Oren Moverman (; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli-American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer. He has directed the films The Messenger, Rampart, Time Out of Mind, and The Dinner. He also directed the Paramount+ documentary series Willie Nelson & Family with Thom Zimny.
Biography Oren Moverman was born on July 4, 1966 in Jaffa (Yafo), Israel. He is an Ashkenazi Jew of Polish origin. He grew up in Givatayim. From age 13 to 17, he first lived in the United States. After serving in the Israel Defense Forces, he moved to the United States. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1992.
Moverman started his career as a screenwriter. He wrote screenplays for films such as Jesus' Son, Face, the experimental Bob Dylan biographical film I'm Not There, and Ira Sachs' Married Life, as well as the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy and the Arabic-language hip-hop film Junction 48.
In 2009, Moverman made his directorial feature film debut with The Messenger, starring Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson. The film had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Co-written with Alessandro Camon The Messenger won the Silver Bear for best screenplay and the Peace Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize and the International Critics Prize at the Deauville Film Festival. It was nominated in the Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor categories by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 2011, Moverman collaborated with Harrelson again in his second directorial film Rampart. The film had its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2014, he directed Time Out of Mind, starring Richard Gere. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival where it won the Fipresci Prize, an award given by the International Federation of Film Critics.
In 2017, he directed The Dinner, starring Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, and Rebecca Hall. The film had its world premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Moverman also directed the Willie Nelson documentary series Willie Nelson & Family.Hilton Dresden, "Willie Nelson Is “Very Open to a Biopic,” Documentary Directors Say". The Hollywood Reporter, January 23, 2023. The five-part show premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The four-part version, Executive Produced by Taylor Sheridan, premiered in December 2023Etan Vlessing, "Willie Nelson Docuseries Gets Pre-Christmas Bow on Paramount+ (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter, December 14, 2023. and was nominated for the 2024 Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary Emmy.Michael Schneider, "CNN, Nat Geo, PBS Lead News and Doc Emmy 2024 Nomination Tally". Variety, July 24, 2024.
Filmography Feature films Year Title Director Writer Producer 1999 Jesus' Son 2002Face 2007 I'm Not There 2007 Married Life 2009 The Messenger 2011 Rampart 2014 Time Out of Mind 2014 The Quiet Ones 2014 She's Lost Control 2014 Love & Mercy 2016 Junction 48 2016 Norman 2016 The Ticket 2017 Verónica 2017 The Dinner 2018 Monsters and Men 2018 Diane 2018 Puzzle 2018 Skin 2018 The Tale 2018 Wildlife 2019 Bad Education 2019 Human Capital 2020 Bad Hair 2021 Passing 2021 Why is We Americans? 2022 The Listener 2022 June Zero 2023 A Thousand and One 2023 Willie Nelson & Family 2024 The American Society of Magical Negroes 2024 Longing 2024 Wisdom of Happiness 2025 Köln 75 2025 Rental Family 2026 The Liberation 2026 Borges and Me
See also List of Israeli Academy Award winners and nominees List of Jewish Academy Award winners and nominees
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