Theodore Melfi

Directing

Theodore Melfi

Born

1970-10-27 (55)

Place of birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

Theodore Melfi is an American filmmaker. In 2016, Melfi co-wrote, directed, and co-produced Hidden Figures, for which he received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. He is of Italian descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Theodore Melfi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Hidden Figures poster
8.1

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Hidden Figures

2016

Hidden Figures poster
8.1

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Hidden Figures

2016

Hidden Figures poster
8.1

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Hidden Figures

2016

Going in Style poster
6.7

Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

Going in Style

2017

St. Vincent poster
7.1

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

St. Vincent

2014

St. Vincent poster
7.1

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

St. Vincent

2014

St. Vincent poster
7.1

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

St. Vincent

2014

American Dreamer poster
5.9

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.

American Dreamer

2022

American Dreamer poster
5.9

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.

American Dreamer

2022

The Starling poster
6.9

A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.

The Starling

2021

The Starling poster
6.9

A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.

The Starling

2021

El Camino Christmas poster
5.5

A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas Eve in the fictitious town of El Camino, NV.

El Camino Christmas

2017

El Camino Christmas poster
5.5

A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas Eve in the fictitious town of El Camino, NV.

El Camino Christmas

2017

Bed & Breakfast poster
4.0

Bed and Breakfast is a romantic comedy about a saleswoman from a large department store in Rio who discovers she has inherited property in the wine country of California. She could never expect what she would find in "Webster", a small country town

Bed & Breakfast

2010

The Black Ghiandola poster
6.5

The Black Ghiandola is a story about a young man risking his life to save a young girl he has grown to love, after his family has been killed in the Apocalyptic world of Zombies.

The Black Ghiandola

2017

Winding Roads poster
8.0

Three women encounter the toughest time of their lives.

Winding Roads

1999

Winding Roads poster
8.0

Three women encounter the toughest time of their lives.

Winding Roads

1999

Winding Roads poster
8.0

Three women encounter the toughest time of their lives.

Winding Roads

1999

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10.0

Laurel, Jane and Candy. We meet them as children, we know them as prostitutes and we come to understand them as women. The town is Chicago and the girls are from all walks of life. This is love at a price.

Tricks

2004

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Fruitloops

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Fruitloops

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NR

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Fruitloops

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8.0

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The Beneficiary

2008

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NR

From Nick Shay, a waste management executive who grew up in the Bronx, to the history of the baseball that won the New York Giants the pennant in 1951. Underworld encompasses numerous subplots drawn from American history in the second half of the twentieth century. Described as both postmodernist and a reaction to postmodernism, it examines themes of nuclear proliferation, waste, and the contribution of individual lives to the course of history.

Underworld

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No artwork available
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From Nick Shay, a waste management executive who grew up in the Bronx, to the history of the baseball that won the New York Giants the pennant in 1951. Underworld encompasses numerous subplots drawn from American history in the second half of the twentieth century. Described as both postmodernist and a reaction to postmodernism, it examines themes of nuclear proliferation, waste, and the contribution of individual lives to the course of history.

Underworld

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