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Laura Terruso. Producer: Hello, My Name Is Doris. LAURA TERRUSO is an award-winning director, screenwriter and producer. Only eight years out of film school, Laura has already directed four feature films, an episode of Apple TV's DICKINSON and a forthcoming experimental documentary.
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Laura Terruso. Producer: Hello, My Name Is Doris. LAURA TERRUSO is an award-winning director, screenwriter and producer. Only eight years out of film school, Laura has already directed four feature films, an episode of Apple TV's DICKINSON and a forthcoming experimental documentary. She recently directed ABOUT MY FATHER for Lionsgate, starring Robert De Niro, Kim Cattrall and Sebastian ...
Laura Terruso always knew she wanted to be a director. She didn't know if she could be one, though. "Growing up, I didn't even consider directing as a possible career path, because I didn't see female directors," she says. "When I pictured in my head what a director looked like, it was like a white guy with a baseball cap and a megaphone."
May 25, 2023 · Laura Terruso, a female director, shares her experience of working with Robert De Niro on a comedy film based on Sebastian Maniscalco's relationship with his Sicilian father. She reveals how she connected with the material, collaborated with De Niro, and made the film a unifying story of parent-child love.
May 25, 2023 · LAURA TERRUSO: It's such a dream come true to be able to make a comedy that will screen in theaters because, you know, comedy is best viewed with an audience. It's infectious when people start ...
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May 23, 2023 · About My Father is directed by Laura Terruso and co-written by Austen Earl and star Sebastian Maniscalco. The latter was inspired by his real relationship with his father, Salvo. About My Father includes a star-studded cast led by Maniscalco, Robert De Niro, Lelie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Kim Cattrall, and Brett Dier.
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Dec 5, 2017 · Laura Terruso has held nearly every position on an indie film set: producer, AD, and DP. Having first proved her writing chops as a screenwriter on the SXSW crowdpleaser Hello, My Name Is Doris, Terruso now directs her first film, Fits and Starts, a comedic look at two writers (played by Wyatt Cenac and Greta Lee) whose disparate successes wreak havoc on their marriage.
