David T. Friendly
David T. Friendly (born May 1, 1956 ) is an American film producer .
Life
After graduating from the Medill School of Journalism , a faculty at Northwestern University , David T. became a Friendly Journalist with Newsweek . In 1985 he moved to Los Angeles , where he wrote a weekly column for the Los Angeles Times on the economics of the film industry, until 1987 when Ron Howard and Brian Grazer , founders of Imagine Entertainment , hired him as vice president of feature films and films such as My Girl - My first love and a concierge to fall in love with . As president of the production division, he moved to Davis Entertainment in 1994 , where he produced films such as Daylight and Dr. Dolittle produced.
Together with Marc Turtletaub , he founded their own production company Deep River Productions in 2000 . After playing Here on Earth and Honeymooners , among others , it was the comedy film Little Miss Sunshine , with which Friendly, after more than six years of production, celebrated its greatest success in 2007. He was not only nominated for an Oscar in the category of best film , but also for the British Academy Film Award in the category of best film and was able to win the Independent Spirit Award .
Friendly is married to film editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly . His brother Andy Friendly is also a film producer and their father was Fred W. Friendly , president of CBS News , who appeared in the drama Good Night, and Good Luck. was played by George Clooney .
Filmography (selection)
- 1991: My Girl - My First Love (My Girl)
- 1993: A Concierge To Fall In Love With (For Love or Money)
- 1994: My Girl 2 (My Girl 2)
- 1996: Daylight
- 1996: Courage Under Fire (Courage Under Fire)
- 1998: Dr. Dolittle
- 1998: Dreams to the End of the World (Digging to China)
- 2000: Big Momma's House
- 2000: Here on Earth
- 2004: Laws of Attraction
- 2005: Honeymooners (The Honeymooners)
- 2006: Big Momma's House 2
- 2006: Little Miss Sunshine
- 2008: Man, Dave! (Meet Dave)
- 2008: Soul Men
- 2011: Big Momma 's House - The Double Portion (Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son)
Awards
- 2007 : Award for best film with Little Miss Sunshine
- 2007 : Nomination for the Golden Raspberry / Worst Prequel or sequel with Big Mama's House 2
Web links
- David T. Friendly in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Board of Directors: David Friendly - Advisory Board . US-Ireland Alliance. Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ↑ a b Ryan Haggerty: The Producer . Northwestern University . December 7, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ↑ Michael Fleming: Fox, Friendly ink production pact . Variety . September 24, 2004. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Friendly, David T. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1956 |