David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green
Born	April 9, 1975 (1975-04-09) Little Rock, Arkansas, US
Occupation	Film director and screenwriter

David Gordon Green (born April 9, 1975) is an American filmmaker. He has directed dramas such as George Washington, All the Real Girls, and Snow Angels, as well as the thriller Undertow, all of which he wrote or co-wrote. Since 2008, he has also transitioned into comedy, directing the films Pineapple Express and Your Highness, as well as episodes of the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down.

Background

Green, one of four children, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and grew up in Richardson, Texas. His mother, Jean Ann (née Hunter), was a Lamaze instructor, and his father, Hubert Gordon Green, Jr., was a medical school dean. Green attended Richardson High School and the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied film directing. He currently lives in New Orleans.

Film and TV work

Green's films, which are usually coming-of-age tales set in small rural towns, have been categorized as belonging to the Southern Gothic tradition.^{[citation needed]} Green's dialog often has an obtuse, semi-poetic quality.^{[citation needed]} While in university, he made the two short films, Pleasant Grove and Physical Pinball, at the North Carolina School of the Arts prior to his feature film debut in 2000, the critically acclaimed George Washington, which he both wrote and directed. He followed that in 2003 with All the Real Girls and Undertow in 2004. In 2007, he directed Snow Angels, his first film of another author's screenplay, adapted from the Stewart O'Nan novel. The film debuted at Sundance in January 2007 and stars Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale. It was released by Warner Independent Pictures.

Green was intended to direct the film version of the John Kennedy Toole novel A Confederacy of Dunces, but never actually began production due to difficulties pertaining to the publishing rights In March 2007, it was reported that Warner Independent Pictures had inked a deal with Green to write and direct a screen adaptation of the nonfiction John Grisham book The Innocent Man. Green recently took a turn toward the mainstream with the Seth Rogen buddy comedy Pineapple Express and the HBO series Eastbound & Down, for which he directed six episodes and served as a consulting producer. He will produce the Slasher flick Splatter Sisters, which stars Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson. Green will direct the US remake of the Italian cult classic film Suspiria. He is the creator of the animated series Good Vibes. He directed the comedy The Sitter, released in December 2011.

Influences

It has been suggested, even by the director himself, that Green's films take a lot of influence from the works of fellow Texan Terrence Malick. Malick himself served as an executive producer of Green's 2004 film Undertow. Green has suggested that no other director had used voice-over narration so well, citing Malick's classic 1978 film Days of Heaven as the principal source of inspiration for Undertow.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 Green was the opening night guest at the CineYouth Festival – a film festival celebrating the work of youth filmmakers and presented by Cinema/Chicago also the presenting organization behind the Chicago International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Writer	Producer
1997	Pleasant Grove	Yes	Yes
1998	Physical Pinball	Yes	Yes
2000	George Washington	Yes	Yes	Yes
2003	All the Real Girls	Yes	Yes
2004	Undertow	Yes	Yes
2007	Shotgun Stories			Yes
	Great World of Sound			Yes
2008	Snow Angels	Yes	Yes
	Pineapple Express	Yes
	Eastbound & Down	Yes
2011	Your Highness	Yes
	The Sitter	Yes
2012	L.A.P.I.			Yes

External links

• Review of Snow Angels
• David Gordon Green Fansite
• David Gordon Green at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview at IFC.com
• The Guardian's interview with Green
• Interview with Green in The Believer
• David Gordon Green's Commercial Work