D.W. MoffettFilmography

Visioneers

Actors: Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer, Mía Maestro, Missi Pyle, James LeGros

Synopsis: First time feature filmmaker Jared Drake makes his directorial debut with this quirky black comedy set in the near future, and concerning a curious spike in cases of spontaneous human combustion. The Jeffers Corporation is the largest business in the history of mankind, and they got that way Read More

Hidden Palms [TV Series]

Actors: Michael Cassidy, Taylor Handley, Amber Heard, Sharon Lawrence, D.W. Moffett

Synopsis: Originally titled Palm Springs, the CW teen-angst series Hidden Palms would seem to have been a bid by producer-creator Kevin Williamson to replicate the success and appeal of his earlier TV hit Dawson's Creek. The series also served to reunite two former stars of the similar series The O.C. Read More

Life is Wild [TV Series]

Actors: Leah Pipes, D.W. Moffett, Stephanie Niznik, Mary Matilyn Mouser, Andrew St. John

Synopsis: Another Americanization of a popular British TV series, Life is Wild was inspired by the BBC comedy-drama Wild at Heart. D.W. Moffett headed the cast as New York-based veterinarian Danny Clarke, who on little more than a whim relocated himself, his second wife Jo (Stephanie Niznik) and their four Read More

Grey's Anatomy: The Other Side of This Life, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Addison (Kate Walsh) heads to LA for a reunion old medical-school friends, blissfully unprepared for what it is in store for her. Meredith's stepmom Susan (Mare Winningham) is brought in with a truly bad case of hiccups, just as Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) Read More

Riding the Bus with My Sister

Actors: Andie MacDowell, Rosie O'Donnell, Richard T. Jones, D.W. Moffett, Jazzmin Parker, Emily Swiss

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV movie was produced by Rosie O'Donnell, who also stars as the profoundly mentally challenged Beth Simon. When Beth's father dies, her sister, Rachel (Andie MacDowell), a brittle, self-absorbed fashion photographer, takes charge of Beth -- who Read More

Tennis, Anyone...?

Actors: Donal Logue, Kirk Fox, Jason Issacs, Kylie Bax, Kenneth Mitchell

Special Ed

Twisted

Actors: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn, Russell Wong

Synopsis: Philip Kaufman directs the detective thriller Twisted (originally to be titled The Blackout Murders), with a script by up-and-coming filmmaker Sarah Thorp. Ashley Judd plays troubled police detective Jessica Shepard, who works under the jurisdiction of the man who raised her as his daughter Read More

Nip/Tuck: Trudy Nye

Thirteen

Actors: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet

Synopsis: Prolific production designer and art director Catherine Hardwicke makes her directorial debut with the coming-of-age drama Thirteen. Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie (Holly Hunter Read More

Skin [TV Series]

Actors: Ron Silver, Kevin Anderson, Rachel Ticotin, Pam Gidley, D.J. Cotrona

Synopsis: Romeo and Juliet was updated to contemporary Beverly Hills in this typically stylish Jerry Bruckheimer TV series. This time around, Juliet was Jewel Goldman (Olivia Wilde), the stunning teenage daughter of Larry Goldman (Ron Silver), a successful producer of steamy adult films. As for Romeo, he Read More

Kill Me Later

Actors: Selma Blair, Max Beesley, Brendan Fehr, Lochlyn Munro, O'Neal Compton

Synopsis: A woman finds love when all she wanted was a quick and painless death in this dark comedy-drama. Shawn (Selma Blair) is a deeply depressed young woman who is unhappy with her job as a bank teller and is frustrated with her romantic relationship with her boss (D.W. Moffett), who happens to be Read More

Traffic

Actors: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erika Christensen

Synopsis: Described by director Steven Soderbergh as "Nashville meets The French Connection," this multi-character drama explores the effects of international drug trafficking on all fronts: from their source, to the U.S. border, to the federal government, to the private lives of users. Based upon a Read More

Molly

Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy, Thomas Jane, D.W. Moffett

Synopsis: Elisabeth Shue stars in this drama as Molly McKay, a mentally challenged woman who has suffered from autism since childhood. Institutionalized since the age of three, Molly is released at age 28 into the custody of her brother Buck (Aaron Eckhart), whom she hasn't seen since childhood. While Buck Read More

Song from the Heart

Actors: Amy Grant, D.W. Moffett, Alexandra Purvis, Keith Carradine, Charles Siegel

Synopsis: In her TV-movie acting debut, singer Amy Grant is cast as Maryann Lowery, a blind music teacher. When her conservatory classroom is presumptively taken over by arrogant New Age pianist Gregory Pavan (D.W. Moffett), Maryann, unimpressed by the man's celebrity, is outraged -- until Pavan Read More

For Your Love [TV Series]

Actors: Holly Robinson Peete, James Lesure, DeDee Pfeiffer, D.W. Moffett, Tamala Jones

Synopsis: This suburban sitcom centers on three couples minus children, aka DINKs (double income, no kids). Onscreen labels are superimposed to define just where each couple is in its relationship: "The Veterans" are Sheri (Dedee Pfeiffer), who does facials, and architect Dean (D.W. Moffett), married for Read More

The Secret She Carried

Actors: Peri Gilpin, Jere Burns, D.W. Moffett, Ron Perkins, Alyson Reed

Synopsis: In this drama, a rape victim must make a difficult decision regarding the fate of her unborn child. The baby's fate hinges on a genetic test as to whether the fetus belongs to her husband or her brutal attacker. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Joe's Wedding

Actors: D.W. Moffett, Kate Vernon, Tammy Isbell

Synopsis: Retired from rock 'n roll, ex-musician Joe is busy preparing for his upcoming wedding to the conservative daughter of a wealthy demolitions expert, in the full expectation of being trained in the family business. His dreams are shattered when he is kidnapped by a leather-clad performance artist Read More

