Oren Moverman is an Israel

Israel

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i filmmaker, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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, and former journalist

Journalist

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 based in New York City

New York City

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Moverman was the screenwriter and associate producer of Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son is a 1999 film that was adapted from a collection of short stories of the same name by Denis Johnson. It stars Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Denis Leary, Will Patton, John Ventimiglia, Michael Shannon and Jack Black...

, a 2000 Lion’s Gate/Alliance Release. Directed by Alison Maclean

Alison Maclean

Alison Maclean is a Canadian film director of music videos, short films, television , commercials and feature films...

, the film stars Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

William Gaither "Billy" Crudup is an American actor of film and stage. He is well known for his roles as guitarist Russell Hammond in Almost Famous, Will Bloom in Big Fish, and Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke. He also starred in the 2007 romantic comedy film Dedication, alongside Mandy Moore...

, Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and film director. She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes...

, Jack Black

Jack Black

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, Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

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 & Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant...

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Moverman served as screenwriter of Face, starring Bai Ling

Bai Ling

Bai Ling is a Chinese actress known for her work in films such as The Crow, Red Corner and Wild Wild West, and in TV series such as Entourage and Lost. In 2011 she appeared in the fifth season of the VH1 reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr...

, Treach

Treach

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 and Kristy Wu

Kristy Wu

Kristy Wu is an American actress of Chinese descent. She is known for her recurring role as Chao-Ahn in the hit TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and co-starring as Melissa Wu in Flight 29 Down. Other television credits include guest appearances on Joan of Arcadia, Freaks and Geeks and Moesha...

. Directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan is an American Director, Writer and Producer. Born in New Jersey and raised in Taiwan, Pan was educated at Boston University and the Columbia University Graduate Film School in 1997 receiving a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Directing, while working as a Sales Executive in Film...

, Face premiered in competition at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Moverman also collaborated with Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs is an American filmmaker. His first film was the acclaimed short Lady .He directed Sundance Film Festival selection The Delta and directed Sundance Film Festival Grand Prize winning Forty Shades of Blue...

 on Married Life, a Sony Pictures Classics release, starring Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre program at York University, Toronto in 2001, she worked steadily as an actress until finding fame in 2004 with starring roles in teen comedy Mean Girls and romantic drama The Notebook...

, Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper (actor)

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, Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan

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 and Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

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He co-wrote Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...

' Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There

I'm Not There

I'm Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan's life and public persona: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw...

, starring Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...

, Christian Bale

Christian Bale

Christian Charles Philip Bale is an English actor. Best known for his roles in American films, Bale has starred in both big budget Hollywood films and the smaller projects from independent producers and art houses....

, Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...

, Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol...

, Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams (actress)

Michelle Ingrid Williams is an American actress. After starting her career with television guest appearances in the early 1990s, Williams achieved recognition for her role as Jen Lindley on the WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek, which she played from 1998 to 2003...

, Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

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 and Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...

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The Messenger

The Messenger (2009 film)

The Messenger is a 2009 war drama film starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton. It is the directorial debut of Oren Moverman, who also wrote the screenplay with Alessandro Camon....

, Moverman’s first film as a director, co-written with Alessandro Camon

Alessandro Camon

Alessandro Camon is a writer and film producer.Born in Padua, Italy, he currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Camon is a graduate of the University of Padua, School of Philosophy, and received a Masters in Film from UCLA in Los Angeles, California....

 and starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

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 and Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

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, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

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. It had its international premiere at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival where it was awarded the Silver Bear for best screenplay and the Peace Award. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe and two Oscars, including a Best Original Screenplay nomination for Moverman and Camon.

Moverman has reportedly been in negotiations with Universal Studios

Universal Studios

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 to re-write and direct the studio's planned Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

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 biopic. Originally scripted by David Benioff

David Benioff

-Early life:Born David Friedman in New York City, he changed his name to David Benioff, his mother's maiden name. He is the youngest of three children....

, and partially based on the biography Heavier Than Heaven

Heavier Than Heaven

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by Charles R. Cross

Charles R. Cross

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, the untitled film will be executive produced by Courtney Love

Courtney Love

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 and her lawyer, Howard Weitzman

Howard Weitzman

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Filmography as screenwriter

• Jesus' Son
  Jesus' Son
  Jesus' Son is a 1999 film that was adapted from a collection of short stories of the same name by Denis Johnson. It stars Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Denis Leary, Will Patton, John Ventimiglia, Michael Shannon and Jack Black...
  
  (1999)
• Face (2002)
• I'm Not There
  I'm Not There
  I'm Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan's life and public persona: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw...
  
  (2007)
• Married Life (2007)
• The Messenger
  The Messenger (2009 film)
  The Messenger is a 2009 war drama film starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton. It is the directorial debut of Oren Moverman, who also wrote the screenplay with Alessandro Camon....
  
  (2009) – Academy Award nomination
• The Big Blow (2010)
• This Side of the Looking Glass (2010)

Filmography as director

• The Messenger
  The Messenger (2009 film)
  The Messenger is a 2009 war drama film starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton. It is the directorial debut of Oren Moverman, who also wrote the screenplay with Alessandro Camon....
  
  (2009)
• Rampart
  Rampart (film)
  Rampart is a drama film released in 2011. Directed by Oren Moverman and co-written by Moverman and James Ellroy, the film stars Woody Harrelson and Ice Cube. In the midst of the fallout from the Rampart scandal of the 1990s, dirty LAPD veteran Dave Brown is forced to face up to the consequences of...
  
  (2011)
• This Side of the Looking Glass (2012)

External links

• 2010 Oren Moverman interview with Jon Niccum