Claim: Michelle Williams is a person who acts.

Blue Valentine is a 2010 American romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance . The film premiered in competition at the 26th Sundance Film Festival . Derek Cianfrance , Cami Delavigne , and Joey Curtis wrote the film , and Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling played the lead roles as well as serving as co-executive producers for the film . The band Grizzly Bear scored the film .   The film depicts a married couple , Dean Pereira -LRB- Gosling -RRB- and Cynthia `` Cindy '' Heller -LRB- Williams -RRB- , shifting back and forth in time between their courtship and the dissolution of their marriage several years later . Michelle Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film .