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Derek M. Cianfrance (/ ˈ s iː ə n f r æ n s /; 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 .
Derek Cianfrance began making movies at age 13. He later attended The University of Colorado where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three films, 'Five O'clock Shadow', 'Raw Footage', and Brother Tied (1998), won consecutive Goldfarb Awards for best film.
- January 1, 1
- 1.75 m
- Lakewood, Colorado, USA
Jun 8, 2020 · The writer-director of HBO's limited series adapts Wally Lamb's novel about two brothers coping with schizophrenia, loss and trauma. He explains why he is drawn to tragic stories and how they can help audiences heal.
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Learn about the life and career of Derek Cianfrance, an American filmmaker who started making movies at age 13 and directed features like Brother Tied, Blue Valentine, and The Place Beyond the Pines. Find out his awards, trivia, family, and quotes on IMDb.
- January 23, 1974
- “That’s A Pretty Cinematic Title”
- Every Man An Island
- The Power of Love
- Where The Light Gets in
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“After ‘Place Beyond the Pines,’ honestly, I was sick of myself,” Cianfrance said. “Sick of my own ideas. I wanted to do an adaptation, but everything I’d been reading, I just didn’t understand it.” While Cianfrance was being courted to direct a number of projects, he couldn’t get himself to feel invested in any of them. “I would read all these scr...
“He has this family on this island,” Cianfrance said. “When I was a kid, I always thought people lived on islands, because when people used to come to my house, when we’d have company, we would change. When the company would leave, we’d get back to the truth, we’d get back to being real again. I’ve always tried to make movies that are about those f...
“It’s a companion piece to ‘Blue Valentine’ in a way, because it’s about love,” the director continued. “This movie, to me, is about love surviving children. It’s about the power of love, and when the kids go off to school when they’re 18, that the love is still there.” That’s a fine bookend to “Blue Valentine,” which features Ryan Gosling and Mich...
The final product is a deeply emotional film that hits plenty of traditional notes, while also folding in the kind of big moral questions Cianfrance still loves to ask (and rarely wants to answer). For him, that means the film deals “in the gray area of humanity” that he’s obsessed with portraying. “There’s this thing in Hollywood about the sympath...
The director of 'The Place Beyond the Pines' talks about his latest film, an adaptation of M.L. Stedman's novel, and how it relates to his previous work. He reveals how he chose the project, why he sees it as a companion piece to 'Blue Valentine', and how he cast Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander.
Derek Cianfrance is an indie filmmaker who won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for his 2010 film "Blue Valentine". Explore his movies, ratings, reviews, and more on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Sep 2, 2016 · The writer/director of the adaptation of M.L. Stedman's novel talks about his editing process, the cast, the release date, and his next project. He also reveals why he wanted to tell this story and how he felt reading the book on the subway.
