Movies by Michael Almereyda
As a director:
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New Orleans, Mon Amour (2008)
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Butler Harner …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
In post-Katrina New Orleans, Henry Jekyll (Christopher Eccleston) is attempting to restart his medical practice and remarry his ex-wife in the wake of two major disasters -- one an act of…
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William Eggleston in the Real World (2005)
Cast: William J. Eggleston
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
By following acclaimed photographer William Eggleston around his home base of Memphis, Tenn. -- and on trips to Kentucky, Los Angeles and New York -- filmmaker Michael Almereyda presents an…
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This So-Called Disaster (2004)
Cast: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Cheech Marin …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
The play "The Late Henry Moss" by Sam Shepard is explored in this documentary that takes viewers from rehearsal to opening night in San Francisco. The 2000 performance focuses on the three…
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Happy Here and Now (2002)
Cast: Karl Geary, David Arquette, Shalom Harlow …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
When her emotionally distant sibling disappears without a trace, a worried sister combs New Orleans to track her down and bring her home. Unfortunately, the only clues to her whereabouts are…
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Hamlet (2000)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
The President of the Denmark Corporation has recently been found dead, and his wife has re-married the man suspected of the murder. Nobody is suffering more than her son Hamlet -- who is not…
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Eternal (1998)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Rachel O'Rourke, Lois Smith …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
In this haunting tale of ancient passions and family secrets, Nora (Alison Elliott), a beautiful yet self-destructive socialite, returns to her ancestral home in Ireland seeking the cause of…
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Nadja (1994)
Cast: Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn, Peter Fonda …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
Writer-director Michael Almereyda takes the Dracula legend to the streets of New York in this darkly comic horror tale. Beautiful vampire Nadja (Elina Löwensohn) hits on a woman at a…
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Twister (1989)
Cast: Suzy Amis, Harry Dean Stanton, Crispin Glover …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
When the dysfunctional Cleveland clan, led by eccentric soda tycoon Eugene (Harry Dean Stanton), is forced to wait out a twister on dad's estate in rural Kansas, the family mansion may…








