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I have finished a new film; a feature documentary called DOWN IN SHADOWLAND. From my first step underground in 1976 I was fascinated by the world that existed beneath the streets of NYC. In 2009 I began carrying my video camera on the trains every day trying to capture some of these mysterious and moving […]

Writer/Director: Tom DiCillo Cast: John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, Johnny Depp (narrator). Awards: Grammy for Best Documentary, Audience Award; South by Southwest Music and Film Festival. Festivals: Sundance, LA Film Festival, Woodstock, Berlin, Deauville, London, San Sebastian. US Distribution: Rhino Entertainment and Abramorama. Related Blog Posts: many, starting with The Land Of Fruits […]

Writer/Director: Tom DiCillo Cast: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon, Elvis Costello, Callie Thorne, David Wain, Cinque Lee. Awards: Best Director, Best Screenplay; San Sebastian Intl. Film Festival. Best Picture; HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival, Special Jury Prize;Istanbul Intl. Film Festival, Signis Grand Prize; Best Film. Festivals: Sundance, Seattle, Aspen, San Sebastian. US […]

Writer/Director: Tom DiCillo Cast: Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley, Luis Guzman, Melonie Diaz, Donald Faison, Keith Knobb, Victor Argo, Chris Noth, Steve Buscemi. Festivals: Sundance, Tribeca, Gijon, Deauville. Awards: Best Picture; DVD Premiere Awards. Double Whammy TRAILER This is a tough film for me to write about.  It is the only film I have made that did […]

Writer/Director: Tom DiCillo Cast: Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Darryl Hannah, Christopher Lloyd, Maxwell Caulfield, Kathleen Turner, Marlo Thomas, Dave Chapelle, Steve Buscemi, Denis Leary, Elizabeth Berkely. Festivals: Sundance, Toronto, San Francisco, Deauville. US Distribution: Paramount. The Real Blonde TRAILER   The Real Blonde is my only studio film to date. That’s not really a statement, […]

Writer/Director: Tom DiCillo Cast: John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener, Lisa Blount, Rica Maartens, Annie Corley. Festivals: Venice, Sundance, Seattle, Toronto, San Francisco. US Distribution: Trimark. Books: Notes From Overboard, film diary and screenplay. Related Blog Posts: Roll Model, Whacked But Fact 2. Box of Moonlight  TRAILER Box of Moonlight was supposed to have been my […]

Writer/Director: Tom DiCillo Cast: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, James Legros, Danielle Von Zerneck, Rica Maartens, Peter Dinklage. Awards: Best Screenplay; Sundance Film Festival. Best Picture;Deauville Film Festival. Best Actress, Catherine Keener; Stockholm Film Festival. US Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics. Festivals: Sundance, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, New Directors (NYC), Berlin, Deauville, Gijon, Stockholm. […]

Johnny Suede was my first film. It was based on a series of monologues I’d written for a character I’d created in an acting class. In 1986 I gathered the monologues into a 1-man show and performed it in a tiny theatre Way-Off-Off-Broadway. The reaction was strong enough to convince me to write the screenplay […]

GOD SAVE THE KING was my first sync sound film when I was in NYU film school. Back in 1977 student films were shot on real film and the move from silent to sound was considered a huge step. The original 16 mm print was recently discovered in a box under a bed in the basement of a female […]