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Shari Springer Berman
and Robert Pulcini
Robert Pulcini (left) and Shari Springer Berman at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival
BornSpringer Berman: (1963-07-13) July 13, 1963 (age 60)
Pulcini: (1964-08-24) August 24, 1964 (age 59)
Alma materSpringer Berman: Wesleyan University
Columbia University
Pulcini: Rutgers University-Camden
Columbia University
Occupation(s)Film directors, screenwriters
Spouse(married 1994)

Shari Springer Berman (born July 13, 1963) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers.

Biographies[edit]

Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in New York, New York.[citation needed] Springer Berman graduated from Wesleyan University (Phi Beta Kappa) and Pulcini graduated from Rutgers University-Camden. Both filmmakers received master's degrees in film from Columbia University.[1] The couple married in 1994. Springer Berman is Jewish, and Pulcini is of Italian descent.[2]

The two have a "rule" in which they often alternate whose name comes first in the credits of their movies, of which Berman says "There’s no meaning behind it. It’s very random!"[3]

Career[edit]

They received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for their 2003 film American Splendor.[4]

In 2010, The Extra Man premiered at the Sundance festival.[5] The Emmy-winning Cinema Verite, a 2011 HBO Drama film directed by Berman and Pulcini, premiered on April 23, 2011.[6]

The pair branched out into directing for television in 2019.

Awards and nominations[edit]

With their first feature film American Splendor, Springer Berman and Pulcini earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Awards won for American Splendor

Filmography[edit]

Movies[edit]

Television[edit]

  • Shameless season 9, episode 12 "You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It" (2019)
  • Succession:
    • season 2, episode 4 "Safe Room" (2019)
    • season 3, episode 4 "Lion in the Meadow" (2021)
    • season 4, episode 7 "Tailgate Party" (2023)
  • Night Sky: season 1, episode 4 "Boilermakers" (2022)
  • WeCrashed season 1, episode 8 "The One With all the Money" (2022)
  • Only Murders in the Building season 3, episode 8 "Sitzprobe" (2023)

Actor[edit]

Robert Pulcini

References[edit]

  1. ^ Published: June 12, 1994 (1994-06-12). "WEDDINGS; Shari Berman, Robert Pulcini - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Pfefferman, Naomi (2003-08-14). "Comic Book Icon Battles Everyday Life | Arts". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  3. ^ McKittrick, Christopher (August 10, 2015). "'Follow the Book's Lead: Berman and Pulcini on 10,000 Saints". Creative Screenwriting. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Chiao, Peggy. "BOMB Magazine: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini by Bette Gordon". Bombsite.com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  5. ^ Breznican, Anthony (2009-12-03). "Sundance premieres big-budget and low-budget films". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  6. ^ Brody, Richard (25 April 2011). "An American Movie". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Springer_Berman_and_Robert_Pulcini