Sentences with phrase «as a comedy writer»

As comedy writer on almost every major award show and laugh doctor to some of Hollywood's biggest stars, Get Bruce celebrates the career of one of show business's hardest - working unsung heroes.

However, word of Green's next film, Prince Avalanche, suggested a U-turn back to his indie drama roots, albeit with hints of his «second phase» as a comedy writer / director due to its star Paul Rudd being part of the Judd Apatow stable.

With a pre-celebrity resumé as varied as any (tennis pro, truck driver, bartender), Chase spent his twenties as a comedy writer for such outlets as the Smothers Brothers and National Lampoon, the latter of which eventually led to a lucrative franchise of Vacation movies.

All three adjectives apply to Vetters, Kolbowicz, and Charney's first time as comedy writers, since the movie runs just 85 minutes with credits and uses them for discomforting gags sure to charm not even the excitable teens this is presumably meant for.

A two - time Oscar winner for adapted screenplay, Payne has turned for the first time to a script he does not have a writing credit on, an original by Bob Nelson, who began his career as a comedy writer before turning his attention to Woodrow T. Grant, Woody to his friends, a man on a mission.

Not exact matches

Most people probably know Lena Dunham as the creator, writer, and star of Girls, the HBO comedy series that is loosely based on her life as a twenty - something in New York City.

Since securing a job as a writer for «30 Rock» in 2006, Glover has used his diverse talents and signature humor to find success in a staggering number of industries, including television, stand - up comedy, music, and film.

Already the king of animated comedies, this summer saw the writer - producer - director - animator - star of such shows as American Dad!

The extent of her contributions as producer - writer - director, for which she's gained respect within the industry, is still unknown to the general public — not to mention her talent for sketch comedy, which is on view in her movies.

In a way, writing remotely suits me, because I'm on the road as a stand - up and not many comedy writers are doing stand - up as well.

Fielder's show Nathan for You, which has been picked up for a second season, follows the comedy writer as he attempts to «help» small businesses by employing insane marketing ideas.

Wendi Aarons, the comedy writer who coined this idea and artfully Photoshopped this masterpiece, has won the entire holiday season with this as far as I'm concerned.

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

By the time Bruce Almighty hit screens, audiences could tell that Oedekerk's manic sense of silly was still as strong as ever, and just three short years later that point was driven home when the increasingly prolific writer / director returned to the screens with the kid - friendly, computer animated comedy Barnyard.

Despite her recent onscreen success, Washington remains true to her stage roots by remaining active in theater and has also begun to branch out by attempting to make a name for herself as a writer and producer as well.Still, it was on the screen that Washington truly earned her keep, and following roles in Sexual Life, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fantastic Four, Washington took a trip to the courtroom for a supporting role on David E. Kelley's Emmy - winning television comedy Boston Legal.

Gelbart was probably best known, however, as the producer and frequent writer for the long - running and highly distinguished comedy - drama M * A * S * H.

Funnyman Steve Oedekerk never quite broke through as a standup comic, but his years on the standup circuit did lead to a thriving career as a writer and director for some of Hollywood's biggest comedy stars, as well as periodic acting jobs.

Scott Speedman and Evan Rachel Wood star as the ne'er - do - well son of a wealthy Southern family and the sheltered young woman he begins to fall for in Barefoot, a romantic comedy from director Andrew Fleming (Dick, Hamlet 2) and writer Stephen Zotnowski.

Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).

During the scripting sessions for Show of Shows, Reiner became friends with a bombastic staff writer named Mel Brooks, with whom he improvised a number of wild stream - of - consciousness comedy bits which would eventually crystallize as the classic «2000 Year Old Man» routines.

A handful of New Yorkers with little in common cross one another's paths as they try to sort out their romantic and emotional troubles in this comedy drama from writer and director Eric Schaeffer.

English Writer / Director John Michael McDonagh is the elder brother of filmmaker Martin McDonagh, the mastermind who is behind such sterling black comedies as IN BRUGES (2008, 8/10) and SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012).

Writer, director and star Tyler Perry returns to his signature role in this comedy - drama that finds family matriarch Madea juggling several romantic crises involving her nieces» relationships as well as the funeral of an older sister - all on the weekend that her entire clan is gathering for a reunion.

The film chronicles the manner in which Hope and her family handle the nightmarish situation, often with what Saget described as «irreverence and dark humor» (At one point, Hope's brother Alan — a comedy writer — quips that scleroderma sounds like «a deli entrée»).

Comic Relief is a uniquely American dynamic, created by comedy writer / producer Bob Zmuda as a way of using laughter to elicit generosity.

Instead, Atkinson chose to get involved in the internationally acclaimed comedy series Not the Nine O'Clock News as a writer and a performer.

