Stephen Herek | |
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Born | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | November 10, 1958
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Years active | 1986–present |
Notable work | Critters Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure The Mighty Ducks The Three Musketeers Mr. Holland's Opus 101 Dalmatians |
Stephen Herek (born November 10, 1958) is an American film director. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for directing the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure .
His career as a film director took off in 1986 with the cult horror classic Critters followed by the hit comedy Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989. [1] He then directed Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead in 1991 and became a regular director for The Walt Disney Company throughout the decade, helming The Mighty Ducks in 1992, The Three Musketeers in 1993, [2] the highly successful live-action 1996 remake of 101 Dalmatians starring Glenn Close, and the Eddie Murphy comedy Holy Man in 1998. He also directed the critically acclaimed drama Mr. Holland's Opus in 1995.
In the 2000s, Herek directed the 2001 movie Rock Star , a film about a rockstar wannabe and his favorite rock group, Steel Dragon, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. After the underwhelming performances of Life or Something Like It in 2002 and Man of the House in 2005, Herek has stayed mainly in the television and direct-to-DVD market, helming films like Picture This , Into the Blue 2: The Reef , and The Chaperone , as well as two Dolly Parton TV specials.
Director
Year | Title | Notes |
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1986 | Critters | Also writer |
1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | |
1991 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | |
1992 | The Mighty Ducks | |
1993 | The Three Musketeers | |
1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | |
1996 | 101 Dalmatians | |
1998 | Holy Man | Also producer |
1999 | Black Sabbath: Time Machine | Short film/music video |
2001 | Rock Star | |
2002 | Life or Something Like It | |
2005 | Man of the House | |
2008 | Picture This | Direct-to-video |
2009 | Dead Like Me: Life After Death | |
2009 | Into the Blue 2: The Reef | |
2011 | The Chaperone | |
2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | |
2021 | Afterlife of the Party | |
2023 | Dog Gone | |
2024 | Our Little Secret | Post-production [3] |
Executive producer
TV movies
TV series
Year | Title | Notes |
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2002 | The Mind of the Married Man | Episode "The Pony Ride" |
2013 | Dallas | Episode: "False Confessions" |
Lucky 7 | Episode "All In" | |
2014 | Betrayal | Episode "Sharper Than a Serpant's Tooth..." |
2015 | Rush Hour | Episode "The Dark Night" |
2015–2016 | Hawaii Five-0 | 3 episodes |
2016–2018 | MacGyver | 7 episodes Also co-executive producer of 40 episodes |
Dolly Parton Dean, known better by her maiden name Dolly Parton, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s, before her sales and chart peak arrived during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records.
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