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

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