Maria Dizzia
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Filmography
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The Neighbors' Window
(2019)In this Oscar-winning short, a busy mother is captivated by the young couple that moves in across the street as she spies on them from her apartment.

William
(2019)After two scientists decide to clone and raise a Neanderthal, their unusual boy must navigate his identity in a world where he has no place.

Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
(2024)On Christmas Eve, a huge, rambunctious extended Italian-American family gather upon their small Long Island hometown for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on, while hijinks and generational squabbles ensue, two of the teenage cousins take advantage of the chaos to sneak out into the wintry suburb and claim the holiday for their own.

If I Forget
(2017)If I Forget tells a powerful tale of a Jewish family and a culture at odds with itself.

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
(2018)Two new friends at a retirement home find their relationship tested by a mysterious nurse, who is searching for her long-lost father.

Fits and Starts
(2017)David Warwik is a struggling writer who has been toiling away at the same novel for years. His wife Jennifer is a hot young literary figure, who has just released a new masterpiece. When her publisher invites the couple to an artists' salon at his home in Connecticut, the pair embark on a twisted journey, and David must face his demons and try to “not be weird” among the waspy salon guests and competitive art set in attendance. He encounters a dentist with publishing aspirations, a book critic full of condescending advice, a fellow writer who may know his wife a little too well, an old “friend," and a high powered bipolar literary agent who just might be able to help him... for a price.

Homebody
(2022)Melanie's afternoon babysitting gender-questioning Johnny takes a strange turn when her body is inexplicably inhabited by the 9-year-old's spirit.

Ghostwritten
(2022)Clinging to the reputation of his one-hit novel, a writer accepts a winter residency on a reclusive island, but something is amiss with the house.

37
(2016)Dramatization of the shocking murder of 28-year-old Kitty Genovese in New York City where a presumed 37 people heard the attack and did not help.

Christine
(2016)Based on the real life of 1970s Florida news anchor Christine Chubbuck, whose personal and professional demons lead to a shocking decision on live TV.

Plainclothes
(2025)Writer-director Carmen Emmi handcuffs obsession to power in this confident debut set in ‘90s New York, detecting erotic fixations in homophobic policing. With one furtive eye on William Friedkin’s cult classic Cruising, Plainclothes searches fuzzy videotape surveillance footage for forbidden desire.

True Story
(2015)Disgraced reporter Michael Finkel meets the accused killer who has taken on Finkel's identity.

Above the Shadows
(2019)A woman who became literally invisible to others after her mother died works as a sleuth until meeting a jaded fighter, the only one who can see her.

Funny Pages
(2022)A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life and leaves home in a misguided quest for soul.

Piercing
(2019)Reed is going on a business trip, but in lieu of a suitcase filled with clothes, he's packed a murder kit. Everything is meticulously planned: check into a hotel and kill an unsuspecting victim. But Reed gets more than he bargained for with Jackie, an alluring call girl who arrives at his room.

The Graduates
(2024)After her boyfriend dies from gun violence, a high school grad navigates an uncertain future alongside a community that is searching for ways to heal.
Before
After tragically losing his wife, child psychiatrist Dr. Eli Adler (Billy Crystal) encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli’s past.

3 Generations
(2016)Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, and Susan Sarandon star in this inspirational, witty, and courageous look at a family learning to accept a transgender teen for who he is.

The Happy Sad
(2013)Tired of dating Stan, Annie pretends to be seeing her female coworker, Mandy. Heartbroken, Stan finds himself hooking up with Marcus, who just started an open relationship with his boyfriend. Soon they all must face the consequences of their experiments.

My Old Ass
(2024)In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza). But when Elliott’s “old ass” starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn’t do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what’s becoming a transformative summer.