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Key facts
- Born
- Todd Philip Bunzl , ( 1970-12-19 ) December 19, 1970 (age 55) , New York City , U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1993–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Todd
- Family name
- Phillips
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- The Hangover
- Genre
- comedy film
- Image
- Todd Phillips-64847.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1970-12-20
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Todd Phillips
- name in native language
- Todd Phillips
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Todd Bunzl
- Commons category
- Todd Phillips
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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