Michael Almereyda

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Michael Almereyda (born 1960) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His most well known work is Hamlet (2000), starring Ethan Hawke.

Most Popular Michael Almereyda Trailers

Total trailers found: 40

Tonight at Noon Trailer (2021)

01 January 2021

Lee and Mae are a couple trying to work out their differences. As Mae struggles with memories of a former flame, Lee, who is a writer, works through his frustration by forming his problems into a story in his mind.

Noise Trailer (2006)

15 June 2006

Footage from 2005’s Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts.

Giving Up the Ghost Trailer (2013)

22 October 2013

A visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

The Ogre's Feathers Trailer (2012)

10 November 2012

A young man sets out on a journey to the Ogre's lair, in search of a feather with the power to save a dying king.

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night Trailer (2013)

10 October 2013

In this retelling of an Italian folktale, a man marries the youngest of three sisters and shares a very strange secret with her on their wedding night.

The Lonedale Operator Trailer (2020)

09 February 2020

The writings and movie memories of renowned poet John Ashbery are refracted in a kaleidoscope of fia

At Sundance Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg Araki, Abel Ferrara, Atom Egoyan, James Gray, Robert Redford, Haskell Wexler, among many others.

Cymbeline Trailer (2014)

03 September 2014

War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin tries to protect his empire.

A Hero of Our Time Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

Loosely based on a section of Mikhail Lermontov's classic Russian novel of the same title, the film involves a displaced cowboy (played by Kevin Jarre, the screenwriter of Rambo), a sociopathic record producer (Dennis Hopper) and, caught between them, a gum-chewing valley girl who would rather be somewhere else (Natalie Zimmerman).

Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast Trailer (2013)

23 July 2013

In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking detours along the way into art history, philosophy, and the author’s life in Africa.

Tesla Trailer (2020)

14 August 2020

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.

Until the End of the World Trailer (1991)

12 September 1991

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris.

Cherry 2000 Trailer (1987)

10 November 1987

When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E.

Twister Trailer (1989)

30 June 1989

An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon.

Experimenter Trailer (2015)

16 October 2015

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room.

New Orleans, Mon Amour Trailer (2008)

12 March 2008

One year after Hurricane Katrina, troubles arise for a surgeon who, despite remarrying his ex-wife and starting his life anew, becomes reacquainted with an former girlfriend.

Aliens Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Two young boys discuss their favorite movies and the nature of "passive resistance" while playing a video game.

Hamlet Trailer (2000)

12 May 2000

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

The North Wind's Gift Trailer (2018)

01 October 2018

A magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord.

Another Girl Another Planet Trailer (1992)

16 September 1992

Men and women search for intimacy and meaning in their lives.

Search and Destroy Trailer (1995)

23 April 1995

A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of making a movie.

Escapes Trailer (2017)

26 July 2017

Escapes blazes a path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner.

The Eternal Trailer (1998)

18 September 1998

An alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch.

The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

The Fitzgerald classic as you've never seen it, transposed to a Los Angeles of sleek modern architecture and strip-mall foot clinics.

Marjorie Prime Trailer (2017)

23 January 2017

A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.

Happy Here and Now Trailer (2002)

08 June 2002

When her sister suddenly vanishes, a young girl sets out to find her, desperately searching the internet for clues.

Nadja Trailer (1995)

01 September 1995

In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death.

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Trailer (2025)

31 January 2025

The daring experimenter Dr. John C. Lilly dedicated his life to radical self-investigation and unlocking the mysteries of consciousness and communication.

What Is Cinema? Trailer (2012)

01 January 2012

Commissioned by Chuck Workman and excerpted in his What is Cinema (2014). Never screened in public.

Three for the Road Trailer (2016)

31 May 2016

Interview with director Wim Wenders conducted and edited by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

A Damn Fool Scheme Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Four short films were created in honor of artist residency program MacDowell's Centennial in 2007. Four artists, competitively selected from among hundreds of MacDowell filmmakers, employ their own techniques—documentary, dramatic, experimental, and animation—to reflect the residency experience.

Skinningrove Trailer (2013)

18 January 2013

A photographer shares unpublished images chronicling time spent among the 'fiercely independent' residents of a remote English fishing village.

A Brief History of Surrealism Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

André Breton, the great leader of the surrealist revolution, is still alive and he is in New York! Filmed with Almereyda's favourite Pixelvision camera (a children's camera that became popular among experimental film makers), the master demonstrates his power over dream and unconscious.

Paradise Trailer (2008)

30 October 2008

Michael Almereyda’s Paradise is a poignant and surprising sketchbook, a collection of brief episodes captured during a decade of travel.

William Eggleston in the Real World Trailer (2005)

31 August 2005

Documentary about William Eggleston, a famous modern American photographer.

This So-Called Disaster Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss.

To the Unknown Trailer (2018)

01 October 2018

Almereyda’s reading of Kenneth Koch’s “To the Unknown” transforms footage of the everyday into a moving tribute to one of the New York School’s most treasured and inventive poets.

The Rocking Horse Winner Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

A gambler comes to live with his sister and discovers his young nephew can predict the winner of horse races by riding on his rocking horse.

Nightmare Paint Trailer (2023)

14 December 2023

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

In 1967, strait-laced exploitation movie king Roger Corman embarks on a life-changing attempt to capture the psychedelic world of LSD on film by taking a "trip" himself, abetted by Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper.