Brian Herzlinger | |
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 Herzlinger at Sweet screening | |
| Born | February 19, 1976 |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Megan Henry Herzlinger (m. 2013) |
| Children | 3 |
Brian Scott Herzlinger (born February 19, 1976, Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director who directed and starred in My Date with Drew , a documentary released in 2005. Herzlinger graduated from Ithaca College (NY) with a film degree in 1997.
Herzlinger grew up in Evesham Township, New Jersey, where he attended Cherokee High School, graduating in 1994 as the prom king. [1]
In 1997, he graduated from Ithaca College with a BS in Cinema & Photography. He had written and directed a short, student film called The Film Contest shot on 16mm film. After moving to Los Angeles, Herzlinger directed more short films, including Malicious Intent. He worked at DreamWorks and MGM and also as a Production Assistant on several commercials and music videos. Afterwards, he worked for two years as a Producer's P.A. on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope , and worked his way up to Executive Producer Bill D'Elia's assistant on the David E. Kelley landmark series Ally McBeal . After his first feature My Date With Drew , Herzlinger began a three-year stint as an on-air special correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . Simultaneously, he directed the romantic comedy Baby on Board , starring Heather Graham, Jerry O'Connell, John Corbett and Lara Flynn Boyle which hit theatres nationwide in 2009.
Herzlinger's love for film began at a young age with his first viewing of the film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial , said the director in an interview for The Film That Changed My Life [2] by Robert K. Elder.
I think it gave us permission to believe, and I’ll tell you right now, one of my biggest things as a person, as a filmmaker, is being able to believe. If I didn’t have that and didn’t have that ability, I would have failed at this business. [3]
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Herzlinger has multiple film and television projects in the works. He currently lives in Malibu, California and works as a film director and writer.
In 2010, Summit Entertainment hired Black and Herzlinger to re-write their $50 million action comedy Mental. In 2011, Herzlinger directed the feature Brother White (starring Bruce Davison and Ray Wise) as well as the television pilot for B&B Media's Today’s Tiaras.[ citation needed ]
In 2012, Herzlinger served as host for Laugh Factor, a CW pilot for the Wayans Brothers, described as The Voice for stand-up comedy. Also in 2012, Herzlinger the comedy musical How Sweet It Is (starring Paul Sorvino and Joe Piscopo), which was co-written by Jay Black & Herzlinger, and released in select theatres nationwide on May 10, 2013. That same year, he directed the family holiday film Christmas Angel (starring Kevin Sorbo and Della Reese), which became the highest-rated TV movie of 2012 for the GMC network with over 3 million viewers.[ citation needed ]
In 2013, he directed the feature film Finding Normal. He produced, directed, and co-wrote the TV pilot Paulie (starring Paul Sorvino and Janeane Garofalo).
In 2014, Herzlinger and Black wrote the cancer drama Meet My Valentine. He directed the film for Marvista Entertainment which was released on Valentine's Day 2015, and is currently on Netflix. In 2015, the duo wrote the action film, The Bus Driver, which Herzlinger also directed. That year, he also directed the feature drama The Perfect Daughter starring Parker Stevenson and Meredith Salenger. He co-wrote and directed the Christmas film Love Always, Santa and directed the series pilot Confessions of a Hollywood Bartender.[ citation needed ]
In 2016, Herzlinger directed the feature romantic comedy Love's Last Resort, which turned out to be the late Alan Thicke's last film; Hush Little Baby, a thriller starring Erin Cahill; and the Pureflix original series pilot Hitting The Breaks.
In 2017, Herzlinger directed the romantic drama Runaway Romance starring Tatum O'Neal. In 2019, he directed his second documentary, My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys . The film explores actor Corey Feldman's allegations sexual abuse as a child by prominent Hollywood figures. [4]
| Films directed | ||
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| Year | Film | Other notes |
| 1997 | The Film Contest | Short film |
| 1999 | Malicious Intent | Short film |
| 2002 | Krutch | Short film |
| 2005 | My Date with Drew | Vail Film Festival Festival Award US Comedy Arts Festival Audience Award Gen Art Film Festival Audience Award Locarno International Film Festival Critics Week Award Sonoma Valley Film Festival Audience Award Sonoma Valley Film Festival Jury Award Sonoma Valley Film Festival Special Award |
| 2009 | Baby on Board | |
| 2011 | Brother White | TV movie |
| 2012 | Christmas Angel | TV movie |
| 2013 | How Sweet It Is | Feature film |
| 2013 | Finding Normal | TV movie |
| 2013 | Paulie | Completed pilot |
| 2014 | The Bus Driver | Feature film |
| 2014 | Meet My Valentine | Feature film |
| 2015 | The Perfect Daughter | Feature film |
| 2015 | Confessions of a Hollywood Bartender | Series pilot |
| 2016 | Love Always, Santa | Feature film |
| 2016 | Love's Last Resort | Feature film |
| 2016 | Hush Little Baby | Feature film |
| 2016 | Hitting the Breaks | Series pilot + 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Runaway Romance | Feature film |
| 2020 | My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys | Documentary film |
| 2021 | The Holiday Fixup | Feature film |
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