Stephin Merritt

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67 titles

Past Film & Video (34 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Caught Stealing (2025) Writer: "The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" Writer: "The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" See fewer		$7.8MM	$19MM	$33MM
Puddle of Fire: Denial Til You Smile (2024) (Short) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	$1K
My Salinger Year (2020) Writer: "No One Will Ever Love You" Writer: "No One Will Ever Love You" See fewer		$29K	$55K	$958K
Non-Fiction (2018) Writer: "The Sailor In Love With The Sea" Writer: "The Sailor In Love With The Sea" See fewer		$30K	$705K	$3.6MM
Alex Strangelove (2018) Writer: "Absolutely Cuckoo" Writer: "Absolutely Cuckoo" See fewer
My Place: Stephin Merritt (2017) (Short) - Writer: Extract From "101 Two-Letter Words" Writer: Extract From "101 Two-Letter Words" See fewer
The Book of Love (2016) Writer: "The Book Of Love" Writer: "The Book Of Love" See fewer				$49K
The End of the Tour (2015) Writer: "When You Were My Baby" Writer: "When You Were My Baby" See fewer		$123K	$3MM	$3.1MM
Extraterrestrial (2014) Writer: "The Book Of Love" Writer: "The Book Of Love" See fewer	$3MM			$122K
In the Courtyard (2014) Composer Composer See fewer				$3MM
I'm a Mitzvah (2014) (Short) - Composer Composer See fewer
Ex-Girlfriends (2012) Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" See fewer
You Are My All (2012) (Short) - Keeton (as Stephen Merritt) Keeton (as Stephen Merritt) See fewer	$10
Peter Gabriel: New Blood/Live in London (2011) (Video) - Soundtrack ("The Book of Love") Soundtrack ("The Book of Love") See fewer
Vito (2011) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Extraterrestrial (2011) Writer: "All My Little Words" Writer: "All My Little Words" See fewer	$2MM			$267K
The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) Writer: "The Saddest Story Ever Told" Writer: "The Saddest Story Ever Told" See fewer		$9K	$41K	$42K
The Life and the Agony (2009) Writer: "I Don't Believe You" Writer: "I Don't Believe You" See fewer	$15K
It's in the Genes (2008) (Short) - Writer: "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be", "I Think I Need A New Heart" Writer: "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be", "I Think I Need A New Heart" See fewer
Volvo: Showroom (2007) (Video) - Composer Composer See fewer
Volvo: Wheels (2007) (Video) - Composer Composer See fewer
Red Without Blue (2007) Writer: "Absolutely Cuckoo" Writer: "Absolutely Cuckoo" See fewer
Winter Passing (2005) Writer: "My Only Friend" Writer: "My Only Friend" See fewer	$3.5MM	$28K	$107K	$114K
Shall We Dance? (2004) Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1999) Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1999) See fewer	$50MM	$12MM	$58MM	$170MM
The Guerrilla Masquerade Party (2004) (Short) - Writer: "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" Writer: "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" See fewer
All the Pieces Together (2004) (Video) - Performer: "One April Day" (uncredited), Writer: "One April Day", "As You Turn To Go", "You You You You You", "I Think I Need A New Heart" (uncredited) Performer: "One April Day" (uncredited), Writer: "One April Day", "As You Turn To Go", "You You You You You", "I Think I Need A New Heart" (uncredited) See fewer
Tarnation (2003) Writer: "Strange Powers" Writer: "Strange Powers" See fewer	$220	$13K	$592K	$639K
Intermission (2003) Writer: "I Don't Want To Get Over You" Writer: "I Don't Want To Get Over You" See fewer	$5MM	$40K	$897K	$5.2MM
Pieces of April (2003) Composer, Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" (1999), "You You You You You" (2000), "The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" (1999), "Epitaph For My Heart", "As You Turn To Go" (2000) Composer, Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" (1999), "You You You You You" (2000), "The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" (1999), "Epitaph For My Heart", "As You Turn To Go" (2000) See fewer	$300K	$48K	$2.5MM	$3.3MM
Someone Like You (2001) Writer: "Absolutely Cuckoo" Writer: "Absolutely Cuckoo" See fewer	$23MM	$10MM	$27MM	$39MM
Eban and Charley (2000) Composer, Special Thanks Composer, Special Thanks See fewer	$30K		$17K	$17K
Chutney Popcorn (1999) Writer: "When You Were My Baby" Writer: "When You Were My Baby" See fewer
I Went Down (1997) Composer: Song "Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song", Writer: "Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song" Composer: Song "Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song", Writer: "Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song" See fewer
Nowhere (1997) Writer: "I Have The Moon" Writer: "I Have The Moon" See fewer		$27K	$194K	$198K

