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R.J. Cutler(I)

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  • Writer
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R.J. Cutler at an event for The September Issue (2009)
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2008 fall-fashion issue.
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R.J. Cutler is an American filmmaker, documentarian, television producer and theater director. His work includes the documentary films The War Room, A Perfect Candidate, Thin, The September Issue and The World According to Dick Cheney; the non-fiction television series American High, Freshman Diaries and 30 Days; the prime time drama series Nashville; and the feature film If I Stay. Cutler's first film, The War Room, was nominated for an Academy Award and he is the recipient of numerous awards including an Emmy, a Peabody Award, a GLAAD Award, two Cinema Eye Awards, and two Television Academy Honor Awards. In 2009, the Museum of Television and Radio held a five-day retrospective of his work.
Bornc. 1962
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Bornc. 1962
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 6 wins & 17 nominations total

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R.J. Cutler in The Daily Show (1996)
R.J. Cutler in The September Issue (2009)
John Battsek, R.J. Cutler, and Stevan Riley at an event for Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
Gary Barber, R.J. Cutler, and Chloë Grace Moretz at an event for If I Stay (2014)
R.J. Cutler at an event for If I Stay (2014)
Stacy Keach, R.J. Cutler, Mireille Enos, Joshua Leonard, Chloë Grace Moretz, Liana Liberato, Jakob Davies, Gayle Forman, and Jamie Blackley at an event for If I Stay (2014)
R.J. Cutler and Chloë Grace Moretz at an event for If I Stay (2014)
R.J. Cutler at an event for The World According to Dick Cheney (2013)
R.J. Cutler and Liz Garbus
R.J. Cutler and Ginnifer Goodwin at an event for The September Issue (2009)

Known for

American High (2000)
American High
7.6
TV Series
  • Producer
The September Issue (2009)
The September Issue
7.0
  • Producer
  • 2009
Billie Eilish in Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
7.7
  • Producer(p.g.a.)
  • 2021
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jamie Blackley in If I Stay (2014)
If I Stay
6.7
  • Director
  • 2014

Credits

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Producer

  • Anthem
    • executive producer
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
    • TV Mini Series
  • Untitled Charles Blow Project
    • producer
    • In Production
  • Murf the Surf (2023)
    Murf the Surf
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023)
    The Disappearance of Shere Hite
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Supreme Models (2022)
    Supreme Models
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Billie Eilish in Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)
    Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
    • producer: p.g.a.
    • 2021
  • John Belushi in Belushi (2020)
    Belushi
    • producer (p.g.a.)
    • 2020
  • Jane Fonda, Spike Lee, Viola Davis, Jane Goodall, and Billy Porter in Dear... (2020)
    Dear...
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Imelda Marcos in The Kingmaker (2019)
    The Kingmaker
    • executive producer
    • 2019
  • Jim Allison: Breakthrough (2019)
    Jim Allison: Breakthrough
    • executive producer
    • 2019
  • Four Stars
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • Members Only (2015)
    Members Only
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Listen to Me Marlon
    • producer
    • 2015
  • Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere in Nashville (2012)
    Nashville
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2014
  • Dick Cheney in The World According to Dick Cheney (2013)
    The World According to Dick Cheney
    • producer
    • 2013
  • Call of Duty ELITE: Friday Night Fights (2011)
    Call of Duty ELITE: Friday Night Fights
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2012
  • One Nation Under Dog (2012)
    One Nation Under Dog
    • producer
    • 2012

Director

  • Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul
    • Director
    • Post-production
    • TV Mini Series
  • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Murf the Surf (2023)
    Murf the Surf
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Untitled Martha Stewart Documentary
    • Director
    • 2021
  • Billie Eilish in Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)
    Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
    • Director
    • 2021
  • John Belushi in Belushi (2020)
    Belushi
    • Director
    • 2020
  • Four Stars
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • Members Only (2015)
    Members Only
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Chloë Grace Moretz and Jamie Blackley in If I Stay (2014)
    If I Stay
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Charlie Cox in The Ordained (2013)
    The Ordained
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Dick Cheney in The World According to Dick Cheney (2013)
    The World According to Dick Cheney
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere in Nashville (2012)
    Nashville
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Fish (2011)
    Fish
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • The Met Ball
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2010
  • The September Issue (2009)
    The September Issue
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (2006)
    Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Black. White. (2006)
    Black. White.
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2006

Writer

  • Murf the Surf (2023)
    Murf the Surf
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Billie Eilish in Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)
    Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
    • written by
    • 2021
  • John Belushi in Belushi (2020)
    Belushi
    • written by
    • 2020
  • American High (2000)
    American High
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Anita Liberty (1997)
    Anita Liberty
    • written by
    • Short
    • 1997

Videos5

Clip 3 - Sienna's Hair
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Clip 3 - Sienna's Hair
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Clip 0:44
Clip 2 - Texture Photoshoot
Clip 1 - The Most Important Thing
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Clip 1 - The Most Important Thing
The September Issue
Clip 1:54
The September Issue
The September Issue
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The September Issue

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    • c. 1962
  • Other works
    He and Wesley Savick directed Christopher Durang's play, "Mrs. Sorkin Presents....("Ubu Lear" and Other Peerless Classics)," in a world premiere New Stages Series production at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Loy Arcenas was set designer. Karen Eister was costume designer. Frank Butler was lighting designer. Stephen D. Santomenna was sound designer. Richard Peasler was composer. Paul Brusiloff was music director. Robert Brustein was artistic director.
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    Cutler attended Harvard and graduated with the class of 1983.

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