Known for Directing
Filmography
30 films, 1 show


Gringo
2018 · 1h 51m
country: United States
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.


Joy
2015 · 2h 4m
country: United States
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.


Concussion
2015 · 2h 3m
country: United States
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.


Black Mass
2015 · 2h 3m
country: United Kingdom
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.


The Gambler
2014 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.


Foxcatcher
2014 · 2h 14m
country: United States
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.


Whiplash
2014 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.


Veronica Mars
2014 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.


Her
2013 · 2h 6m
country: United States
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.


American Hustle
2013 · 2h 18m
country: United States
A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.


Movie 43
2013 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest. In some countries, like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the structure differs. Instead of a pitch, the films are connected by a group of three teenagers searching for the most banned film in the world, Movie 43, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of civilization.


One for the Money
2012 · 1h 31m
country: United States
An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some friends and the best bounty hunter in the business, she slowly learns what it takes to be a true bounty hunter.


Super
2010 · 1h 36m
country: United States
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.


Unthinkable
2010 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.


Up in the Air
2009 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.


Crossing Over
2009 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.


Towelhead
2008 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.


From Within
2008 · 1h 29m
country: United States
When the citizens of a small evangelical town systematically begin committing suicide, a young girl struggling to reconcile her Christian upbringing with her desire to experience the outside world finds her faith put to the ultimate test.


Big Stan
2007 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.


Dragon Wars: D-War
2007 · 1h 30m
country: South Korea
Ethan learns he carries the spirit of a warrior who battled dragons in 16th-century Korea -- and one day he'll find a tattooed girl carrying the spirit of that warrior's beloved. Years later, he meets Sarah and dragons soon descend on Los Angeles seeking out the two souls of the ancient lovers.


I'm Reed Fish
2007 · 1h 33m
country: United States
When an old high school crush returns to his small hometown, Reed Fish's once simple, calculated life begins to unravel. A drunken incident prompts Reed's fiancée and the entire town to turn against him.


Hatchet
2006 · 1h 24m
country: United States
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.


Adam and Eve
2005 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Adam is a typical college-aged guy... which is to say he wants sex 24 hours a day. But when he meets - and falls for - Eve, a scorchingly hot coed who's still very attached to her virginity, the waiting game is on! While his college buddies score left and right, and campus hotties make tempting passes, Adam ponders an explosive question: Will Eve say "It's the right time"... before he completely goes out of his mind?


30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A Latina working in Los Angeles as a messenger is randomly discovered and fashioned into a pop music star.


Wild Things 2
2004 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Two Florida high school vixens hatch a murderous plan to win an inheritance, but they hadn't bargained for an escalating whirlpool of blackmail and sexual games with a sleazy insurance investigator who has his own plans for the money.


Ping!
2001 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Ping is a chihuahua rescued from the pound by nearsighted Ethel, who thinks he's a cat. When a pair of bumbling thieves try to break into Ethel's house to steal the money they think she has stashed away, only Ping can foil their plans.


Fast Sofa
2001 · 1h 49m
country: Unknown
Rick, a dope fiend, believes his goal in life is to track down Ginger, a famous porn star who is currently staying in her Beverly Hills hideaway. Rick is obsessed with Ginger, watches her movies obsessively, and deals drugs on the side, all to the chagrin of his lover Tamara. He decides to seek out Ginger while on the road, and along the way picks up Jules, a neurotic virgin.


Living in Fear
2000 · 1h 50m
country: United States
A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?