Laurie Collyer

Nascimento : , Mountainside, New Jersey

História

Laurie Collyer is an American film director. She grew up in Mountainside, New Jersey and attended Oberlin College. She is best known for writing and directing Sherrybaby, for which actress Maggie Gyllenhaal received a Golden Globe nomination. She also directed the film Nuyorican Dream in 1999. She is in development to direct a film based on the story of Julia Butterfly Hill and Luna which is to star Rachel Weisz. Collyer is a graduate of Oberlin College.

Filmes

Furlough
Furlough
Director
Quando uma presidiária consegue sair da prisão em um final de semana a fim de visitar sua mãe, que está com uma doença terminal, uma policial novata tenta mantê-la sob controle.
A História de uma Garota
A História de uma Garota
Screenplay
Um vídeo comprometedor viraliza e transforma a vida de uma adolescente, tornando-a o centro das brincadeiras de seus colegas de colégio e provocando a ira e decepção de seu pai.
Parceiros No Amor
Parceiros No Amor
Screenplay
Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by Melissa’s small hourly wage, they are nevertheless thrilled to learn that Melissa is pregnant. Then their situation deteriorates, and their tenuous financial situation threatens to bring their happy life crashing down.
Parceiros No Amor
Parceiros No Amor
Director
Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by Melissa’s small hourly wage, they are nevertheless thrilled to learn that Melissa is pregnant. Then their situation deteriorates, and their tenuous financial situation threatens to bring their happy life crashing down.
The Thief
The Thief
Writer
When a thief enters a house desperately looking for money, he finds something more valuable.
Sherrybaby
Sherrybaby
Writer
Após três anos presa, Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) volta para casa. Ela busca um emprego e tenta se reaproximar da filha, mas logo percebe que encontrar seu lugar na sociedade será mais difícil que o esperado.
Sherrybaby
Sherrybaby
Director
Após três anos presa, Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) volta para casa. Ela busca um emprego e tenta se reaproximar da filha, mas logo percebe que encontrar seu lugar na sociedade será mais difícil que o esperado.
Nuyorican Dream
Nuyorican Dream
Producer
A gripping portrait of one Puerto Rican family living in NYC. Roberto, 29, the eldest son gay and living in Greenwich Village. Marta the family matriarch, living in Brooklyn and raising the grandchildren that have, for the most part been abandonded by their parents. Danny, 23, returning from Riker's Island after spending yet more time in jail. Beatriz, vanishing periodically to indulg her crack cocain habit.
Nuyorican Dream
Nuyorican Dream
Director
A gripping portrait of one Puerto Rican family living in NYC. Roberto, 29, the eldest son gay and living in Greenwich Village. Marta the family matriarch, living in Brooklyn and raising the grandchildren that have, for the most part been abandonded by their parents. Danny, 23, returning from Riker's Island after spending yet more time in jail. Beatriz, vanishing periodically to indulg her crack cocain habit.