Michael Corrente

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Michael Corrente
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Corrente in New York City, 2007.
Born (1959-04-06) April 6, 1959 (age 62)

Michael Corrente (born April 6, 1959) is an American film director and producer. His films include A Shot at Glory , American Buffalo , Outside Providence , Brooklyn Rules and Federal Hill .

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Federal Hill won the Audience Award in 1994 at France's Deauville Film Festival before being picked up for release by Trimark Pictures. [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

TitleYearCredited asNotesRef(s)
DirectorWriterProducerOther
Title Shot1989NoYesNoYesActor
Role: Bombazzo
Spree1993NoNoNoYesProduction assistant
Federal Hill 1994YesYesYesYesActor
Role: Fredo
Tilt-A-Whirl1995NoNoYesNo
Kingpin 1996NoNoNoYesActor
Role: Scranton Wino
American Buffalo 1996YesNoNoNo
The First to Go1997NoNoNoYesProduction assistant
Say You'll Be Mine1999NoNoYesNo
Outside Providence 1999YesYesYesYesExecutive music producer
A Shot at Glory 2000YesNoYesNo
Shallow Hal 2001NoNoNoYesActor
Role: Homeless Man #2
Assassination Tango 2002NoNoNoYesActor
Role: Cop at Newsstand
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 2003NoNoYesNoExecutive producer
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town 2003NoNoYesNo
The Door in the Floor 2004NoNoYesNo
Corn 2004NoNoYesNo
Brooklyn Rules 2007YesNoYesNo
Inkubus 2011NoNoYesNo
Loosies 2012YesNoNoNo
Last Kind Words2012NoNoYesNoExecutive producer
Some Velvet Morning 2013NoNoYesNo
Exeter 2015NoNoYesNo

Television

TitleYear(s)RoleChannelNotesRef(s)
Brotherhood 2007 Showtime "Shelter from the Storm" (director)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardWorkCategoryResultReference
1994 Avignon Film Festival Federal Hill Prix TournageWon
Deauville Film Festival Coup de Coeur LTCWon
Federal Hill(tied with Little Odessa )Critics AwardWon

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References

  1. James, Caryn (9 December 1994). "FILM REVIEW; Friends at Home on Mean Streets of Providence". The New York Times.
  2. "Michael Corrente".