Shari Springer Berman (born July 13, 1963) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers.

Biographies

Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in

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. Springer Berman graduated from Wesleyan University ( Phi Beta Kappa) and Pulcini graduated from Rutgers University-Camden. Both filmmakers received master's degrees in film from Columbia University. The couple married in 1994. Springer Berman is Jewish and Pulcini is of Italian descent. The two have a "rule" in which they often alternate whose name comes first in the credits of their movies, of which Berman says "There’s no meaning behind it. It’s very random!"

Career

They received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for their 2003 film '' American Splendor''. In 2010, '' The Extra Man'' premiered at the

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-winning ''

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'', a 2011

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Drama film directed by Berman and Pulcini, premiered on April 23, 2011. Beginning in 2019, the pair branched out into directing for television.

Awards and nominations

With their first feature film '' American Splendor'', Springer Berman and Pulcini earned an Academy Award nomination for

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. Awards won for ''American Splendor'' *

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(Best Screenplay) *Central Ohio Film Critics (Best Adapted Screenplay) * Chicago Film Critics (Most Promising Performers) * Los Angeles Film Critics (Best Screenplay) * National Society of Film Critics (Best Screenplay) * New York Film Critics (Best First Film) * Online Film Critics (Best Breakthrough Filmmakers) *

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(Best Adapted Screenplay) * Sundance Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) * Toronto Film Critics (Best First Feature) * Writers Guild of America (WGA) (Best Adapted Screenplay)

Filmography

Movies

*'' Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's'' (1997) *''The Young and the Dead'' (2000) *''Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches'' (2002) *'' American Splendor'' (2003) *'' Wanderlust'' (2006) *'' The Nanny Diaries'' (2007) *'' The Extra Man'' (2010) *''

'' (2011) *'' Girl Most Likely'' (2012) *''

Ten Thousand Saints ''Ten Thousand Saints'' is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. It is based on the novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson. The film stars Asa Butterfield as Jude Keffy-Horn, the protagon ...

'' (2015) *''

Things Heard and Seen ''Things Heard & Seen'' is a 2021 American horror film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, based on the novel ''All Things Cease to Appear'' by Elizabeth Brundage. It stars Amanda Seyfried and James Norton. It was ...

'' (2021)

Television

* '' Shameless'' season 9, episode 12 "You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It" (2019) * ''

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'': ** season 2, episode 4 "Safe Room" (2019) ** season 3, episode 4 "Lion in the Meadow" (2021) *'' Night Sky'': season 1, episode 4 "Boilermakers" (2022) * ''

WeCrashed ''WeCrashed'' is an American drama streaming television miniseries that premiered on Apple TV+ on March 18, 2022. The series stars Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway as Adam and Rebekah Neumann, the real-life married couple at the heart of WeWork, a ...

'' season 1, episode 8 "The One With all the Money" (2022)

Actor

: Robert Pulcini *'' American Splendor'' (2003) - "Bob the Director"

References

External links

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"Interview: Robert Pulcini and Sheri Springer Berman, Directors of 'The Nanny Diaries'"
''Cinematical'', Ryan Stewart, Aug 23rd 2007
"Filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini"
''NPR''

''Cineaste'', Gilbert, Anne; West, Dennis; West, Joan M., September 22, 2003 *"Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, Paul Giamatti & Harvey Pekar;

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