Courtney Balaker

Production

Courtney Balaker

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Production

Credits

10 titles

Courtney Moorehead Balaker is an award-winning filmmaker, theatre director, and co-founder of Korchula Productions. Courtney wrote, directed, and produced Little Pink House, an award-winning Korchula Productions feature film about Susette Kelo’s historic fight to save her home and neighborhood. The film stars two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener (Get Out, Being John Malkovich, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Emmy nominee Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love, The Firm, Grey Gardens). The film has been lauded by the likes of The Hollywood Reporter (“The bottom line—it hits a nerve”) and Deadline Hollywood (“Keener nails the combination of anger, grace, and attitude that made Kelo a nationally…

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He Was a Quiet Man poster
6.4

An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.

He Was a Quiet Man

2007

Little Pink House poster
6.3

A Connecticut nurse finds herself at the center of a political firestorm and a Supreme Court case centering on eminent domain.

Little Pink House

2018

Can We Take a Joke? poster
6.7

In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their ability to organize a groundswell of opposition to – and public censure of – their offender has never been more powerful. Today we're all one clumsy joke away from public ruin. Can We Take A Joke? offers a thought-provoking and wry exploration of outrage culture through the lens of stand-up comedy, with notables like Gilbert Gottfried, Penn Jillette, Lisa Lampanelli, and Adam Carolla detailing its stifling impact on comedy and the exchange of ideas. What will the future will be like if we can't learn how to take a joke?

Can We Take a Joke?

2016

Cute Couple poster
NR

Zach and Kendra are considered the cutest couple within their peer group. Unfortunately, that all ends when Tim and Tammy move into the neighborhood, knocking them off of their pedestal and forcing them to find a new identity amongst their friends.

Cute Couple

2008

Raising the Stakes poster
9.0

Joseph will is a man in his twenties faced with a job that he hates, a relationship that's going nowhere, and he's about to meet the women of his dreams. As with all dreams, he's about to find that the reality is never the same.

Raising the Stakes

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The Coddling of the American Mind poster
8.0

Follows five twenty-somethings who entered college with high hopes, only to be confronted with identity politics, social media hysteria, and cancel culture, leading the students to face anxiety, depression, and fear.

The Coddling of the American Mind

2024

Film credits

Behind the camera

Little Pink House poster
6.3

A Connecticut nurse finds herself at the center of a political firestorm and a Supreme Court case centering on eminent domain.

Little Pink House

2018

Little Pink House poster
6.3

A Connecticut nurse finds herself at the center of a political firestorm and a Supreme Court case centering on eminent domain.

Little Pink House

2018

Little Pink House poster
6.3

A Connecticut nurse finds herself at the center of a political firestorm and a Supreme Court case centering on eminent domain.

Little Pink House

2018

Can We Take a Joke? poster
6.7

In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their ability to organize a groundswell of opposition to – and public censure of – their offender has never been more powerful. Today we're all one clumsy joke away from public ruin. Can We Take A Joke? offers a thought-provoking and wry exploration of outrage culture through the lens of stand-up comedy, with notables like Gilbert Gottfried, Penn Jillette, Lisa Lampanelli, and Adam Carolla detailing its stifling impact on comedy and the exchange of ideas. What will the future will be like if we can't learn how to take a joke?

Can We Take a Joke?

2016

Cute Couple poster
NR

Zach and Kendra are considered the cutest couple within their peer group. Unfortunately, that all ends when Tim and Tammy move into the neighborhood, knocking them off of their pedestal and forcing them to find a new identity amongst their friends.

Cute Couple

2008

Cute Couple poster
NR

Zach and Kendra are considered the cutest couple within their peer group. Unfortunately, that all ends when Tim and Tammy move into the neighborhood, knocking them off of their pedestal and forcing them to find a new identity amongst their friends.

Cute Couple

2008

The Coddling of the American Mind poster
8.0

Follows five twenty-somethings who entered college with high hopes, only to be confronted with identity politics, social media hysteria, and cancel culture, leading the students to face anxiety, depression, and fear.

The Coddling of the American Mind

2024