Allen Coulter
Born and raised in Texas, Mr. Coulter started in the film business as a messenger for a small New York production company. While supporting himself doing virtually every job in the motion picture industry, he wrote and directed "The Hobb Case, a short that served as his entree into full-time directing. The byzantine path of his career eventually lead to
The Sopranos,
Sex & the City,
Six Feet Under and
Rome. His first feature, "Hollywoodland, starring
Adrien Brody,
Diane Lane and
Ben Affleck, opened in September 2006 to critical acclaim. More recently he has directed the pilots of
Nurse Jackie starring
Edie Falco for Showtime, the FX Network pilot,
Sons of Anarchy and the upcoming series
Rubicon for AMC. He also received his fifth Emmy nomination for the pilot of FX Network's
Damages, starring
Glenn Close.
Note: This profile was written in or before
2010.
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Allen Coulter Facts
Selected Filmography
Take Me Out To the Ballgame |
Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office |
College |
Defining Moments |
Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood |
For All Debts Public and Private |
Cock a Doodle Do |
Irregular Around the Margins |
Home |
The North Star |
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