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Christine Jeffs

Born January 29, 1963 · Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (age 63)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Christine Jeffs (born 1963) is a New Zealand born film director known for directing the British motion picture Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig, and the American independent film Sunshine Cleaning (2009), starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. Jeffs is also the director and screenwriter of the New Zealand film Rain (2001). Jeffs lives in Auckl…

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A Mistake

A Mistake · 2023

MovieThrillerDrama

In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray as her colleagues begin to close ranks, and even her partner, a nurse at the hospital, turns her back on her.

Sunshine Cleaning

Sunshine Cleaning · 2008

Sunshine Cleaning

MovieComedyDrama

A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.

Sylvia

MovieDramaRomance

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Rain

MovieDramaRomance

Janey is on vacation with her family at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Her parents, Ed and Kate, are on the verge of divorce and sit around drinking whiskey all day, while Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye.

Stroke

MovieFantasyThriller

In a world where security is fleeting and momentary... Dorothy has a safe spot... the middle of an empty swimming pool. Suddenly a team intent on training appears and a drama of epic proportions ensues.

Ruby and Rata

Ruby and Rata · 1990

MovieDramaComedy

Ruby, an 83 year old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud. Rata's son is into arson and shoplifting, while Ruby's nephew is a hapless yuppie wannabe. Marginalised by the deregulated economy of the '80s and living on their wits, they may just find common cause despite themselves.

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A Mistake

A Mistake · 2023

MovieThrillerDrama

In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray as her colleagues begin to close ranks, and even her partner, a nurse at the hospital, turns her back on her.

Producer

Sunshine Cleaning

Sunshine Cleaning · 2008

Sunshine Cleaning

MovieComedyDrama

A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.

Director

Sylvia

MovieDramaRomance

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Director

Rain

MovieDramaRomance

Janey is on vacation with her family at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Her parents, Ed and Kate, are on the verge of divorce and sit around drinking whiskey all day, while Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye.

Writer

Stroke

MovieFantasyThriller

In a world where security is fleeting and momentary... Dorothy has a safe spot... the middle of an empty swimming pool. Suddenly a team intent on training appears and a drama of epic proportions ensues.

Director

Ruby and Rata

Ruby and Rata · 1990

MovieDramaComedy

Ruby, an 83 year old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud. Rata's son is into arson and shoplifting, while Ruby's nephew is a hapless yuppie wannabe. Marginalised by the deregulated economy of the '80s and living on their wits, they may just find common cause despite themselves.

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