R.J. Cutler
R. J. Cutler (born 1962; Great Neck) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, television producer and theater director.
His work includes the documentary films The War Room, A Perfect Candidate, Thin, The September Issue, The World According to Dick Cheney and Listen to Me Marlon; the non-fiction television series Black. White., American High, Freshman Diaries and 30 Days; the prime time drama series Nashville; the scripted podcast, The Oval Office Tapes; and the feature film If I Stay. Cutler's first film, The War Room, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and he is the recipient of numerous awards including two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, a GLAAD Award, two Cinema Eye Awards, and two Television Academy Honor Awards. In 2009, the Museum of Television and Radio held a five-day retrospective of his work.
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Films (31)

Marc by Sofia
2026 · Producer

Lee Soo Man : Le Roi de la K-Pop
2025 · Producer

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
2025 · Executive Producer

Elton John: Never Too Late
2024 · Director, Producer

Martha Stewart, une icône américaine
2024 · Director, Producer, Writer

La sexualité dévoilée, le rapport Hite
2023 · Producer

National Anthem
2023 · Executive Producer
Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA
2023 · Director

Elton John : Live du Dodger Stadium
2022 · Executive Producer

Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry Live Premiere Event
2021 · Self

Billie Eilish : « Un monde un peu flou »
2021 · Writer, Director, Producer

Belushi
2020 · Director, Producer, Writer

Imelda Marcos, dans l'ombre du pouvoir
2019 · Executive Producer

Listen to Me Marlon
2015 · Producer

Si je reste
2014 · Director

The World According to Dick Cheney
2013 · Director, Producer

Fish
2011 · Director

The Met Ball
2010 · Director

The September Issue
2009 · Executive Producer, Director

The Return of the War Room
2008 · Executive Producer, Producer

Making Dazed
2005 · Producer

Delgadas
2005 · Producer

The Giraffe
1999 · Rahel's Husband

Anita Liberty
1997 · Writer, Director

A Perfect Candidate
1996 · Additional Sound Re-Recordist, Producer, Director

The War Room
1993 · Producer
Untitled R. J. Cutler Camp Century Documentary
· Director, Producer
Untitled Olivia Newton-John Documentary
· Producer
Untitled Louvre Heist Documentary
· Producer
Untitled Julie Andrews Documentary
· Director, Producer
Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary
· Executive Producer
Séries (14)

New Wave
2026 · Executive Producer

Esports World Cup: Level Up
2025 · Creator

En route vers la gloire : série mondiale 2024
2025 · Executive Producer, Director

Big Vape : La chute de Juul, géant de l'e-cigarette
2023 · Director, Executive Producer

Murf the Surf : surfeurs, voleurs et convertis
2023 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator

Lettre à...
2020 · Executive Producer, Creator

Nashville
2012 · Director, Executive Producer
Greatest American Dog
2008 · Producer

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
2006 · Director

Black. White.
2006 · Producer, Director

30 Days
2005 · Producer

Freshman Diaries
2003 · Director

The Real Roseanne Show
2003 · Producer

American High
2000 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
