Biography
John Curran (born September 11, 1960) is an American film director and screenwriter. Born in Utica, New York, Curran studied illustration and design at Syracuse University, then worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, and production designer in Manhattan before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1986. There he worked on television commercials before writing and directing the short film Down Rusty Down. For his debut feature film, the 1998 drama Praise, he was nominated for the Australian Film I...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Rooster
2024
Thanks
When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile hermit who was the last pe...
Mercy Road
2023
Director, Writer
Racing against time to save his kidnapped daughter, a driver receives chilling phone calls from a man claiming to know her location. As he follows the...
Chappaquiddick
2018
Director
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign stra...
Tracks
2013
Director
Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert f...
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
2011
as Self
A closer look into the filmmaking of "Stone".
Stone
2010
Director
Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of ...
The Killer Inside Me
2010
Screenplay
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little...
The Painted Veil
2006
Executive Producer, Director
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithfu...
We Don't Live Here Anymore
2004
Director
Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he bec...
Praise
1999
Director
An unfocused twentysomething moves in with a former co-worker, who is suffering from low self-esteem because of her weight, looks, and a case of eczem...
Down Rusty Down
1997
Director, Writer
An anthromorphic tale, humans representing canines, of compulsive traits and raging desires. A gang of neutered men; fat, subdued and lazy, look out f...