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Derek Cianfrance began making movies at age 13. He later attended The University of Colorado where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three films, 'Five O'clock Shadow', 'Raw Footage', and Brother Tied, won consecutive Goldfarb Awards for best film... See full bio »

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2012 The Place Beyond the Pines (post-production)
 
2011 Metalhead (post-production)
 
2012 Cagefighter (documentary) (completed)
 
2010 Blue Valentine
 
2008 The Power of Dreams - Dream the Impossible (TV series documentary short)
 
2006 Black and White: A Portrait of Sean Combs (TV documentary)
 
2006 Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home (short)
 
2005 Battlegrounds: King of the Court (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Meet the Lucky Ones (short)
 
2004 Battlegrounds: King of the World (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay: The Last Interview (TV documentary short)
 
2001 Shots in the Dark (TV documentary)
 
1998 Brother Tied
 
Show ShowCinematographer (6 titles)
2011 Metalhead (post-production)
 
2004 Meet the Lucky Ones (short)
 
2003 Quattro Noza
 
2002 Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay: The Last Interview (TV documentary short)
 
2001 Shots in the Dark (TV documentary)
 
1998 Brother Tied
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
2012 The Place Beyond the Pines (writer) (post-production)
 
2011 Metalhead (story) (post-production)
 
2010 Blue Valentine (written by)
 
1998 Brother Tied (writer)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
2001 Shots in the Dark (TV documentary)
 
1998 Brother Tied
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
2005 B.I.K.E. (documentary) (second unit cinematographer)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2011 Film Fiend (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Blue Valentine (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2010 New York Conversations (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Cannes Film Festival 2010 (TV movie)
Himself
 

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[on making Blue Valentine] There was one day where we were shooting on the bus. That's a bit of a movie trope - the encounter on a bus - and yet when we shot that scene, we had a rainbow come out of nowhere. When stuff like that happens, and I know it sounds kind of corny, but you really feel that you are doing the right thing at the right time. See more »