Directing
Tanya Wexler
Born
1970-08-06 (56)
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Tanya Wexler (born August 6, 1970) is an American film director. Wexler has been working in the film industry since 1998, when her first film Finding North (1998), was released. Wexler is most known for her 2011 feature film Hysteria. Wexler is known for exploring women's issues in her films and including complex female characters. Wexler has also been involved in advocating for women in the film industry, and advocating for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Tanya Wexler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
6.5A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
Jolt
2021
6.7Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
Hysteria
2011
6.6Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
Buffaloed
2020
5.0Rhonda, a big-haired bankteller from Brooklyn, encounters Travis, naked, suicidal and about to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Mistaking him for her perfect man, she stalks him all the way to Danton, Texas. Along the way she slowly comes to realize he is gay and is despondent over the AIDS-related death of his former lover. An alliance, and eventually true friendship, is formed between this extremely odd couple as they embark upon a 'treasure hunt' - with clues provided from beyond the grave.
Finding North
1998
5.8Relative Evil (aka Ball in the House) - When JJ (Jonathan Tucker) returns home from rehab, he is greeted by a conniving family who are plotting to cash in on a life insurance policy before his 18th birthday
Relative Evil
2001
Plot details are under wrap.
St. Mary’s Catholic School Presents The Vagina Monologues
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Behind the camera
6.5A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
Jolt
2021
6.7Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
Hysteria
2011
6.6Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
Buffaloed
2020
5.0Rhonda, a big-haired bankteller from Brooklyn, encounters Travis, naked, suicidal and about to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Mistaking him for her perfect man, she stalks him all the way to Danton, Texas. Along the way she slowly comes to realize he is gay and is despondent over the AIDS-related death of his former lover. An alliance, and eventually true friendship, is formed between this extremely odd couple as they embark upon a 'treasure hunt' - with clues provided from beyond the grave.
Finding North
1998
5.8Relative Evil (aka Ball in the House) - When JJ (Jonathan Tucker) returns home from rehab, he is greeted by a conniving family who are plotting to cash in on a life insurance policy before his 18th birthday
Relative Evil
2001
Plot details are under wrap.
St. Mary’s Catholic School Presents The Vagina Monologues
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