Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | |
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 Robert Pulcini (left) and Shari Springer Berman at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Born | Springer Berman: July 13, 1963 Pulcini: August 24, 1964 |
| Alma mater | Springer Berman: Wesleyan University Columbia University Pulcini: Rutgers University-Camden Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Film directors, screenwriters |
| Spouse | (married 1994) |
Shari Springer Berman (born July 13, 1963) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers.
Biographies
[edit]Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in New York, New York.[citation needed] 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.[1] The couple married in 1994. Springer Berman is Jewish, and Pulcini is of Italian descent.[2]
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!"[3]
Career
[edit]They received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for their 2003 film American Splendor.[4]
In 2010, The Extra Man premiered at the Sundance festival.[5] The Emmy-winning Cinema Verite, a 2011 HBO Drama film directed by Berman and Pulcini, premiered on April 23, 2011.[6]
The pair branched out into directing for television in 2019.
Awards and nominations
[edit]With their first feature film American Splendor, Springer Berman and Pulcini earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Awards won for American Splendor
- Boston Film Critics (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)
- San Diego Film Critics (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- Sundance Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic)
- Toronto Film Critics (Best First Feature)
- Writers Guild of America (WGA) (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Filmography
[edit]Movies
[edit]- 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)
- Cinema Verite (2011)
- Girl Most Likely (2012)
- Ten Thousand Saints (2015)
- Things Heard and Seen (2021)
Television
[edit]- Shameless season 9, episode 12 "You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It" (2019)
- Succession:
- season 2, episode 4 "Safe Room" (2019)
- season 3, episode 4 "Lion in the Meadow" (2021)
- season 4, episode 7 "Tailgate Party" (2023)
- Night Sky: season 1, episode 4 "Boilermakers" (2022)
- WeCrashed season 1, episode 8 "The One With all the Money" (2022)
- Only Murders in the Building
- season 3, episode 8 "Sitzprobe" (2023)
- season 4, episode 7 "Valley of the Dolls" (2024)
- season 4, episode 8 "Lifeboat" (2024)
Actor
[edit]- Robert Pulcini
- American Splendor (2003) - "Bob the Director"
References
[edit]- ^ Published: June 12, 1994 (1994-06-12). "WEDDINGS; Shari Berman, Robert Pulcini - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Pfefferman, Naomi (2003-08-14). "Comic Book Icon Battles Everyday Life | Arts". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ^ McKittrick, Christopher (August 10, 2015). "'Follow the Book's Lead: Berman and Pulcini on 10,000 Saints". Creative Screenwriting. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ Chiao, Peggy. "BOMB Magazine: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini by Bette Gordon". Bombsite.com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ^ Breznican, Anthony (2009-12-03). "Sundance premieres big-budget and low-budget films". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ^ Brody, Richard (25 April 2011). "An American Movie". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
External links
[edit]- Shari Springer Berman at IMDb
- Robert Pulcini at IMDb
- "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
- "Splendid misery: an interview with Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman." Cineaste, Gilbert, Anne; West, Dennis; West, Joan M., September 22, 2003
- "Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, Paul Giamatti & Harvey Pekar; Raymond Strother; Eugenia Zuckerman", Charlie Rose, (August 19, 2003)
- 1963 births
- 1964 births
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
- American women film directors
- Film directors from New York City
- Filmmaking duos
- Living people
- Married couples
- Wesleyan University alumni
- American women screenwriters
- Writers Guild of America Award winners
- Rutgers University–Camden alumni
- 21st-century American women
- Sundance Film Festival award winners