Nicole Holofcener (/ˈhÉ'lÉ™fËŒsÉ›nÉ™r/; born March 22, 1960) is an
American film and television director and screenwriter. She has
directed five feature films, including Friends with Money and Enough
Said, as well as various television series. Holofcener was a student
of director Martin Scorsese. Along with Jeff Whitty, Holofcener
received a 2019 Academy Award nomination for Adapted Screenplay and
won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for
the film Can You Ever Forgive Me?.Holofcener was born to a secular
Jewish family in New York City, the younger of two daughters of artist
Lawrence Holofcener and set decorator Carol Joffe (née Shapiro). Her
elder sister is Suzanne Holofcener. Nicole's parents divorced when she
was a year old. When she was eight, her mother married film producer
Charles H. Joffe, who moved the family to Hollywood.Since her
stepfather produced Woody Allen's films, Holofcener spent enough time
on Allen's sets to be an extra in Take the Money and Run and Sleeper.
Joffe was responsible for Holofcener's first "real" job in the movie
industry: a production assistant on Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's
Sex Comedy in 1982. She moved up to apprentice editor for Hannah and
Her Sisters (1986).Holofcener's first experiences with film as a child
left her either frightened or sad; she recalled her fright at Jerry
Lewis's The Nutty Professor. Returning east to college, Holofcener
originally wanted to become an artist like her father, but felt she
wasn't as talented as others in her classes. From there, she
gravitated into taking film courses. She studied film at the Tisch
School of the Arts at New York University and at Columbia University,
and made two shorts titled Angry and It's Richard I Love. While at
Columbia, she was taught by Martin Scorsese.
American film and television director and screenwriter. She has
directed five feature films, including Friends with Money and Enough
Said, as well as various television series. Holofcener was a student
of director Martin Scorsese. Along with Jeff Whitty, Holofcener
received a 2019 Academy Award nomination for Adapted Screenplay and
won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for
the film Can You Ever Forgive Me?.Holofcener was born to a secular
Jewish family in New York City, the younger of two daughters of artist
Lawrence Holofcener and set decorator Carol Joffe (née Shapiro). Her
elder sister is Suzanne Holofcener. Nicole's parents divorced when she
was a year old. When she was eight, her mother married film producer
Charles H. Joffe, who moved the family to Hollywood.Since her
stepfather produced Woody Allen's films, Holofcener spent enough time
on Allen's sets to be an extra in Take the Money and Run and Sleeper.
Joffe was responsible for Holofcener's first "real" job in the movie
industry: a production assistant on Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's
Sex Comedy in 1982. She moved up to apprentice editor for Hannah and
Her Sisters (1986).Holofcener's first experiences with film as a child
left her either frightened or sad; she recalled her fright at Jerry
Lewis's The Nutty Professor. Returning east to college, Holofcener
originally wanted to become an artist like her father, but felt she
wasn't as talented as others in her classes. From there, she
gravitated into taking film courses. She studied film at the Tisch
School of the Arts at New York University and at Columbia University,
and made two shorts titled Angry and It's Richard I Love. While at
Columbia, she was taught by Martin Scorsese.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.