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Also known as Todd Philip Bunzl

American filmmaker

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  • Joker
  • Get uncomfortable
  • Seeker's Journey
  • MCSE Windows 2000 Migration Study Guide
  • Y2K

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Todd Phillips (born April 21, 1953) is an American double bassist. He has appeared on many innovative, as well as traditional, acoustic instrumental and bluegrass recordings made since the mid-1970s. A two-time Grammy Award winner and original founding member of The David Grisman Quintet, Phillips has made a career of performing and recording with acoustic music artists such as five-year stint in The Tony Rice Unit, his membership of The Bluegrass Album Band <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/To

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Born
Todd Philip Bunzl , ( 1970-12-19 ) December 19, 1970 (age 55) , New York City , U.S.
Occupations
Film director producer screenwriter
Years active
1993–present

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date of birth
1970-12-20
name in native language
Todd Phillips
start of work period
1994-00-00
birth name
Todd Bunzl
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Todd Phillips (born Todd Philip Bunzl; December 19, 1970) is an American filmmaker. Phillips began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and School for Scoundrels. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing The Hangover film series. In 2019, he co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller film Joker, based on the DC Comics character of the same name, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where it received the top prize, the Golden Lion. Joker went on to earn Phillips three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with his co-writer Scott Silver, his second, third, and fourth Academy Award nominations after also being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat at the 79th Academy Awards.

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