Raja Gosnell
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Raja Gosnell | |
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| Born | Raja Raymond Gosnell December 9, 1958 |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker and editor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Notable work | Big Momma's House Scooby-Doo The Smurfs |
| Children | Bradley Gosnell |
Raja Raymond Gosnell (born December 9, 1958)[1] is an American filmmaker and editor. He is best known for directing studio comedies and family films, including Home Alone 3, Never Been Kissed, Big Momma's House, Scooby-Doo, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Smurfs, and Show Dogs; most of his films received a generally negative critical reception.[2]
Commonly mistaken for being of Indian descent, Gosnell was named after his father's friend Raja Mohideen.[3] He is also known for his director-editor collaboration with Chris Columbus, for whom he edited Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and Mrs. Doubtfire.
Filmography
Director
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Ref. | Production company | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Home Alone 3 | Yes | No | [4] | Hughes Entertainment | 20th Century Fox |
| 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Yes | No | [5] | Fox 2000 Pictures Flower Films Never Been Kissed Productions Bushwood Pictures |
20th Century Fox |
| 2000 | Big Momma's House | Yes | No | [4] | Regency Enterprises | 20th Century Fox |
| 2002 | Scooby-Doo | Yes | No | Mosaic Media Group | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| 2004 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Yes | No | Mosaic Media Group | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| 2005 | Yours, Mine & Ours | Yes | No | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures Robert Simmonds Productions |
Paramount Pictures (North America) Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Yes | No | Walt Disney Pictures Mandeville Films |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Yes | No | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation The Kerner Entertainment Company |
Sony Pictures Releasing | |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Yes | No | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation The Kerner Entertainment Company Hemisphere Media Central |
Sony Pictures Releasing | |
| 2017 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | No | Yes | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation The Kerner Entertainment Company LStar Capital Wanda Pictures |
Sony Pictures Releasing | |
| 2018 | Show Dogs | Yes | Yes | Global Road Enterainment Riverstone Pictures Wales Screen Lip Sync Kintop Pictures Alive Entertainment |
Global Road Entertainment | |
| 2020 | Santa: The Adventure Begins† | Yes | TBA |
Editor (partial list)
- Remember My Name (1978)
- Quintet (1979)
- A Perfect Couple (1979)
- Health (1980)
- Popeye (1980)
- Making Love (1982)
- Yellowbeard (1983)
- The Lonely Guy (1984)
- Soldier's Revenge (1986)
- Monster in the Closet (1986)
- Weekend Warriors (1986)
- The Return of Billy Jack (1986; unfinished)
- Teen Wolf Too (1987)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
- D.O.A. (1988)
- Jailbird Rock (1988)
- Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
- Pretty Woman (1990)
- Home Alone (1990)
- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
- Only the Lonely (1991)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
- Rookie of the Year (1993)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Exit to Eden (1994)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
- Nine Months (1995)
References
- ^ "Raja Gosnell - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". NYTimes.com. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
- ^ "Raja Gosnell - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Hollywood TV (June 17, 2007). "Raja Gosnell How to make it in Hollywood". YouTube. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ a b "Raja Gosnell". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-19.
External links
- Raja Gosnell at IMDb
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