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

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Robert Pulcini (left) and Shari Springer Berman at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Born	Shari: (1963-07-13) July 13, 1963 (age 59) Robert: (1964-08-24) August 24, 1964 (age 58)
Alma mater	Shari: Wesleyan University Columbia University Robert: Rutgers University-Camden Columbia University
Occupation	Film directors, screenwriters
Spouse	(married 1994)

Biographies

Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in New York, New York. 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

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]

Beginning in 2019, the pair branched out into directing for television.

Awards and nominations

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

• Boston Film Critics (Best Screenplay)
• Central Ohio Film Critics (Best Adapted Screenplay)
• Chicago Film Critics (Most Promising Performers)
• Los Angeles Film Critics (Best Screenplay)
• National Society of Film Critics (Best Screenplay)
• New York Film Critics (Best First Film)
• Online Film Critics (Best Breakthrough Filmmakers)
• San Diego Film Critics (Best Adapted Screenplay)
• Sundance Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic)
• Toronto Film Critics (Best First Feature)
• Writers Guild of America (WGA) (Best Adapted Screenplay)

Filmography

Movies

• Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
• The Young and the Dead (2000)
• Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002)
• American Splendor (2003)
• Wanderlust (2006)
• The Nanny Diaries (2007)
• The Extra Man (2010)
• Cinema Verite (2011)
• Girl Most Likely (2012)
• Ten Thousand Saints (2015)
• Things Heard and Seen (2021)

Television

• 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)
• Night Sky: season 1, episode 4 "Boilermakers" (2022)
• WeCrashed season 1, episode 8 "The One With all the Money" (2022)

Actor

Robert Pulcini

• American Splendor (2003) - "Bob the Director"

References

External links

• Shari Springer Berman at IMDb
• Robert Pulcini at IMDb
• "Interview: Robert Pulcini and Sheri Springer Berman, Directors of 'The Nanny Diaries'", Cinematical, Ryan Stewart, Aug 23rd 2007
• "Filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini", NPR
• "Splendid misery: an interview with Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman." Cineaste, Gilbert, Anne; West, Dennis; West, Joan M., September 22, 2003
• "Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, Paul Giamatti & Harvey Pekar; Raymond Strother; Eugenia Zuckerman", Charlie Rose, (August 19, 2003)