Ted Griffin

Last updated

Ted Griffin
Born (1970-12-21) December 21, 1970 (age 52)
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1996present
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children1
Relatives William A. Seiter (grandfather)
Marian Nixon (grandmother)

Ted Griffin (born December 21, 1970) is an American screenwriter whose credits include Ravenous , Matchstick Men , and Ocean's Eleven .

Contents

Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993. He was scheduled to make his directorial debut with Rumor Has It... , for which he had written the original screenplay, but was replaced by Rob Reiner 12 days after principal filming began. [1] He did a rewrite on the Ashton Kutcher film Killers . [2] He moved into television by creating Terriers for FX. [1] Griffin played Agent Hughes in The Wolf of Wall Street .

His brother is screenwriter Nicholas Griffin. His maternal grandparents were director William A. Seiter and Finnish American [3] actress Marian Nixon. [4] [5]

Griffin became engaged to actress Sutton Foster in August 2013. [6] He and Foster married on October 25, 2014. [7]

Filmography

Related Research Articles

<i>The Silence of the Lambs</i> (film) 1991 horror film by Jonathan Demme

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer named "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The film also features performances from Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, and Kasi Lemmons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blake Edwards</span> American filmmaker (1922–2010)

Blake Edwards was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.

<i>The Music Man</i> 1957 stage musical by Meredith Willson

The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band. Harold is no musician, however, and plans to skip town without giving any music lessons. Prim librarian and piano teacher Marian sees through him, but when Harold helps her younger brother overcome his lisp and social awkwardness, Marian begins to fall in love with him. He risks being caught to win her heart.

Isadore "Dore" Schary was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, Act One, the film biography of his friend, playwright and theater director Moss Hart. He became head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and replaced Louis B. Mayer as president of the studio in 1951.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Hyde Pierce</span> American actor (born 1959)

David Hyde Pierce is an American actor. He starred as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, and won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role. Pierce also received the 2007 Tony Award for playing Lieutenant Frank Cioffi in the musical Curtains. He is also widely known for playing Frank Prady in eight episodes of the television legal drama The Good Wife, and Henry Newman in the comedy film Wet Hot American Summer and its subsequent television spin-offs.

<i>Ravenous</i> (1999 film) 1999 film

Ravenous is a 1999 horror Western cannibal film starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones and David Arquette. The film, which is set in 1840s California, was directed by Antonia Bird and filmed in Europe. It was not a box office success and failed to recoup much of its $12 million budget. However, despite initial reception being mixed when released, it has since garnered a reputation as a cult film.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hunter Foster</span> American actor

Hunter Foster is an American musical theatre actor, singer, librettist, playwright and director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sutton Foster</span> American actress and singer (born 1975)

Sutton Lenore Foster is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical twice, in 2002 for her role as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and in 2011 for her performance as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, a role which she reprised in 2021 for a production in London and for which she received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include Little Women, The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein, Shrek the Musical, Violet, and The Music Man. On television, Foster played the lead role in the short-lived ABC Family comedy-drama Bunheads from 2012 to 2013. From 2015 to 2021, she starred in the TV Land comedy-drama Younger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marian Nixon</span> American actress

Marian Nixon was an American film actress. Sometimes credited as Marion Nixon, she appeared in more than 70 films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MCC Theater</span> American theater company

MCC Theater is an off-Broadway theater company located in New York City. The theater was founded in 1986 by artistic directors Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler. Blake West joined the company in 2006 as executive director. MCC opened the doors to its new home in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, as The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, on January 9, 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William A. Seiter</span> American film director (1890–1964)

William Alfred Seiter was an American film director.

<i>Oedipus</i> (Seneca)

Oedipus is a fabula crepidata of c. 1061 lines of verse that was written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca at some time during the 1st century AD. It is a retelling of the story of Oedipus, which is better known through the play Oedipus Rex by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles. It is written in Latin.

Events from the year 1962 in the United States.

Events from the year 1971 in the United States.

Events from the year 1972 in the United States.

Events from the year 1974 in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Leach</span> American journalist and screenwriter

Robert Warnes Leach was an American journalist and Hollywood screenwriter who became a leading figure in California's victims' rights movement after the death of his stepdaughter, Marsalee (Marsy) Nicholas in 1983.

Tricia Brock is American film/television director, film producer and television writer.

Denny Martin Flinn was an American writer, choreographer, stage director and actor with numerous Broadway credits. He co-wrote the screenplay for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Anne (August 25, 2004) A Film Studio Fires a Director, Raising Eyebrows in Hollywood. New York Times
  2. "Variety", October 21, 2008. Variety.com (October 21, 2008). Retrieved on 2017-04-16.
  3. Glödstaf, Kari (2018). 1000 mykkäelokuvaa: Sirpaleita elokuvan kulta-ajalta.
  4. Marian Nixon, Finnish Hollywood Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , 25.brinkster.com
  5. Miles of Smiles. 1923. Directed by Alfred J. Goulding The Family Secret. 1924. Directed by William A. Seiter. MoMA. Retrieved on April 16, 2017.
  6. Sutton Foster on Living the L.A. Dream, Sharing the Foster Home Movies & Keeping Her Feet Clean for the Fancy Folk at Cafe Carlyle. Broadway.com. Retrieved on April 16, 2017.
  7. And in 2017 they have adopted a baby girl On Her Way Down the Aisle: Tony Winner Sutton Foster Marries Fiance Ted Griffin Today! | Broadway Buzz. Broadway.com (October 25, 2014). Retrieved on 2017-04-16.
  8. Chewin' It With Kevin and Steve. Nerdist.com (November 13, 2013). Retrieved on 2017-04-16.