Before It Had a Name

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{{Infobox film

| name = Before It Had a Name

| image = Before It Had a Name.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Giada Colagrande

| producer = Brian Bell
Rita Capasa
Randall Emmett
Frank Frattaroli
George Furla
Avi Lerner

| writer = Giada Colagrande
Willem Dafoe

| starring = Giada Colagrande
Willem Dafoe
Seymour Cassel

| music =

| cinematography = Ken Kelsch
Brian Pryzpek

| editing = Natalie Cristiani

| studio = Bidou Pictures
Canary Films
Emmett/Furla Films
In Between Pictures
Millennium Films
Nu Image Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2005|09||Venice Film Festival|df=y}}

| runtime = 101 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $450,000

| gross =

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&lang=en&documentID=54696 |title=Before It Had a Name : In the name of love |publisher=Cineuropa |date= |accessdate=2012-04-02}}