12 Facts About Darius Marder

Darius Marder is an American film director, screenwriter, and editor from Massachusetts.

Darius Marder is known for directing and co-writing Sound of Metal, for which he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards.

Darius Marder later started a sushi catering business in Vermont.

Darius Marder's great-grandfather was raised in an orthodox Jewish community in Austria.

Once Darius Marder had started his own family, he moved with his then wife and two children to New York, where their youngest child was born shortly afterwards.

Darius Marder worked as a chef and food stylist, while writing, producing, and filming various projects.

Darius Marder met producer Dan Campbell, who told him about the life story of treasure hunter Lance Larson.

Darius Marder made his directorial debut with the documentary Loot, which premiered at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival where it won the Best Documentary Feature award.

Darius Marder co-wrote The Place Beyond the Pines with his friend Derek Cianfrance and Ben Coccio.

However, the project was later scrapped and abandoned, until Darius Marder took it up, resulting in the fictionalized and distinct narrative film Sound of Metal.

Darius Marder moved back to Massachusetts after living in New York City for 25 years.

In 2014, Darius Marder appeared on the hidden camera show Impractical Jokers as an unwitting passer-by to James Murray and Sal Vulcano's challenge; a discussion about whose story of losing their virginity was more embarrassing.