Early life

Freundlich was born and raised in Manhattan and graduated with a double major in Cinema Studies and Film and Television Production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

Before his first full-length film, The Myth of Fingerprints (which would receive awards at the Sundance Film Festival) in 1994, Freundlich had written and directed a short film titled A Dog Race in Alaska and a documentary titled Hired Hands.

Personal life

Freundlich has been in a relationship with actress Julianne Moore since 1996. They married on August 23, 2003. The couple have a son, Caleb (born December 4, 1997) and a daughter, Liv Helen (born April 11, 2002). Moore has appeared in all of Freundlich's feature films with the exception of Catch That Kid (2004) and The Rebound (2009).

Filmography

• A Dog Race in Alaska (short film) (1993)
• Hired Hands (documentary short film) (1994)
• The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
• World Traveler (2001)
• Catch That Kid (2004)
• Trust the Man (2005)
• The Rebound (2009)
• Californication (TV series) (2007-2012, 8 episodes)
• Prime Suspect (TV series) (2012, 1 episode)
• Mozart in the Jungle (TV series) (2014, 2 episodes)

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