Steven Brill

Steven Brill , also Steve Brill , (born May 27, 1962 in Utica , New York ) is an American film director , actor and screenwriter .

Life

Brill graduated from Boston University with a degree in film . He made a name for himself in Hollywood with films like Edward Scissorhands and Mighty Ducks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1995 he made his directorial debut in the film Pfundskerle with Ben Stiller . Brill's latest comedy, Drillbit Taylor (2008) with Owen Wilson in the title role, is about three school-leavers who hire a cheap bodyguard because of the threats of the school brawl . In 2013 the episode film Movie 43 was released, for which Brill directed a segment.

Filmography (selection)

as an actor

• 1989: Adam Sandler's Love Boat (Going Overboard)
• 1989: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
• 1990: Almost an Angel (Almost An Angel)
• 1990: Edward Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)
• 1991: Crash! - Trip to Death (Dead Silence)
• 1992: Mighty Ducks - Das Superteam (The Mighty Ducks)
• 1994: Mighty Ducks II - The Super Team Returns (D2: The Mighty Ducks)
• 1994: When a Man Loves a Woman - An almost perfect love (When a Man Loves a Woman)
• 1996: Mighty Ducks III - Now they're shaking up high school (D3: The Mighty Ducks)
• 1999: Big Daddy
• 2001: Joe Dirt (Joe Dirt)
• 2002: Mr. Deeds
• 2007: The first time (Knocked Up)
• 2008: Drillbit Taylor - A man for all accidents (Drillbit Taylor)

as a director

• 1995: Pfundskerle (Heavy Weights)
• 1998: Full throttle through the night (Late Last Night)
• 2000: Little Nicky - Satan Junior (Little Nicky)
• 2002: Mr. Deeds
• 2004: Trouble ohne Paddel (Without a Paddle)
• 2008: Drillbit Taylor - A man for all accidents (Drillbit Taylor)
• 2013: Movie 43
• 2014: Girls' evening - sober too shy! (Walk of Shame)
• 2016: The Do-Over
• 2017: Sandy Wexler

as a screenwriter

• 1992: Mighty Ducks - Das Superteam (The Mighty Ducks)
• 1994: Mighty Ducks II - The Super Team Returns (D2: The Mighty Ducks)
• 1996: Mighty Ducks III - Now they're shaking up high school (D3: The Mighty Ducks)
• 1998: Full throttle through the night (Late Last Night)
• 2000: Ready to Rumble
• 2000: Little Nicky - Satan Junior (Little Nicky)

as a producer

• 1994: Mighty Ducks II - The Super Team Returns (D2: The Mighty Ducks)
• 1996: Mighty Ducks III - Now they're shaking up high school (D3: The Mighty Ducks)

Remarks

The appearance of the Mighty Ducks film series led to the founding of the hockey club The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League in 1993 .

Web links

• Steven Brill in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Steven Brill. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 . 
• Film list. In: Two thousand and one lexicon of international film
• The Bookers. In: Ready to Rumble. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011 .