Todd Field

Todd Field is one of those filmmakers who makes you feel the weight of silence like a physical thing, and the fact that he's only directed three features in over two decades somehow makes each one hit harder. In the Bedroom was a gut-punch debut about grief and revenge that earned him his first Oscar nominations, Little Children followed with a sharp, almost suffocating portrait of suburban longing, and then he disappeared for sixteen years and came back with Tár — a film so precise, so uncomfortable, and so unapologetically cerebral that it racked up six Academy Award nominations on its own. Cate Blanchett's performance is rightly legendary, but that's Field's doing too. He's a patient, exacting director who clearly has no interest in Hollywood rhythms, and honestly, that restraint is exactly what makes his work unforgettable.

Name (English)

Todd Field

Name (Japanese)

トッド・フィールド

Reading

とっど・ふぃーるど

Born

February 24, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

Pomona, California, United States

Occupation

screenwriter / film director / film producer / film score composer / film actor

High school

Centennial High School

University

Mt. Hood Community College

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• California
• screenwriter
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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