Tommy O'Haver

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Tommy O'Haver (born October 24, 1968) is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Early life

O'Haver grew up in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis.[ citation needed ] He graduated from Carmel High School and matriculated at Indiana University with a joint degree in Journalism and Comparative Literature.[ citation needed ]

In the mid-1990s, he attended the MFA Film program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. [1]

Career

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss , featuring Sean Hayes, was O'Haver's feature film directorial debut. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss played in competition at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, [2] and received mostly positive reviews from critics. [3]

His follow-up film, titled Get Over It , featured Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana in a teen comedy about a school theater production; it was released in 2001, [4] and received mixed reviews from critics. [5] [6] [7] [8] O'Haver's third film, Ella Enchanted , starred Anne Hathaway, was released in 2004, [9] [10] [11] and also received mixed reviews from critics. [12]

His fourth feature film, which was eventually released as a television film, starred Catherine Keener, Elliot Page, and James Franco; the film, titled An American Crime , premiered at Sundance in 2007, and was based on a true story of Gertrude Baniszewski, an Indiana woman charged in 1965 with the murder of Sylvia Likens. The initial reaction at Sundance was mixed, [13] but the film later garnered some critical praise, with Ginia Bellafante of The New York Times called it "one of the best television movies to appear in years". [14]

In June 2013, O'Haver directed the music video "Rollin'" for MiBBs. [15]

On April 2, 2015, the seventh episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden was broadcast from O'Haver's house. [16]

In 2017, O'Haver's fifth film, The Most Hated Woman in America , was released; it starred Melissa Leo as Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2017. [17] [18] It was released on March 24, 2017, by Netflix. [19] It received mostly negative reviews from critics. [20]

Filmography

YearFilmCredited asRole, notes, references
DirectorWriterProducerActorOther
1998 Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss YesYesYesFoley walker
2001 Get Over It YesYesLove Matters Director
2004 Ella Enchanted YesYesSquirrel-on-a-Stick Vendor
2007 An American Crime YesYes
The Loop YesEpisode: "Stride"
2009 United States of Tara YesEpisode: "Possibility"
2017 The Most Hated Woman in America YesYesYes

References

  1. ↑ "USC Cinema - Alumni » Notable Alumni". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  2. ↑ "Spring 1998: FESTIVAL ROUNDUP". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Get Over It (12)". British Board of Film Classification . Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ Cockrell, Eddie (March 9, 2001). "Get Over It". Variety . Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  6. ↑ Scott, A. O. (March 10, 2001). "FILM REVIEW; Ditched Lover Gets On With the Show" . The New York Times . Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  7. ↑ LaSalle, Mick (March 10, 2001). "'Get Over It' a Teen Flick With Wit and Energy" . San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  8. ↑ Hardy, Ernest. "Get Over It". LA Weekly . Archived from the original on September 8, 2001. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  9. ↑ "Ella Enchanted". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  10. ↑ Brueggemann, Tom (2020-04-12). "The Easter When 'The Passion of the Christ' Beat 'Hellboy' for #1 at the Box Office". IndieWire . Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on October 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  11. ↑ "Weekend Box Office Results for April 9-11, 2004". Box Office Mojo . Internet Movie Database. April 12, 2004. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ella Enchanted". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  13. ↑ "An American Crime". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  14. ↑ Bellafonte, Ginia (May 10, 2008). "Home-Grown, Everyday Sadism". The New York Times . Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  15. ↑ Poulsen, Drew (2013-07-02). "Mibbs, 'Rollin": Exclusive Video Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  16. ↑ Stampler, Laura (3 April 2015). "James Corden Decided to Host 'The Late Late Show' From a Stranger's House". Time . Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  17. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 31, 2017). "SXSW 2017 Lineup: 'Baby Driver', 'Free Fire', 'Muppet Guys Talking' & Docus That Matter In Trump Era". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  18. ↑ "The Most Hated Woman In America". South by Southwest . Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ Wiebe, Sheldon (March 24, 2017). "Two Netflix Original Films Bound for SXSW!". Eclipse.
  20. ↑ "The Most Hated Woman in America | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
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