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Todd Phillips
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Todd Phillips is an Academy Award-nominated writer and a director famous for his comedy films, and has directed stars Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell.
Born in 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, Todd attended NYU film school under his real name, Todd Bunzl, and dropped out before graduating. He was a regular at Tompkin Square Park and was there during the infamous riots. He worked at an all night video store which specialized in explicit material and developed an early love for 'women in prison' films.
He started his career as a
documentary filmmaker. His first feature length documentary,
Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, chronicled the life and death of
punk rocker
GG Allin. Phillips later founded the
New York Underground Film Festival and distributed a controversial documentary about
NAMBLA,
Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys, directed by
Adi Sideman.
In
2005, he made the final table of an event of the
World Poker Tour. He finished 5th and won $250,200. He was working on
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (
2006); however, he resigned his position as director of the movie in early 2005, due to creative differences. Nevertheless, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for his role in fashioning the story.
Filmography as director
