Actor

Todd Phillips

Directing

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Movies: 22Series: 6Crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 57130

IMDb ID: nm0680846

Known for: Directing

Born: December 20, 1970

Age: 55

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2024

Years active: 72

Average TMDB rating: 6.68

Wikidata: Q362824

Also known as

Todd Philips • Todd Philipps • Todd Bunzl

Other jobs

Director (6)Producer (6)Writer (3)Executive Producer (2)Story (2)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Todd Phillips (born Todd Philip Bunzl; December 19, 1970) is an American filmmaker. Phillips began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and School for Scoundrels. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing The Hangover film series. In 2019, he co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller film Joker, based on the DC Comics character of the same name, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where it received the top prize, the Golden Lion. Joker went on to earn Phillips three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with his co-writer Scott Silver, his second, third, and fourth Academy Award nominations after also being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat at the 79th Academy Awards.