Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman: "10,000 Saints," Sundance 2015
Born	July 1964 (age 60–61) New York City, New York, United States
Alma mater	Wesleyan University Columbia University
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Robert Pulcini (m. 1994)

Robert Pulcini
Born	(1964-08-24) August 24, 1964 New York City, New York, United States
Alma mater	Rutgers University-Camden Columbia University
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Shari Springer Berman (m. 1994)

Shari Springer Berman (born July 1964) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers who received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for their 2003 film American Splendor. In 2010, The Extra Man premiered at the Sundance festival. The Emmy-nominated Cinema Verite, a 2011 HBO Drama film directed by Berman and Pulcini, premiered on April 23, 2011.

Biography

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. The couple married in 1994. Springer Berman is Jewish and Pulcini is of Italian descent. 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!"

Filmography

Actor

Robert Pulcini

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

Filmography

• 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 (2013)
• Ten Thousand Saints (2015)

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)
• Toronto Film Critics (Best First Feature)
• Writers Guild of America (WGA) (Best Adapted Screenplay)

External links

• Shari Springer Berman at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Pulcini at the Internet Movie Database
• "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)