John Curran is a movie director and screenwriter who wrote and directed his first film, a short independent film, Down Rusty Down, in 1996. He followed up that release with the 1998 feature film 'Praise, which won several awards including the International Critics' Award from the Toronto International Film Festival and the Best Director Award from the Film Critics Circle of Australia.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/awards

More recently, Curran wrote the screenplay for adaptation of the 1952 John Thompson novel The Killer Inside Me.http://www.killerinsideme.com/credits.php Starring Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba and Bill Pullman, The Killer Inside Me movie opened on June 18, 2010.http://www.killerinsideme.com/credits.php Also in 2010, Curran directed Stone, which follows the title character attempting to manipulate a correctional officer with the hopes to receive an early release from prison. Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich and Frances Conroy starred in the film, which released on October 8, 2010.http://www.stonemovie.com/stone.html http://www.stonemovie.com/stone.html

After his first two films earned Curran national acclaim, he took several years before releasing another movie, returning in 2004 with We Don't Live Here Anymore. Much like 'Praise the film earned several honors including nominations for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Special Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/awards Curran followed up the 2004 movie with The Painted Veil in 2006, which he directed and executive produced. Starring Naomi Watts, Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber, The Painted Veil followed a British doctor battling to save a small Chinese village from cholera while dealing with his own personal problems.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446755/

In 2008, news broke that Curran had signed on to direct a remake of The Beautiful and the Damned. The biopic chronicles the true-life story of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Actress Keira Knightley is also attached to the film, which has a 2011 release date.http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/keira-knightley-is-damned-as-is-director-john-curran.php

• 1996: Down Rusty Downhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/
• 1998: 'Praisehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/
• 2004: We Don't Live Here Anymorehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/
• 2006: The Painted Veilhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/
• 2010: The Killer Inside Mehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/
• 2010: Stonehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/
• 2011: The Beautiful and the Damnedhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192845/