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Past Television (19 titles)	Episodes
Noah Britton: The Best Stuff I've Ever Done (2025) (TV Special) - Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer
Daredevil: Born Again (2025) (TV Series) - Writer: "I Looked All Over Town" (1 episode, 2025) Writer: "I Looked All Over Town" (1 episode, 2025) See fewer Heaven's Half Hour (Mar 4, 2025) Season 1, Episode 1 - Writer: "I Looked All Over Town" Writer: "I Looked All Over Town" See fewer	1
One Day (2024) (TV Mini-series) - Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1 episode, 2024) Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1 episode, 2024) See fewer Episode #1.12 (Feb 8, 2024) Season 1, Episode 12 - Writer: "The Book Of Love" Writer: "The Book Of Love" See fewer	1
The Bear (2023) (TV Series) - Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2023) Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2023) See fewer The Bear (Jun 22, 2023) Season 2, Episode 10 - Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" (uncredited) Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" (uncredited) See fewer	1
Archive 81 (2022) (TV Series) - Writer: "Sunset City" (1 episode, 2022) Writer: "Sunset City" (1 episode, 2022) See fewer Terror in the Aisles (Jan 14, 2022) Season 1, Episode 3 - Writer: "Sunset City" Writer: "Sunset City" See fewer	1
The Fungies (2021) (TV Series) - Hogan / Bug (1 episode, 2021) Hogan / Bug (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Miner's Market (Dec 16, 2021) Season 3, Episode 19 - Hogan / Bug Hogan / Bug See fewer	1
Motherland: Fort Salem (2021) (TV Series) - Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1 episode, 2021) Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1 episode, 2021) See fewer My 3 Dads (Jul 27, 2021) Season 2, Episode 6 - Writer: "The Book Of Love" Writer: "The Book Of Love" See fewer	1
You're the Worst (2019) (TV Series) - Performer: "Forever And A Day" (1 episode, 2019), Writer: "Forever And A Day" (1 episode, 2019) Performer: "Forever And A Day" (1 episode, 2019), Writer: "Forever And A Day" (1 episode, 2019) See fewer We Were Having Such a Nice Day (Mar 27, 2019) Season 5, Episode 12 - Performer: "Forever And A Day", Writer: "Forever And A Day" Performer: "Forever And A Day", Writer: "Forever And A Day" See fewer	1
Sense8 (2018) (TV Series) - Writer: "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" (1 episode, 2018) Writer: "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Amor Vincit Omnia (Jun 8, 2018) Season 2, Episode 12 - Writer: "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" Writer: "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" See fewer	1
Search Party (2017) (TV Series) - Writer: "Epitaph For My Heart" (1 episode, 2017) Writer: "Epitaph For My Heart" (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Psychosis (Dec 17, 2017) Season 2, Episode 10 - Writer: "Epitaph For My Heart" Writer: "Epitaph For My Heart" See fewer	1
Staging Film (2017) (TV Series) - Composer (1 episode, 2017) Composer (1 episode, 2017) See fewer This Thing of Ours (Dec 5, 2017) Season 1, Episode 5 - Composer Composer See fewer	1
Jeff & Some Aliens (2017) (TV Series) - Theme Song Performer (1 episode, 2017), Theme Song Performance (1 episode, 2017) Theme Song Performer (1 episode, 2017), Theme Song Performance (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Jeff & Some Preteen Girls (Jan 25, 2017) Season 1, Episode 3 - Theme Song Performer Theme Song Performer See fewer Jeff & Some Honor Killings (Jan 11, 2017) Season 1, Episode 1 - Theme Song Performance Theme Song Performance See fewer	2
Saving My Tomorrow (2016) (TV Series) - Composer (1 episode, 2016) Composer (1 episode, 2016) See fewer Part 5 (Feb 25, 2016) Season 1, Episode 5 - Composer Composer See fewer	1
South Park (2015) (TV Series) - Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1 episode, 2015) Writer: "The Book Of Love" (1 episode, 2015) See fewer Tweek x Craig (Oct 28, 2015) Season 19, Episode 6 - Writer: "The Book Of Love" Writer: "The Book Of Love" See fewer	1
Independent Lens (2014) (TV Series) - Writer: "From A Sinking Boat" (1 episode, 2014) Writer: "From A Sinking Boat" (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Bully (Oct 13, 2014) Season 16, Episode 1 - Writer: "From A Sinking Boat" Writer: "From A Sinking Boat" See fewer	1
Mockingbird Lane (2012) (TV Movie) - Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" Writer: "I Think I Need A New Heart" See fewer
Scrubs (2009) (TV Series) - Writer: "The Book Of Love" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2009) Writer: "The Book Of Love" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2009) See fewer My Finale: Part 2 (May 6, 2009) Season 8, Episode 19 - Writer: "The Book Of Love" (uncredited) Writer: "The Book Of Love" (uncredited) See fewer	1
Skins (2007) (TV Series) - Writer: "The One You Really Love" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2007), Writer: "Underwear" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2007) Writer: "The One You Really Love" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2007), Writer: "Underwear" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2007) See fewer Michelle (Mar 8, 2007) Season 1, Episode 7 - Writer: "The One You Really Love" (uncredited) Writer: "The One You Really Love" (uncredited) See fewer Sid (Feb 22, 2007) Season 1, Episode 5 - Writer: "Underwear" (uncredited) Writer: "Underwear" (uncredited) See fewer	2
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004) (TV Movie) - Thanks, Writer: "Papa Was A Rodeo" Thanks, Writer: "Papa Was A Rodeo" See fewer

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Self (11 titles)
Noah Britton: The Best Stuff I've Ever Done (2025) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer
RAAAATSCRAPS (2022) (TV Series) - Self - audience participant (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022) Self - audience participant (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022) See fewer Alex Edelman (Jul 31, 2022) Season 1, Episode 48 - Self - audience participant (uncredited) Self - audience participant (uncredited) See fewer
She's A Talker (2021) (TV Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Stephin Merritt: Aren't They A Gem? (Mar 14, 2021) Season 3, Episode 11 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
Other Music (2019) Self Self See fewer
My Place: Stephin Merritt (2017) (Short) - Self Self See fewer
This American Life: One Night Only at BAM (2014) (Video) - Self (Musical Guest) Self (Musical Guest) See fewer
Jobriath A.D. (2012) Self Self See fewer
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2011) (TV Series) - Self - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2011) Self - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Zooey Deschanel/Neil Gaiman/Stephin Merritt/Moby/Amanda Palmer (Oct 31, 2011) Season 8, Episode 47 - Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest See fewer
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (2010) Self Self See fewer
Kiki and Herb Reloaded (2005) Self Self See fewer
Top Ten (2001) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2001) Self (1 episode, 2001) See fewer Electropop Pioneers (Apr 7, 2001) Season 4, Episode 9 - Self Self See fewer

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Other (3 titles)
Rhett Sever: Forever Ends (2025) (Music Video) - Wardrobe Wardrobe See fewer
Virgil Normal: It Isn't Formal (2017) (Music Video) - Composer Composer See fewer
The Magnetic Fields: Andrew in Drag (2012) (Music Video) - Composer, Stephin Merritt Composer, Stephin Merritt See fewer

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