15 Facts About Nicole Holofcener

Nicole Holofcener is an American film and television director and screenwriter.

Nicole Holofcener has directed six feature films, including Walking and Talking, Friends with Money and Enough Said, as well as various television series.

Nicole Holofcener was born to a culturally Jewish family in New York City, the younger of two daughters of artist Lawrence Nicole Holofcener and set decorator Carol Joffe.

Since her stepfather produced Woody Allen's films, Nicole Holofcener spent enough time on Allen's sets to be an extra in Take the Money and Run and Sleeper.

Nicole Holofcener moved up to apprentice editor for Hannah and Her Sisters.

Nicole Holofcener originally wanted to become an artist like her father, but felt she wasn't as talented as others in her classes at Sonoma State University.

Nicole Holofcener 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.

Nicole Holofcener has been viewed as an indie filmmaker despite the financial and critical success of her feature-length films.

Many of Nicole Holofcener's films are shot on location during their production.

Much of Nicole Holofcener's work has a realistic style, but her films do not always have a typical plot structure and are sometimes obscure.

Nicole Holofcener portrays typical, "everyday" middle-class people and their actions, like the characters in Please Give.

Nicole Holofcener made her feature film writing and directing debut in 1996 with Walking and Talking, which starred Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Todd Field, Liev Schreiber, and Kevin Corrigan.

Nicole Holofcener worked on an episode of the US adaptation of Cold Feet.

Nicole Holofcener followed in 2001 with her second feature, Lovely and Amazing.

Nicole Holofcener followed this up with Enough Said starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, and Catherine Keener.