Marc Webb

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Marc Webb (2013)

Marc Preston Webb (born August 31, 1974 in Bloomington , Indiana ) is an American director of music videos and films .

Life

Marc Webb was born in Bloomington , Indiana , but his family moved with him to Madison , Wisconsin 18 months after he was born . After attending Madison West High School , he graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in English .

He made his entry into the film industry as a director for music videos . His first was for the group Blues Traveler with the song Canadian Rose in 1997. This was followed by clips for the Backstreet Boys ( Invitation Only ), Good Charlotte ( Festival Song ) and for My Chemical Romance ( Helena , The Ghost of You , I Don 't Love You , Teenagers ) and many more. With the music video for 21 Guns of the group Green Day , he won at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards the award for best director. Webb's first feature film (500), Days of Summer , was released in 2009 and was nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards .

In 2010, Webb was hired by Sony Pictures to direct the new Spider-Man reboot. The studio had decided to restart the franchise after numerous inconsistencies with the script for the originally planned fourth part of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series. The film was released in summer 2012 under the title The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield in the title role. In 2014 the sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro followed again under the direction of Webb.

Filmography (selection)

As a director

Videos

1997

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rob Thomas: Summer in the spotlight , August 9, 2009 (accessed August 22, 2010)
  2. ↑ Chris Osterndorf: Director Marc Webb moves on from "(500) Days of Summer" and visits DePaul ( memento of the original from November 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 26, 2009 (accessed August 22, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / media.www.depauliaonline.com
  3. ↑ MTV Video Music Awards 2009 Winners
personal data
SURNAME Webb, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Webb, Marc Preston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Bloomington , Indiana , USA