Directing

Frank V. Ross

Born October 9, 1980 · Chicago, Illinois, U.S. (age 46)

Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Frank V. Ross has written, directed, and edited six critically acclaimed independent features since 2005, including Quietly on By, Audrey the Trainwreck, and Tiger Tail in Blue. His work has shown in prestigious festivals and venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Harvard Film Archive, and been nominated and awarded at South By Southwest an…

Known For

Drinking Buddies

Drinking Buddies · 2013

Drinking Buddies

MovieRomanceDrama

Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.

Night Nurse

Night Nurse · 2026

MovieDramaThriller

As a series of perverse scam calls unsettles an idyllic retirement community, a starry-eyed nurse becomes entangled with her mysterious patient.

Harmony and Me

Harmony and Me · 2010

MovieComedyRomance

Lyricist Harmony insists on wallowing in misery eons after being unceremoniously dumped by his girlfriend. While the members of Harmony's family are long over his antics, that doesn't stop him from milking his heartbreak and telling his tale of woe to anyone who will listen.

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

Bloomin Mud Shuffle · 2015

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

MovieComedyDrama

Middle-aged Lonnie hasn't done much since he graduated high school. His only shot at greatness is to take his relationship to the next level.

Autoerotic

Autoerotic · 2011

MovieDramaComedy

Four interconnected Chicago couples explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me · 2013

Somebody Up There Likes Me

MovieComedyRomance

Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A deadpan fable about time sneaking up on and swerving right around us.

Anything That Moves

Anything That Moves · 2025

Anything That Moves

MovieMysteryComedy

Divine sex worker, Liam, bikes through Chicago delivering snacks and pure satisfaction to his love-hungry clients, while a serial killer begins targeting his clients that leaves a trail of blood to his innocent lover's own bed.

Mercury in Retrograde

Mercury in Retrograde · 2017

Mercury in Retrograde

MovieComedyDrama

Three couples from Chicago vacation for a weekend at a lakeside cabin in Michigan. Over the course of three days in this comedy/drama, hidden tensions and secrets slowly come to the surface.

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Drinking Buddies

Drinking Buddies · 2013

Drinking Buddies

MovieRomanceDrama

Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.

Frank

Night Nurse

Night Nurse · 2026

MovieDramaThriller

As a series of perverse scam calls unsettles an idyllic retirement community, a starry-eyed nurse becomes entangled with her mysterious patient.

Paramedic

Harmony and Me

Harmony and Me · 2010

MovieComedyRomance

Lyricist Harmony insists on wallowing in misery eons after being unceremoniously dumped by his girlfriend. While the members of Harmony's family are long over his antics, that doesn't stop him from milking his heartbreak and telling his tale of woe to anyone who will listen.

Editor

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

Bloomin Mud Shuffle · 2015

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

MovieComedyDrama

Middle-aged Lonnie hasn't done much since he graduated high school. His only shot at greatness is to take his relationship to the next level.

Editor

Autoerotic

Autoerotic · 2011

MovieDramaComedy

Four interconnected Chicago couples explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me · 2013

Somebody Up There Likes Me

MovieComedyRomance

Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A deadpan fable about time sneaking up on and swerving right around us.

Editor

Anything That Moves

Anything That Moves · 2025

Anything That Moves

MovieMysteryComedy

Divine sex worker, Liam, bikes through Chicago delivering snacks and pure satisfaction to his love-hungry clients, while a serial killer begins targeting his clients that leaves a trail of blood to his innocent lover's own bed.

Rick

Mercury in Retrograde

Mercury in Retrograde · 2017

Mercury in Retrograde

MovieComedyDrama

Three couples from Chicago vacation for a weekend at a lakeside cabin in Michigan. Over the course of three days in this comedy/drama, hidden tensions and secrets slowly come to the surface.

Editor

Hohokam

Hohokam · 2007

After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes out her anger on her ex-marine boyfriend, Anson. However, after a broken mug, a trip to the zoo and a case of the shingles Lori's mood changes.

Director of Photography

Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers · 2021

Star-crossed immigrant lovers roam their gated community drink-by-drink in search of the perfect house.

David

The Becomers

The Becomers · 2024

MovieScience FictionComedy

A romantic tale of two body-swapping aliens trying to find their place on this big, dumb planet.

Gene

Audrey the Trainwreck

Audrey the Trainwreck · 2010

Audrey the Trainwreck

MovieDramaRomance

The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a television. Ron Hogan, a 28-year-old ATM parts purchaser, and Stacy Ryan, a 27-year-old, oddly charming courier, meet through a matchmaking Internet service and go through the routine of falling for one another.

Writer

Caitlin Plays Herself

Caitlin Plays Herself · 2011

Caitlin Plays Herself

Caitlin, a young Chicago performance artist, struggles to create work that is both personal and political. A piece she performs about the BP oil spill sends her relationship into a tailspin because her onstage nudity bothers her boyfriend.

Frank

World of Facts

World of Facts · 2018

Maureen is trailing her boyfriend on the highway when his car drifts off to the shoulder. Out of nowhere, she finds herself holding vigil amid a cluster of beeping machines, trapped in the particular purgatory of hospital walls. Loss and reunion are complexly intertwined in this richly textured, precisely designed, emotionally haunting film.

Frank

Privacy Settings

Privacy Settings · 2013

Privacy Settings

A peeping Tom (Frank V. Ross) stumbles into a mutually beneficial relationship with an exhibitionist.

Oh! My Dear Desire

Oh! My Dear Desire · 2003

Oh! My Dear Desire

Three men commit acts of passion, willfully opposing the mores that they've allowed to dominate their lives. Debut feature film by Frank V. Ross.

Director

Young American Bodies

Young American Bodies · 2006

Young American Bodies

SeriesDramaComedy

Young American Bodies is an American web series, which originally premiered on Nerve.com and currently airs on IFC and at IFC.com in the United States. Each short episode looks into the intersecting love lives of six twenty-somethings in Chicago. The series is produced and directed by Joe Swanberg, the director of Hannah Takes The Stairs and Nights and Weekends.

Kelly