Wayne Kramer

Directing

Wayne Kramer

Place of birth

Johannesburg-Kew, South Africa

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wayne Kramer (born 1965) is a South African screenwriter, film producer, storyboard artist and film director. Kramer has written and directed films such as The Cooler, Crossing Over, Blazeland and Running Scared. He also wrote the screenplay for the film Mindhunters, but the final script was heavily rewritten by others and bore little resemblance to Kramer's original work. He was also one of the filmmakers interviewed for the Kirby Dick documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated, in which he discusses the apparent absurdity of the fact The Cooler was given an NC-17 certificate by the MPAA simply due to a few seconds long shot of its lead actress' pubic ha…

Known for

Running Scared poster
7.0

A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.

Running Scared

2006

Crossing Over poster
6.1

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

Crossing Over

2009

Mindhunters poster
6.4

Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Mindhunters

2004

The Cooler poster
6.7

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.

The Cooler

2003

Pawn Shop Chronicles poster
5.8

The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

Pawn Shop Chronicles

2013

This Film Is Not Yet Rated poster
7.1

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

2006

Film credits

Behind the camera

Running Scared poster
7.0

A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.

Running Scared

2006

Running Scared poster
7.0

A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.

Running Scared

2006

Crossing Over poster
6.1

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

Crossing Over

2009

Crossing Over poster
6.1

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

Crossing Over

2009

Crossing Over poster
6.1

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

Crossing Over

2009

Mindhunters poster
6.4

Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Mindhunters

2004

The Cooler poster
6.7

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.

The Cooler

2003

The Cooler poster
6.7

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.

The Cooler

2003

Pawn Shop Chronicles poster
5.8

The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

Pawn Shop Chronicles

2013

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NR

Award-winning actor Nick DeFranco faces jail time after falling for an undercover sting operation. Impressed by his acting skills, the police captain offers him probation in exchange for teaching the team to act like real dealers.

The Honest Liar

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NR

Award-winning actor Nick DeFranco faces jail time after falling for an undercover sting operation. Impressed by his acting skills, the police captain offers him probation in exchange for teaching the team to act like real dealers.

The Honest Liar

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No artwork available
NR

Molly, a recently widowed young woman, suicidal with grief, is abducted by a man intent on reinventing her as his dead wife — unleashing in Molly a fierce will to live.

My One and Only

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No artwork available
NR

Molly, a recently widowed young woman, suicidal with grief, is abducted by a man intent on reinventing her as his dead wife — unleashing in Molly a fierce will to live.

My One and Only

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