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

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(

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) and Pulcini graduated from

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. Both filmmakers received master's degrees in film from

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. 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

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nomination for their 2003 film '' American Splendor''. In 2010, '' The Extra Man'' premiered at the

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. The

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-winning ''

Cinema Verite ''Cinema Verite'' is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Patrick Fugit. The film follows a fictionalized account of th ...

'', a 2011 HBO 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

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) *

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(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

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 ''The Nanny Diaries'' is a 2002 novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, both of whom are former nannies. The book satirizes upper-class Manhattan society as seen through the eyes of their children's caregivers. Writing The writers were studen ...

'' (2007) *'' The Extra Man'' (2010) *''

'' (2011) *''

Girl Most Likely ''Girl Most Likely'' is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Based on a screenplay by Michelle Morgan, the film stars Kristen Wiig as a playwright who stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her e ...

'' (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 protago ...

'' (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 (actor), J ...

'' (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) *''

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'': season 1, episode 4 "Boilermakers" (2022) * '' WeCrashed'' 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; Raymond Strother; Eugenia Zuckerman", ''Charlie Rose'', (August 19, 2003) {{DEFAULTSORT:Berman, Shari Springer And Robert Pulcini 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