---
name: "Darius Marder"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darius-marder"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 June 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T12:25:10.676224+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Darius Marder

Writer. Born 3 June 1974 in Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 June 1974, Massachusetts, USA
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Marder, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104013227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2942187/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076793

## Biography

Darius Marder is an American film director, screenwriter and editor. He grew up in Conway, Massachusetts, and began working in film after earlier careers including teaching and catering.

Marder co-wrote the screenplay for *The Place Beyond the Pines* (2013). He directed and co-wrote *Sound of Metal* (2019), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Film Editing and Best Sound. He also edited the documentary *Freeheld* (2007) and directed the documentary *Loot* (2008).

Marder has collaborated with his brother Abraham Marder on screenwriting.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Place Beyond the Pines* (2013), Fi1m 66, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-place-beyond-the-pines.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Bait* (2026), Fi1m 81, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bait* (2026), series, Thanks — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Screenplay, Story, Director
- *The Place Beyond the Pines* (2013), Screenplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-place-beyond-the-pines.md)
- *Loot* (2008), Director, Editor
- *Freeheld* (2007), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Sound of Metal*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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