Director

Derek Cianfrance

Directing

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TMDB popularity

0.6

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 139098

IMDb ID: nm0161834

Known for: Directing

Born: January 23, 1974

Age: 52

Place of birth: Lakewood, Colorado, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2025

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 7.1

Wikidata: Q2756732

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Director (3)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Cinematography (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)Writer (1)

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Cianfrance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.