer of BDSM con...

The Color of Time
2012
as Mr. Williams
A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

The Color of Time
2012
Producer
A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

The Letter
2012
as Edward
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is ...

The Letter
2012
Producer
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is ...

Maladies
2012
as Officer Jolivette
A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister and works to restart his creative career, he tries to ...

Maladies
2012
Producer
A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister and works to restart his creative career, he tries to ...

The Broken Tower
2012
as American Man in Paris
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

The Broken Tower
2012
Producer
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012
Producer
James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011).

Jeffrey
2012
Executive Producer
Jeffrey is a short film that is based on Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer who murdered more than twenty young boys in the late 80's and early 90's. But...

Caput
2011
Executive Producer
Short film for the exhibition Rebel curated by James Franco. 'Caput' premiered as part of the Rebel installation at the Venice Biennale that featured ...
The Clerk's Tale
2010
Based on the eponymous poem by Spencer Reece, The Clerk's Tale is a psychological portrait of a gay man trapped in the monotonous routine of life at a...

Saturday Night
2010
Producer
With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document what it takes to create ...
Herbert White
2010
Producer
Michael Shannon stars in the role of Herbert White, a character based on the poem of the same name by Frank Bidart. The story follows Herbert as he wo...

The Feast of Stephen
2009
Producer
Stephen watches a group of boys playing basketball. The look in his eyes betrays his sexual interests. When the boys realize, he becomes a victim of t...

Immortally Yours
2009
as Pete Blake
A coven of Sexy, modern Day vampires ravage the American Midwest with the thirst for blood, while a romantic twist puts the vampires at odds among the...

Good Time Max
2008
as Bruce
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life.

Good Time Max
2008
Producer
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life.

The Ape
2005
as Steve
A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a walking, talking, foul-mouthed ape in ...

The Ape
2005
Producer
A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a walking, talking, foul-mouthed ape in ...

Fool's Gold
2005
as Sammy
"Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During hi...

Fool's Gold
2005
Producer
"Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During hi...
Sensitive Johnson
2003
as Mike
Sensitive Johnson -- Romantic Comedy about a musician with a premature ejaculation ...
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
2002
as Ray
Three friends struggle with the pursuit of happiness.
Hangman
2000
An abused wife convinces her psychiatrist to kill her wealthy husband.

Swing Blade
1997
as Club Patron
A parody trailer for a movie that combines the characters from Sling Blade and Swingers.
The Long Home
N/A
Writer
A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.

Cottonmouth
N/A
Executive Producer
When Ed Dantes is framed and condemned to the tortures of a territorial prison in the 1895, he must learn the ways of the outlaw to escape and exact h...
The Isolate Thief
N/A
Producer
A young woman struggles to conceal the gold she stole from a group of violent outlaws who have seized control of her remote outpost.