Known for Directing
Filmography
30 films, 1 show


May December
2023 · 1h 57m
country: United States
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.


Things Heard & Seen
2021 · 2h
country: United States
A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life.


Dark Waters
2019 · 2h 7m
country: United States
A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.


The Upside
2019 · 2h 6m
country: United States
Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.


Wonderstruck
2017 · 1h 56m
country: United States
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.


Paterson
2016 · 1h 58m
country: United States
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.


The Whole Truth
2016 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.


The Drop
2014 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.


The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · 2h 10m
country: United States
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.


I Don't Know How She Does It
2011 · 1h 29m
country: United States
As an employee at a Boston-based financial firm, Kate Reddy struggles daily to balance the demands of her high-powered career with the needs of her husband, Richard, and their two children. When she gets an account that requires frequent trips to New York and her husband gets a new job, Kate finds herself spread even thinner. Complicating Kate's life even more is her new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who throws temptation into the mix.


Last Night
2010 · 1h 33m
country: France
Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great love of her life, each is thrust into an evening of temptation.


The Switch
2010 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute, though slightly neurotic, son.


The Nanny Diaries
2007 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.


Shopgirl
2005 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.


Far from Heaven
2002 · 1h 47m
country: United States
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.


Storytelling
2001 · 1h 27m
country: United States
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.


Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · 1h 44m
country: United States
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travel to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.


Requiem for a Dream
2000 · 1h 42m
country: United States
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.


Go
1999 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.


Amanda & the Alien
1998 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Amanda, an employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and unremarkable life. All this changes when an alien that's been held a secret military installation excapes by taking over the body of one of the base employees. Amanda finds the fugitive alien and decides to help it hide from the government agents chasing it, a seemingly easy task, as the alien must change host bodies every few days. Will she be able to help her new companion make a clean getaway?


Johnny Skidmarks
1998 · 1h 36m
country: Canada
Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die one by one. Is Johnny the next on the list?


Freeway
1996 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.