Derek M. Cianfrance (/ˈsiːənfræns/; born January 23, 1974) is an American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for writing and directing the films Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines, and The Light Between Oceans, as well as the HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True. For his contributions to the story of Sound of Metal, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with its director Darius Marder, and Abraham Marder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Cianfrance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Born Secret — Executive Producer
• 2025Roofman — Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
• 2024Exhibiting Forgiveness — Producer
• 2022If I Was His Mother — Producer
• I Know This Much Is True — Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
• 2020Sound of Metal — Story, Executive Producer
• 2016The Light Between Oceans — Director, Screenplay, Writer
• 2013The Place Beyond the Pines — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 2013Towheads
• 2010Blue Valentine — Director, Writer
• 2006Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home — Director
• 2005Streets of Legend — Director of Photography
• 2001Shots in the Dark — Director, Editor, Cinematography
• 1998Brother Tied — Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
• Hatchet — Director, Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2022Bonnie — Self
• The Oscars — Self