Todd Phillips Biography

Todd Phillips is an American filmmaker and actor. He is known for writing and directing the films Road Trip (2000), Old School (2003), Starsky & Hutch (2004), The Hangover Trilogy (2009, 2011, and 2013), and Due Date (2010). He is also known for his work on the satirical comedy film Borat (2006), he was then nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Todd Phillips Education

Todd Phillips attended New York University Film School, but he dropped out without completing high school. After establishing Green Hat Films in 2008, Phillips directed and produced The Hangover, which was made for a reported cost of $35 million dollars went on to become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy in 2009. Its worldwide gross stood at $480 million on February 3, 2012.

The film went on and won the Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy). It also won Best Comedy at the 2009 Broadcast Film Critics Awards. Todd almost took the no up-front salary in exchange for a large share of the film’s profits, and he said that the movie’s enormous success, combined with his deal, makes it “my Star Wars”.

Todd Phillips Age|Birthday

Todd Phillips was born on December 20, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York, NY U.S.A. He is 49 years old as of 2019. He celebrates his birthday on December 20 every year.

Todd Phillips Family

Todd Phillips was born in Brooklyn, New York, NY to Lorette Phillips (mother) and Peter Bunzi (father). Todd Phillips was born and raised in Huntington, New York The United States together with his sister Jill Ginsberg.

Todd Phillips Wife|Married

He was spotted kissing an American TV star Paris Hilton in 2011 displaying their affection in Malibu, California United States. Besides his association with the lady stars, he seems to cherish his joyful single life. In 2016, he shared a happy relationship with his long-haul French girlfriend, Alexandra Kravetz.

The couple was blessed with a daughter, who is his first and the last child. Alexandra served in the Camera and Electrical Department and is known for her work on Patch Adams (1998) and School for Scoundrels (2006). As of now, it is not sure whether the couple is still in love.

Back in January 2013, Todd was sharing his romantic bond with Alexandra, Todd filed a temporary restraining order against a 22-year-old woman named Juliana Shiao, who was alleged of stalking him and sending threatening messages. Besides, Todd also stated that Juliana tried to damage his property and vandalized his girlfriend’s car. Later on, the court punished Juliana for trespassing and strictly obliged her to stay at least 100 yards away from Phillips.

Todd Phillips Quick facts

Height: 6 ft 0 inches (1.83 m or 183 cm)
Weight: 60 kg
Chest Size: 42inches
Hair Colour: Salt and Pepper
Eye Colour: Blue

Todd Phillips Net Worth

Todd Phillips is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who has an estimated net worth of $80 million dollars as of 2019.

Todd Phillips Actor|Joker

Todd Phillip began his acting career while he was still studying at New York University. His first documentary film, Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, was centered on the life and death of controversial punk rocker GG Allin. When he was a junior at New York University he went on and became one of the highest-grossing student films at the time, even getting a limited theatrical release.

Phillips said he made ‘Joker’ because the ‘woke culture’ killed comedian and Joker director Todd Phillips who said that he quit the make of comedy because his ‘woke culture’ spoiled everything. Before brooding to the fury seen in Joker, he was better known for making the Hangover trilogy of movies with Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis. But in an interview with Vanity Fair, the director has said that comedy films and comedians are now too scared to offend people.

He co-directed with his partner Andrew Gurland for Frat House, which is a second documentary about college fraternities; it premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary features. It was produced by HBO but it never aired on its channel because many film participants claimed they were paid to re-enact their activities. It was never proven either way.

His third documentary film Bittersweet Motel was centered on the jam band Phish, by covering its summer and fall in 1997 tours, plus footage from their 1998 spring tour of Europe. It ended at The Great Went, for a two-day festival held in upstate Maine which attracted 70,000 people. While he was at Sundance with Frat House, he met director and producer Ivan Reitman who led him into writing and directing his comedy films, Road Trip and Old School, for Reitman’s Montecito Picture Company.

He wrote and directed the 2004 film Starsky & Hutch starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. In 2005, the details Magazine cited Judd Apatow, Adam McKay, and Phillips as “The Frat Pack”. Todd worked on the satirical comedy Borat in (2006), but he then resigned from his position as a director in 2005, due to creative differences. Nevertheless, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his role in fashioning the story.

After he established Green Hat Films in 2008, Todd directed and produced The Hangover, which was made for a reported amount of $35 million dollars. he became the highest-grossing R-rated comedian in 2009. Its gross stood at $480 million on February 3, 2012, worldwide. The film went on to win the Golden Globe for the Best Picture on (Musical and Comedy). It also won Best Comedy at the 2009 Broadcast Film Critics Awards.

Todd took almost an up-front salary in exchange for a large share of the film’s profits, and he said that the movie’s enormous success, combined with his deal, that made it “my Star Wars”. His share in the film made his amount to be $50 million dollars, after a worldwide gross of $467 million.

