---
name: "Ottessa Moshfegh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ottessa-moshfegh"
fi1m_id: "ottessa-moshfegh"
imdb_id: "nm7727974"
tmdb_id: 2510779
wikidata_id: "Q20707944"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T20:15:08.212613+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."
---

# Ottessa Moshfegh

## Identity

Ottessa Moshfegh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ottessa-moshfegh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ottessa-moshfegh
- **IMDb ID:** nm7727974
- **TMDB ID:** 2510779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20707944
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottessa_Moshfegh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20707944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7727974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2510779

Producer. Born 20 May 1981 in Boston, MA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 May 1981, Boston, MA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottessa_Moshfegh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20707944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7727974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2510779

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Eileen* (2023), Fi1m 68, Producer, Screenplay, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/eileen.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Mother Mary* (2026), Thanks — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mother-mary.md)
- *The Drama* (2026), Thanks — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-drama.md)
- *Eileen* (2023), Novel, Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/eileen.md)
- *Causeway* (2022), Writer, Co-Producer
- *Death in Her Hands*, Novel
- *Three Incestuous Sisters*, Screenplay
- *My Year of Rest and Relaxation*, Novel, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Ottessa Moshfegh](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-e55344d808a0.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh — Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Ottessa_Moshfegh_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cover of the novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018) by the American writer Ottessa Moshfegh. The painting on the cover is Portrait of a Young Woman in Whit](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-02f6d9468dfc.jpg) Cover of the novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018) by the American writer Ottessa Moshfegh. The painting on the cover is Portrait of a Young Woman in Whit — Design by Darren Haggar (per the book's copyright page). The painting by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825). Book published by Penguin Press., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/My_Year_of_Rest_and_Relaxation_-_Ottessa_Moshfegh.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-9727d06c5a14.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020 — kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ottessa_Moshfegh_01.jpg/1280px-Ottessa_Moshfegh_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-6d5c42bb7f73.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020 — kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ottessa_Moshfegh_02.jpg/1280px-Ottessa_Moshfegh_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ottessa Moshfegh](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-824378f5661f.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh — Image via TMDB
- ![Ottessa Moshfegh](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-e48600f3a50a.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh — Image via TMDB
- ![Ottessa Moshfegh](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-33d0d84c5af5.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh — Image via TMDB
- ![Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-6f8f969df52a.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020 — kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ottessa_Moshfegh_05.jpg/1280px-Ottessa_Moshfegh_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020](https://film.one/media/person/15148/gallery-b85d0fd2d27c.jpg) Ottessa Moshfegh at the Kelly writers house March 2020 — kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Ottessa_Moshfegh_06.jpg/1280px-Ottessa_Moshfegh_06.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- O. Henry Award 2018: O. Henry Award (won)
- Booker Prize 2016: Booker Prize (nominated), for *Eileen*

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

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