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Vadim Perelman is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 8 september 1963 at Kiev (Ukraine)

Vadim Perelman

Vadim Perelman
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 september 1963 (60 years) at Kiev (Ukraine)

Vadim Perelman (Ukrainian: Вадим Перельман; born 1963) is a Ukrainian-Canadian/American film director. Perelman made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with House of Sand and Fog, following a successful career as a commercial director. The film, nominated for three Academy Awards, also marks his first screenplay credit. Perelman was drawn to the story, having been shaped by his own immigrant experience.

Best films

House of Sand and Fog (2003)
(Director)

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Filmography of Vadim Perelman (3 films)

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Director

The Life Before Her Eyes, 1h30
Directed by Vadim Perelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about education, Films about school violence
Actors Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Brett Cullen, Molly Price, Nathalie Paulding
Rating61% 3.098863.098863.098863.098863.09886
Imaginative, impetuous, and wild Diana McFee (Evan Rachel Wood) cannot wait for her adult life to begin. While awaiting the final days of high school in the lush springtime, Diana tests her limits with sex and drugs as her more conservative friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) watches with concern. Then the two teens are involved in a Columbine-like shooting incident at their school and are forced to make an impossible choice.
House of Sand and Fog, 2h6
Directed by Vadim Perelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens
Rating74% 3.7480753.7480753.7480753.7480753.748075
Abandoned by her husband, recovering drug addict Kathy Nicolo, living alone in a small house near San Francisco Bay Area, ignores eviction notices erroneously sent to her for nonpayment of county taxes. Assuming the misunderstanding was cleared up months ago, she is surprised when Sheriff's Deputy Lester Burdon arrives to forcibly evict her. Telling Kathy that her home is to be auctioned off, Burdon feels sympathy for her, helps her move out and advises her to seek legal assistance to regain her house.

Scriptwriter

The Giver
The Giver (2014)
, 1h37
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor Swift, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites
Rating64% 3.202453.202453.202453.202453.20245
Following a calamity referred to as The Ruin, society is reorganized into a series of communities, and all memories of the past are held by one person, the Receiver of Memory. Since the Receiver of Memory is the only individual in the community who has the memories from before, he must advise the Chief Elder, and the other Elders, on the decisions for the community.
House of Sand and Fog, 2h6
Directed by Vadim Perelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens
Rating74% 3.7480753.7480753.7480753.7480753.748075
Abandoned by her husband, recovering drug addict Kathy Nicolo, living alone in a small house near San Francisco Bay Area, ignores eviction notices erroneously sent to her for nonpayment of county taxes. Assuming the misunderstanding was cleared up months ago, she is surprised when Sheriff's Deputy Lester Burdon arrives to forcibly evict her. Telling Kathy that her home is to be auctioned off, Burdon feels sympathy for her, helps her move out and advises her to seek legal assistance to regain her house.

Producer

The Life Before Her Eyes, 1h30
Directed by Vadim Perelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about education, Films about school violence
Actors Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Brett Cullen, Molly Price, Nathalie Paulding
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.098863.098863.098863.098863.09886
Imaginative, impetuous, and wild Diana McFee (Evan Rachel Wood) cannot wait for her adult life to begin. While awaiting the final days of high school in the lush springtime, Diana tests her limits with sex and drugs as her more conservative friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) watches with concern. Then the two teens are involved in a Columbine-like shooting incident at their school and are forced to make an impossible choice.
House of Sand and Fog, 2h6
Directed by Vadim Perelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens
Roles Producer
Rating74% 3.7480753.7480753.7480753.7480753.748075
Abandoned by her husband, recovering drug addict Kathy Nicolo, living alone in a small house near San Francisco Bay Area, ignores eviction notices erroneously sent to her for nonpayment of county taxes. Assuming the misunderstanding was cleared up months ago, she is surprised when Sheriff's Deputy Lester Burdon arrives to forcibly evict her. Telling Kathy that her home is to be auctioned off, Burdon feels sympathy for her, helps her move out and advises her to seek legal assistance to regain her house.