Shari Springer Berman

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini · With Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander

A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.

Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini · With Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Alicia Keys

A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life.

Dir. Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman · With Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer

A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all major elements in this heart-aching tale of the son of diehard hippies and his strange odyssey through the extremes of late 20th century youth culture.

Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini · With Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Emily Mortimer

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Dir. Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman · With Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes

A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini · With Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon