Before It Had a Name

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Before It Had a Name
Film poster
Directed by	Giada Colagrande
Written by	Giada Colagrande Willem Dafoe
Produced by	Brian Bell Rita Capasa Randall Emmett Frank Frattaroli George Furla Avi Lerner
Starring	Giada Colagrande Willem Dafoe Seymour Cassel
Cinematography	Ken Kelsch Brian Pryzpek
Edited by	Natalie Cristiani
Production companies	Bidou Pictures Canary Films Emmett/Furla Films In Between Pictures Millennium Films Nu Image Films
Release date	September 2005 (2005-09) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$450,000

Before It Had a Name is a 2005 film directed by Giada Colagrande and co-written by her and husband Willem Dafoe. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was retitled as The Black Widow when it was released on DVD. It marked the first time Dafoe had developed a project to the point of being shot as well as the first time Colagrande had written in English.^[1]