Alex Zamm

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Alex Zamm
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Alexander Zamm

Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1990–present

Alexander Zamm (born in Woodstock, New York) is an American film director and screenwriter. Zamm has directed such films as My Date with the President's Daughter , [1] Tooth Fairy 2 , The Pooch And The Pauper, [1] Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts , R.L. Stine's: The Haunting Hour , Snow , and Woody Woodpecker . [1] Most of his work has been released through television, direct-to-video, or streaming.

Contents

Early life

Zamm grew up in Woodstock, New York.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmNotes
1998 Chairman of the Board Also writer
My Date with the President's Daughter Also writer
Television film
The Pooch and the Pauper Television film
2000 The Bogus Witch Project Producer only
2003 Inspector Gadget 2 Direct-to-DVD
2004 Snow Television film
2007 The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Direct-to-DVD
2009 Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
2010 Marvin the Martian 3D Test Short
2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Direct-to-DVD
2012 Tooth Fairy 2
2014 The Little Rascals Save the Day Direct to video
A Royal Christmas Television film
Jingle All the Way 2 Direct to video
2015 Crown for Christmas Television film
2017 A Christmas Prince Made for streaming
Christmas in EvergreenTelevision film
Woody Woodpecker [2] Also writer and co-producer
2019Paris, Wine, & RomanceTelevision film
2021 Under Wraps
2022 Under Wraps 2

Television

YearFilmNotes
1990 Monsters TV
1992 Great Scott!
1995InconveniencePilot (MTV)
Life with Louie Writer
Television series
1996 Bone Chillers Writer (2 Episodes)
Television series
2000 Upright Citizens Brigade Television series
2010Woodie's KitchenPilot
2014 Dog with a Blog 3 episodes
Television series
The Thundermans 1 episode
Television series
2018 Woody Woodpecker Web series
Developer

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 640. ISBN   9780810863781.
  2. Amidi, Amid (July 13, 2016). "Universal is Making A Live-Action/CG Woody Woodpecker Feature—For Brazilians". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved August 19, 2021.