Derek Cianfrance
American film director and screenwriter · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1974 · age 52
Derek M. Cianfrance is an American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for writing and directing the films Blue Valentine (2010), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), The Light Between Oceans (2017) and Roofman (2025) as well as the HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True (2020).
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Born SecretFilm, Producer
RoofmanFilm, 2025Director, Writer2024
Exhibiting ForgivenessFilm, Producer2022
BonnieFilm
If I Was His MotherFilm, 2022Producer2020
I Know This Much Is TrueSeries, Director, Writer
Sound of MetalFilm, 2020Writer, Producer2016
The Light Between OceansFilm, Director, Writer2013
The Place Beyond the PinesFilm, Director, WriterTowheadsFilm2010
Blue ValentineFilm, Director, Writer2006Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman HomeFilm, Director2001Shots in the DarkFilm, Director1998
Brother TiedFilm, Director, Writer1974Born23 January 1974People around Derek
Ryan Gosling Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Ben Mendelsohn Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Emory Cohen Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Darius Marder Directed Sound of Metal (2020)
Bradley Cooper Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Mark Ruffalo Derek directed I Know This Much Is True
Alicia Vikander Derek directed The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Mahershala Ali Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Ray Liotta Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Dane DeHaan Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Imogen Poots Derek directed I Know This Much Is True
LaKeith Stanfield Derek directed Roofman (2025)
Mike Vogel Derek directed Blue Valentine (2011)
Bruce Greenwood Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Andra Day Derek produced Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
Archie Panjabi Derek directed I Know This Much Is True
André Holland Derek produced Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
Harris Yulin Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Molly Price Derek directed Roofman (2025)
Robert Clohessy Derek directed The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Marcello Fonte Derek directed I Know This Much Is True
Emily Barclay Derek directed The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Michael Greyeyes Derek directed I Know This Much Is True
Philip Ettinger Derek directed I Know This Much Is True
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Sound of Metal 2020
The Light Between Oceans 2016
Roofman 2025
The Place Beyond the Pines 2013
Blue Valentine 2010
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 14
34 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
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About this person
For his contributions to the story of Sound of Metal (2020), he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with its director Darius Marder and Abraham Marder.