Jesse Plemons plays a gay New York comedy writer who returns home to Sacramento to deal with his mother's onrushing cancer even as his reserved father (Bradley Whitford) continues to have problems accepting his son's sexuality.

Debut writer - director Chris Kelly, a writer on «SNL,» digs in rather than relying on contrived, movie - ready set pieces (as in the similar «The Hollars»), making this gay «Garden State» rich with naturalistic comedy as well as beautifully touching moments.

Born in 1937 in West Cliff - on - Sea, England, screenwriter - turned - director Dick Clement cut his teeth on the small screen in his mid - to late twenties, as a BBC television writer and director, including such now - classic programs as the sitcom The Likely Lads (1964), the Dudley Moore and Peter Cook series Not Only... But Also (1965), and the brief Steptoe and Son successor Mr. Aitch (1967), starring Harry H. Corbett.Clement segued into big - screen comedy in 1966, co-scripting (with Ian La Frenais) the Michael Winner - directed picture The Jokers.

Full of very creative situations, this comedy of errors helped launched Russell's career into mainstream Hollywood, while also grounding him as a skilled writer / director.

As a British director who made his start in TV comedy, I can vouch for the fact that this film is one of the key texts for every single UK comedy writer, actor, and director of my generation.

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

Horse Money won Costa what is traditionally regarded as the festival's third - place prize, while a surprise second - place Leopard went to Alex Ross Perry's disagreeable comedy Listen Up, Philip — disagreeable not in its success (it works quite well), but in its protagonist, the detached, anxiety - ridden, pathologically narcissistic writer Philip Friedman (Jason Schwartzman).

Such glib, blithe quips are the motor oil of the teen comedy, but in her first outing as a solo writer and director, Gerwig is as sensitive to place and the fragility of young and old bodies as she is to her protagonist's often hurtful words.

Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»

Ahead of its U.S. release next week, Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for Seth MacFarlane's comedy sequel Ted 2, which you can watch below... Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and co-star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital's follow - up to the highest - grossing original R - rated comedy of all time.

Completed in 2006, just a few hours away in Charlotte, Hill's indie didn't see release until this summer; by the time it quietly reached theaters, the flick had already solidified McBride as one of the most original lead actors and writers working in comedy today.

As the shows producer and writer, it's where Apatow first began working with his cast of regular actors - Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and James Franco - and formulated his brand of melancholic, big - hearted suburban comedy.

The Thunder Buddies return next week with the U.S. release of the comedy sequel Ted 2, and a rather excellent Flash Gordon - inspired poster has arrived online for the Seth MacFarlane film, which you can see right here... SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for Ted 2 Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and co-star of -LSB-...]

Rooted in his experiences growing up in a hyperliterate household in 1980s Park Slope, this ensemble comedy captures the tempestuous dynamics between two ambitious writers and their precocious sons as they weather the fallout of a painful divorce.

The same year that he delivered his Oscar turn as reporter Mike Connor in The Philadelphia Story and Mr. Kralik in Ernst Lubitsch's classic The Shop Around the Corner, he also played a seemingly simple country writer who becomes an egotistical alcoholic in the very strange No Time For Comedy — an unintentionally apt title — opposite Rosalind Russell.

And David Cross plays a comedy writer who appears merely as a five - minute, add - on distraction to bump - up a relatively short runtime of only 85 minutes.

While the script does present a realistic take on the chaos of life with little ones as far as this writer can tell (full disclosure: I am nobody's mother), it still conforms to the tired comedy mandate that at least a half - dozen contemporary pop - culture references must be inserted into the average feature - length script.

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Few films in movie history — and maybe no other film by a first - time writer - director — proved to be the breakthrough moment for as many talents as a made - in - Baltimore comedy - drama called «Diner.»

«Anything Else» (DreamWorks) Woody Allen's attraction - rejection comedy stars Jason Biggs as a joke writer whose world is rocked by a freewheeling actress (Christina Ricci) who won't have sex with him.

The Party is a dark cerebral comedy from British writer - director Sally Potter, the woman behind such brilliantly challenging productions as Orlando and Yes.

Judd Apatow's «This Is 40» is only his fourth film as a writer - director, but his comedy influence is so ubiquitous that it seems as if he's been around forever.

Written by Freaks & Geeks / Undeclared / KNOCKED UP's Segel — so committed a comic actor that he goes the Full Monty not once, but twice — and directed by Undeclared writer Nicholas Stoller, this heartbreak - kid comedy is very much a Judd Apatow production: It even features Jonah Hill as an obsessed Infant Sorrow fan who works at Turtle Bay.

In his first movie as writer and director, Jordan Peele didn't abandon his comedy roots — he sharpened his wit into a sword, all the better to cut down the hypocrisy of so - called «postracial» liberalism.