He also went into other genres, directing the biographical crime film War Dogs (2016) and the psychological thriller film Joker (2019), the latter received the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and which earned him the Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Todd Phillips Rotten Tomatoes

Todd Phillips set out to film a documentary about the controversial feces-slinging musician while still a student at N.Y.U. His documentary had such a unique subject matter, to begin with, it would have been hard to make the documentary uninteresting, though, he had no-holds-barred, to guerilla approach and keen editing skills, that the film became with as an instant underground sensation (pegged by many as a funnier, true-to-life version of Spinal Tap) and that paved the way for Phillips to continue honing his notable documentarian skills.

After producing he produced an insightful look into the life of Screw magazine publisher Al Goldstein (Screwed) in 1996, and Todd returned to the director’s chair with a scathing and unflinchingly graphic portrayal of college hazing rituals in Frat House (1998).

He was Produced as an installment in the HBO’s popular America Undercover series, and the film took the Grand Jury Prize for Documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival before it became a marred controversy and shelved by HBO due to questions of authenticity and complaints from the subjects.

Though Todd admits the feelings of disappointment over the fact that the film never reached a large audience, the film continues to circulate heavily on the gray market and he continues to push for a suitable release for the acclaimed film.

It wasn’t long before when he decided to expand his horizons, after meeting producer Ivan Reitman and directing polarizing MTV funnyman Tom Green in a series of Pepsi One commercials, in the established documentary filmmaker who made a leap to a fictional feature with Road Trip in 2000.

Todd Phillips Personal beliefs

During his interview in 2014 by the BBC, he was believing in God, after he replied: “Personally I don’t. But I believe there’s a higher power, collective energy in people that you might say is God”. In 2019, Phillips said the aftermath of his dark drama Joker was released, and that he had stopped making comedy films because of the backlash of “Woke culture.”

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Phillips explained: “Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture. He said he will talk to the people why about why comedies don’t work anymore because of all the fucking funny guys are like, ‘Fuck this shit, because I don’t want to offend you.’ It’s hard to argue with 30 million people on Twitter.”

Todd Phillips Movies

• Joker 2019
• The Hangover 2009
• War Dogs 2016
• Road Trip 2000
• Old School 2003
• Due Date 2010
• A Star Is Born 2018
• Hangover 3 2013
• Hangover 2 2011
• Starsky and Hutch 2004
• Borat 2006
• Project X 2012
• School for Scoundrels 2006
• Frat House 1998
• Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies 1993
• Bittersweet Motel 2000
• Killing Time 1996
• Man-Witch

Todd Phillips TV Shows

• Charlie Ros 2016
• The Late Late Show With James Corden 2016
• In the House With Peter Bart & Peter Guber
• Todd Phillips, Phil Rosenthal, Cheech Marin 2012
• Last Call with Carson Daly 2011
• Conan 2011
• Higher Definition
• Chazz Palminteri and Shia LaBeouf 2006
• Why It Crackles
• Made in Hollywood 2016
• ES.TV 2012
• What’s on DVD 2010
• World Poker Tour
• Bicycle Casino’s Legends of Poker 2006
• Limitless
• Sans Limites
• Hyperion

Todd Phillips Awards and Nomination

• Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay 2020, 2007 · Joker, Borat: Cultural Learnings of
• America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Academy Award for Best Director 2020 · Joker
• Academy Award for Best Picture 2020 · Joker
• Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture 2020 · Joker
• BAFTA Award for Best Film 2020 · Joker
• Grand Jury Prize 2019 · Joker
• Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2020, 2007 · Joker, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• César Award for Best Foreign Film 2020 · Joker
• Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2020 · Joker
• BAFTA Award for Best Direction 2020 · Joker
• BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2020 · Joker
• Venice Film Festival Green Drop Award 2019 · Joker
• David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film 2020 · Joker
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture 2020 · Joker
• AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay 2020 · Joker
• Silver Lion for Best Director 2019 · Joker
• AACTA International Award for Best Direction 2020 · Joker
• Bodil Award for Best American Film 2020 · Joker

Frequently Asked Questions About Todd Phillips

Who is Phillips?

He is an American filmmaker and actor.

How old is Todd?

He is 49 years old as of 2019.

How tall is Phillips?

He stands at a height of 6feet 0inches.

Is Todd married?

He has not revealed whether he is married but he is in a relationship.

How much is Phillips worth?

He is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who has a net worth of $200 million dollars.

How much does Todd make?

He has not revealed the amount of income that he makes.

Where does Phillips live?

Because of security reasons, Philips has not shared his precise location of residence. But we will get to update this information if we get the location and images of his house.

Is Todd dead or alive?

He is alive and in good health.

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