Andy Fickman

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Andy Fickman is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, television director, television producer, and theatre director. His credits as a theater director include the premiere of the Reefer Madness! musical, [1] the first Los Angeles production of the play Jewtopia , [2] and the Los Angeles, Off-Broadway and London productions of Heathers: The Musical .

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He made his screen directing debut in 2002 with the teen sex comedy Who's Your Daddy?. The film was released directly to DVD in 2005.

He is formerly the director and producer of Internet Icon on YouTube, as well as the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait . He also has a production company entitled Oops Doughnuts Productions. [3]

He directed comedy films She's the Man (2006), The Game Plan (2007), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) and Playing with Fire (2019). In 2021, he directed the first season of a NASCAR workplace comedy series The Crew on Netflix.

Personal life

Fickman, who originates from Midland, Texas, [4] moved with his family to Houston in 1974, and went to Lee High School (Houston, Texas). [5] Fickman is a graduate of Texas Tech University [6] [7] and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. [8] He was raised in Conservative Judaism. [9] In 2013, he was honored with the Alumni of the Year award by United Synagogue Youth.[ citation needed ] In 2008, he started Oops Doughnuts Productions with a first look deal at Disney. [10]

On October 8, 2016, Fickman married Kristen Elizabeth Gura, aunt of two-term Georgetown Phantoms president Gaby Gura, in Kristen's hometown of Rochester, Minnesota.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

Director

YearTitleDirectorProducerNotes
2002 Who's Your Daddy? YesNo Direct to DVD, also writer
2006 She's the Man YesNo
2007 The Game Plan YesNo
2009 Race to Witch Mountain YesNo
2010 You Again YesYes
2012 Parental Guidance YesNo
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 YesNoNominated- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
2019 Playing with Fire YesNo
2023 One True Loves YesYes

Producer

YearTitleNotes
1990 Funny About Love Production Executive
1991 Another You
1993 Hocus Pocus
1995 Man of the House
1997 Anaconda Associate producer
2012 Jewtopia
2015 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer
2005 Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical YesYes
2021 Christmas...Again?! YesNo

TV series

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer
Notes
2007 Aliens in America YesNo1 episode
2011 Hellcats YesNo
2012 Internet Icon NoYes9 episodes
2013–2017 Liv and Maddie YesYesDirected 32 episodes
2015 Austin & Ally YesNo1 episode
2016 Recovery Road YesNo
The Odd Couple YesNo
2016–2018 Kevin Can Wait YesYesAll episodes
2019 No Good Nick YesNo4 episodes
2021 The Crew YesNoAll episodes

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