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Portrait of Derek Cianfrance

Directing

Derek Cianfrance

Career

Active from 1998 to 2025, busiest in 2020 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal
GoodWatch score85/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    2021 · Nominated · 93rd Academy Awards

    Sound of Metal

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Derek Cianfrance Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.4, average 2.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    13
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Hatchet
    Hatchet

    Screenplay, Director

    2020s

    5 titles · average score 80
    Roofman
    Roofman (2025)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Screenplay, Executive Producer

    Born Secret
    Born Secret (2025)

    Executive Producer

    Exhibiting Forgiveness
    Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Producer

    If I Was His Mother
    If I Was His Mother (2022)

    Producer

    Sound of Metal
    Sound of Metal (2020)
    GoodWatch score 85

    Story, Executive Producer

    2010s

    3 titles · average score 71
    The Light Between Oceans
    The Light Between Oceans (2016)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Writer, Director

    The Place Beyond the Pines
    The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Director, Story

    Blue Valentine
    Blue Valentine (2010)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Writer, Director

    2000s

    3 titles · average score 41
    Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home
    Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home (2006)

    Director

    Streets of Legend
    Streets of Legend (2005)
    GoodWatch score 41

    Director of Photography

    Shots in the Dark
    Shots in the Dark (2001)

    Cinematography, Editor

    1990s

    1 title
    Brother Tied
    Brother Tied (1998)

    Writer, Director