Seth Gordon

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Seth Gordon (2009)

Seth Gordon (born July 15, 1974 in Evanston , Illinois ) is an American director , screenwriter and film producer .

life and career

Seth Gordon was born in Evanston , Illinois , in July 1974 . He made his high school Accounts on the prestigious Lakeside School in Seattle in the US state of Washington , whose alumni also Bill Gates and Paul Allen are.

He studied architecture at Yale University and spent six months on a development project in Kenya during his studies . There he helped plan the infrastructure of a small village and captured the process with his video camera . After his return to the USA, he acquired the basics of filmmaking himself and completed his documentary, which was shot in Africa. As this work gave him more pleasure than his studies, he finally turned his back on architecture and tried to gain a foothold in the film business.

At the beginning of his career he directed several short films and worked as a producer. He first attracted attention with his documentary The King of Kong (2007), which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival . Actors Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon , who were just preparing for the film My Sweetheart, Our Family and I (2008), were so impressed with Gordon's work that they suggested him to the production company New Line Cinema to direct and they did hired him shortly afterwards. The film was a huge hit at the box office, particularly in the United States, grossing over $ 120.1 million in total.

After his first feature film, he devoted himself to directing individual episodes of television series such as Das Büro and Modern Family and wrote a few scripts on the side. He reached another high point in his career with the star-studded comedy Kill the Boss , which celebrated its world premiere on June 30, 2011 at Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles . The film opened in US cinemas on July 8, 2011 and grossed $ 28.3 million on the opening weekend, putting it in second place on the US box office. After just five days of play, the film had recovered its production costs. The European premiere took place on July 20, 2011 in London . The film will start in Germany on September 1, 2011.

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter

  • 2006: The Problem with Percival (short film)
  • 2010: Freakonomics (documentary)
  • 2011: Breaking In (TV series, 7 episodes)

producer

  • 2005: New York Doll (documentary)
  • 2005: Cry Wolf
  • 2009: Bored to Death (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2010: Freakonomics (documentary)
  • 2010: Make Believe (documentary)
  • 2011: Undefeated (documentary)
  • 2011: Breaking In (TV series, pilot)
  • since 2013: The Goldbergs (TV series)
  • since 2019: For All Mankind (TV series)

Web links

Commons : Seth Gordon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b A season's gratings Los Angeles Times, accessed July 25, 2011
  2. ^ Four Christmases Domestic Total Gross Box Office Mojo, accessed July 25, 2011
  3. ↑ Horrible Bosses Premiere Los Angeles Times, accessed July 25, 2011
  4. ↑ Horrible Bosses Daily Gross Box Office Mojo, accessed July 25, 2011
  5. ↑ Horrible Bosses UK Premiere ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Just Jared, accessed July 25, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / justjared.buzznet.com
  6. ↑ Kill the Boss theatrical release . Filmstarts.de, accessed on July 25, 2011
  7. ↑ Kill the Boss Kinostart Spielfilm.de, accessed on July 25, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Gordon, Seth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th July 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Evanston , Illinois, United States