Stealing Beauty

Actors: Liv Tyler, Sinéad Cusack, Donal McCann, Jeremy Irons, Jean Marais

Synopsis: This beautiful if ponderous soufflé of a film from director Bernardo Bertolucci serves more as an Italian travelogue than a drama. Liv Tyler stars as Lucy Harmon, an American teenager arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to visit family friends residing there. Lucy visited four years earlier Read More

The Little Death

Actors: Pam Gidley, J.T. Walsh, Brent Fraser, Dwight Yoakam, D.W. Moffett

Synopsis: In this thriller, a penniless musician starts looking into the mysterious death of his father and discovers that the killer is now after him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Rough Magic

Actors: Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent, D.W. Moffett, Paul Rodriguez

Synopsis: Director Clare Peploe (wife of Bernardo Bertolucci) adapted this blend of noir mystery and magical realism from the story Miss Shumway Waves a Wand by James Hadley Chase. Bridget Fonda stars as Myra Shumway, an apprentice to a magician (Kenneth Mars) in 1952 Los Angeles. Myra is unhappily engaged Read More

The Counterfeit Contessa

Actors: Téa Leoni

Synopsis: A case of mistaken identity goes too far in this made-for-television romantic comedy. Tea Leoni stars as Gina Nardino, a young store clerk who pretends to be an Italian countess in order to impress a rich man of society. Her charade starts to fall apart though when his brother gets wise to her Read More

Falling Down

Actors: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Tuesday Weld

Synopsis: It's just not William Foster's (Michael Douglas) day. Laid off from his defense job, Foster gets stuck in the middle of the mother of all traffic jams. Desirous of attending his daughter's birthday party at the home of his ex-wife (Barbara Hershey), Foster abandons his car and begins walking Read More

Love, Lies and Lullabies

Actors: Susan Dey, Lorraine Toussaint, D.W. Moffett, Piper Laurie, Kathleen York

Synopsis: When a rebellious young woman's cocaine habit results in an addicted premature baby, authorities whisk the infant away. Devastated, the young mother realizes that she will have to prove herself worthy and capable of motherhood and so sets out to clean up her act. Unfortunately, it may be too Read More

Lies and Lullabies

Actors: Allyce Beasley, Guy Boyd, Tim Kelleher, Piper Laurie, Ace Mask, Andy Romano, Lorraine Toussaint, Kathleen York, A.J. Johnson, Susan Dey

Synopsis: Christina (Susan Dey) is a cocaine addict in a tumultuous relationship with an equally drug-addicted boyfriend. When she becomes pregnant, the baby is born not only prematurely but with the chemical dependency of its mother. Now Christina is in a fight to make her life clean and stable so that Read More

In the Deep Woods

Synopsis: A young career woman is thrust into the bright light when police question her about the identity of a serial killer. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Pacific Heights

Actors: Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Mako, Nobu McCarthy, Dorian Harewood

Synopsis: John Schlesinger directed this upscale horror film about a landlord with the ultimate problem tenant. Patty Palmer (Melanie Griffith) and Drake Goodman (Matthew Modine) are a middle class couple who lie on their financial statement in order to buy an old Victorian house in San Francisco, planning Read More

Lisa

Actors: Cheryl Ladd, D.W. Moffett, Staci Keanan, Tanya Fenmore, Jeffrey Tambor

Synopsis: Lisa, a well-crafted, sly, thriller, directed by Gary Sherman tells the story of a young girl who makes telephone calls to a man who she later finds out is a serial killer. Lisa (Stacy Keanan) is a 14-year-old girl whose mother Katherine (Cheryl Ladd), having been herself an unwed mother, forbids Read More

Danielle Steel's 'Fine Things'

Synopsis: Based on a best-selling novel from Danielle Steele, this made-for-television melodrama tells the sad story of a highly successful businessman whose idyllic life is destroyed when his new bride dies of cancer, leaving him with her daughter. To make matters worse, his late wife's ex-husband shows up Read More

Dream Breakers

Actors: Robert Loggia, Kyle MacLachlan, Hal Linden, D.W. Moffett, Charles Cioffi

Synopsis: The made-for-TV The Dream Breakers harks back to all those Pat O'Brien and Spencer Tracy "fighting priest" films of the 1930s and 1940s. Kyle MacLachlan plays an idealistic young cleric who opposes a powerful real-estate broker (Hal Linden) with mob ties. Complication One: MacLachlan's father (Robert Loggia Read More

The Misfit Brigade

Actors: David Carradine, D.W. Moffett, Keith Szarabajka, Bruce Davison, Jay O. Sanders

Synopsis: A motley group of routine German prisoners (including David Patrick Kelly, Jay Sanders and Bruce Davison) are enlisted by a Nazi colonel (David Carradine). The government, desperate for fighting men, promises them freedom if they can destroy a targeted train on the Russian front. ~ John Bush, All Read More

Black Widow

Actors: Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper, Nicol Williamson

Synopsis: Black Widow bears no relation to the 1954 film of the same name--beyond its characterization of the female as the deadlier of the species, that is. Debra Winger stars as a federal agent who has sworn to bring Theresa Russell to justice. Ms. Russell has married several millionaires who have all Read More

An Early Frost

Actors: Aidan Quinn, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia Sidney, John Glover

Synopsis: Originally telecast November 11, 1985, An Early Frost was the first TV movie to deal with the subject of AIDS. Aidan Quinn plays a personable young gay lawyer who is stricken with the HIV virus. As his health deteriorates, Quinn finds that his physical agony is secondary to his mental anguish. Ben Gazzara Read More