Tommy O'Haver (born October 24, 1968) is an American film director and screenwriter.
Early life
editO'Haver grew up in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis.[citation needed] He graduated from Carmel High School and matriculated at Indiana University with a joint degree in Journalism and Comparative Literature.[citation needed]
In the mid-1990s, he attended the MFA Film program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.[1]
Career
editBilly's Hollywood Screen Kiss, featuring Sean Hayes, was O'Haver's feature film directorial debut. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss played in competition at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival,[2] and received mostly positive reviews from critics.[3]
His follow-up film, titled Get Over It, featured Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana in a teen comedy about a school theater production; it was released in 2001,[4] and received mixed reviews from critics.[5][6][7][8] O'Haver's third film, Ella Enchanted, starred Anne Hathaway, was released in 2004,[9][10][11] and also received mixed reviews from critics.[12]
His fourth feature film, which was eventually released as a television film, starred Catherine Keener, Elliot Page, and James Franco; the film, titled An American Crime, premiered at Sundance in 2007, and was based on a true story of Gertrude Baniszewski, an Indiana woman charged in 1965 with the murder of Sylvia Likens. The initial reaction at Sundance was mixed,[13] but the film later garnered some critical praise, with Ginia Bellafante of The New York Times called it "one of the best television movies to appear in years".[14]
In June 2013, O'Haver directed the music video "Rollin'" for MiBBs.[15]
On April 2, 2015, the seventh episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden was broadcast from O'Haver's house.[16]
In 2017, O'Haver's fifth film, The Most Hated Woman in America, was released; it starred Melissa Leo as Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2017.[17][18] It was released on March 24, 2017, by Netflix.[19] It received mostly negative reviews from critics.[20]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Credited as | Role, notes, references | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Other | |||
| 1998 | Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Foley walker | ||
| 2001 | Get Over It | Yes | Yes | Love Matters Director | |||
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Yes | Yes | Squirrel-on-a-Stick Vendor | |||
| 2007 | An American Crime | Yes | Yes | ||||
| The Loop | Yes | Episode: "Stride" | |||||
| 2009 | United States of Tara | Yes | Episode: "Possibility" | ||||
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
References
edit- ^ "USC Cinema - Alumni » Notable Alumni". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Spring 1998: FESTIVAL ROUNDUP". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "Get Over It (12)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
- ^ Cockrell, Eddie (March 9, 2001). "Get Over It". Variety. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ Scott, A. O. (March 10, 2001). "FILM REVIEW; Ditched Lover Gets On With the Show". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (March 10, 2001). "'Get Over It' a Teen Flick With Wit and Energy". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ Hardy, Ernest. "Get Over It". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on September 8, 2001. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Ella Enchanted". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Brueggemann, Tom (2020-04-12). "The Easter When 'The Passion of the Christ' Beat 'Hellboy' for #1 at the Box Office". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on October 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for April 9-11, 2004". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. April 12, 2004. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ "Ella Enchanted". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "An American Crime". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Bellafonte, Ginia (May 10, 2008). "Home-Grown, Everyday Sadism". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ Poulsen, Drew (2013-07-02). "Mibbs, 'Rollin": Exclusive Video Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Stampler, Laura (3 April 2015). "James Corden Decided to Host 'The Late Late Show' From a Stranger's House". Time. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 31, 2017). "SXSW 2017 Lineup: 'Baby Driver', 'Free Fire', 'Muppet Guys Talking' & Docus That Matter In Trump Era". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ "The Most Hated Woman In America". South by Southwest. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ Wiebe, Sheldon (March 24, 2017). "Two Netflix Original Films Bound for SXSW!". Eclipse.
- ^ "The Most Hated Woman in America | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.