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Vanessa Hoffman

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Director
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Vanessa Hoffman is known for Two Weeks Notice (2002), This Is Where I Leave You (2014) and School of Rock (2003).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant in Two Weeks Notice (2002)
    Two Weeks Notice
    6.2
    • Production Department
    • 2002
    Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Connie Britton, Rose Byrne, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, and Adam Driver in This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
    This Is Where I Leave You
    6.7
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2014
    Aleisha Allen, Jack Black, Kevin Alexander Clark, Miranda Cosgrove, Joey Gaydos Jr., Maryam Hassan, Rivkah Reyes, Caitlin Hale, and Robert Tsai in School of Rock (2003)
    School of Rock
    7.2
    • Production Department
    • 2003
    Shortbus (2006)
    Shortbus
    6.3
    • Production Department
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Savant
      • first assistant director
      • Completed
      • TV Series
    • Erika Alexander, Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe, and Bobby Moynihan in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (2026)
      The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Susan Sarandon, Vince Vaughn, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, and Brenda Vaccaro in Nonnas (2025)
      Nonnas
      6.8
      • first assistant director: additional photography
      • 2025
    • Walton Goggins, Lana 5, Aaron Moten, and Ella Purnell in Fallout (2024)
      Fallout
      8.3
      TV Series
      • additional unit: first assistant director
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Claire Danes and Lizzy Caplan in Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)
      Fleishman Is in Trouble
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Fire Island (2022)
      Fire Island
      6.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Busy Philipps, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Sara Bareilles in Girls5eva (2021)
      Girls5eva
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021–2022
    • Hailee Steinfeld in Dickinson (2019)
      Dickinson
      7.6
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2nd Unit Director
      • first assistant director
      • 2019–2021
    • Rosie Perez, Marley Shelton, Ted Sutherland, and Casey W. Johnson in Rise (2018)
      Rise
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • That's Harassment (2018)
      That's Harassment
      6.5
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • The Path (2016)
      The Path
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016–2017
    • Neil Parisi in The Curse of Don Scarducci (2016)
      The Curse of Don Scarducci
      5.2
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2016
    • David Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess in Feed the Beast (2016)
      Feed the Beast
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Sarah Gadon and Logan Lerman in Indignation (2016)
      Indignation
      6.7
      • second assistant director
      • 2016
    • Jennifer Carpenter and Jake McDorman in Limitless (2015)
      Limitless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2015

    Production Department

    • Shortbus (2006)
      Shortbus
      6.3
      • key set production assistant
      • 2006
    • Robert Gillings in The Kings of Brooklyn (2004)
      The Kings of Brooklyn
      6.3
      • production assistant
      • 2004
    • Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
      Curb Your Enthusiasm
      8.8
      TV Series
      • set production assistant: New York
      • 2004
    • Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (2003)
      Cold Mountain
      7.2
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give (2003)
      Something's Gotta Give
      6.8
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Aleisha Allen, Jack Black, Kevin Alexander Clark, Miranda Cosgrove, Joey Gaydos Jr., Maryam Hassan, Rivkah Reyes, Caitlin Hale, and Robert Tsai in School of Rock (2003)
      School of Rock
      7.2
      • production assistant
      • 2003
    • Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler in Anger Management (2003)
      Anger Management
      6.3
      • production assistant: New York
      • 2003
    • Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant in Two Weeks Notice (2002)
      Two Weeks Notice
      6.2
      • production assistant
      • 2002
    • Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman, Kieran Culkin, and Amanda Peet in Igby Goes Down (2002)
      Igby Goes Down
      6.8
      • set production assistant
      • 2002
    • Brooklyn Babylon (2001)
      Brooklyn Babylon
      6.0
      • set production assistant
      • 2001
    • Ryan Gosling in The Believer (2001)
      The Believer
      7.1
      • production assistant
      • 2001
    • Christopher Walken and Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists (1999)
      The Opportunists
      5.7
      • set production assistant
      • 1999
    • Sandrine Holt, Hill Harper, Laurel Holloman, and Nicole Ari Parker in Loving Jezebel (1999)
      Loving Jezebel
      5.5
      • set production assistant
      • 1999

    Director

    • David Alan Basche and Purva Bedi in Shrinkage
      Shrinkage
      TV Series
      • Director

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