--- title: 'Secretary (2002)' type: 'film' director: 'Steven Shainberg' released: '2002-01-01' runtime_minutes: 106 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/secretary-2002' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274812/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Secretary (2002) 2002 · 106 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Secretary is a 2002 American erotic romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Shainberg from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, based on the 1988 short story of the same name by Mary Gaitskill. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader, the film explores the intense relationship between a dominant lawyer and his submissive secretary, who indulge in various types of BDSM activities such as erotic spanking and petplay. ## Credits - **Director:** [Steven Shainberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-shainberg) - **Screenplay:** [Steven Shainberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-shainberg) - **Producer:** [Steven Shainberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-shainberg) - **Original Music Composer:** [Angelo Badalamenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-badalamenti) - **Director of Photography:** [Steven Fierberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-fierberg) ## Cast - [Sabrina Grdevich](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabrina-grdevich) - [Lesley Ann Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesley-ann-warren) - [Michael Mantell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mantell) - [Jeremy Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-davies) - [Jessica Tuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-tuck) - [Amy Locane](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-locane) - [Maggie Gyllenhaal](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-gyllenhaal) as Lee Holloway - [James Spader](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-spader) - [Patrick Bauchau](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-bauchau) - [Oz Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/oz-perkins) - [Stephen McHattie](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mchattie) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.secretarythemovie.co.uk/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/secretary-2002 Film facts: Wikidata (Q742195); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.