Joe Nussbaum
{{short description|American film director and screenwriter (born 1973)}}
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Joseph Nussbaum (born January 10, 1973) is an American film director and screenwriter. Nussbaum got his break into the film industry by passing around Hollywood offices his short film George Lucas in Love. The success of the film eventually got him a deal with DreamWorks, and he has since directed films such as the 2004 production Sleepover, the 2006 film American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and the 2007 film Sydney White starring Amanda Bynes. He has also co-written such screenplays as 2016's The Late Bloomer.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Review: 'The Late Bloomer,' About a Sex Therapist Who Missed Puberty|author=Genzlinger, Neil|authorlink=Neil Genzlinger|date=October 6, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/movies/the-late-bloomer-review.html?_r=0}}
He also directed the Walt Disney Pictures film Prom, starring Aimee Teegarden and Nicholas Braun. Nussbaum also directed a number of television series including MTV's Awkward and Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, ABC's Back in the Game and Super Fun Night, and FOX's Surviving Jack. From 2015-2019, he directed the television series Just Add Magic from Amazon Network.
Personal life
Nussbaum is a graduate of Brighton High School in Rochester, New York, where he was one of the co-creators of Brighton Beat, a weekly news show that was broadcast throughout the school. Brighton Beat was the precursor to The Morning Show, a daily news show that is broadcast in the school to this day. Nussbaum is also a graduate of the University of Southern California.{{cite web |title=Notable Alumni |url=https://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/notable.cfm |website=USC Cinematic Arts |publisher=University of Southern California |access-date=10 March 2020}}
Filmography
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- George Lucas in Love (short film) (1999){{cite news |last1=Truitt |first1=Brian |title='Star Wars'-inspired 'George Lucas in Love' turns 15 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/05/15/george-lucas-in-love-exclusive-clip/9132663/ |access-date=10 March 2020 |work=USA Today |date=15 May 2014}}
- Sleepover (2004){{cite news |last1=Eisenberg |first1=Eric |title=Russell Brand Boards Romantic Comedy Cupid |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Russell-Brand-Boards-Romantic-Comedy-Cupid-32258.html |access-date=10 March 2020 |work=Cinema Blend |date=1 August 2012}}
- American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006){{cite magazine |last1=Stransky |first1=Tanner |title=American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/12/15/american-pie-presents-naked-mile/ |access-date=10 March 2020 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=15 December 2006}}
- Sydney White (2007){{cite news |last1=Weitzman |first1=Elizabeth |title='Sydney White' is a happy, dopey Snow White |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/sydney-white-happy-dopey-snow-white-article-1.246065 |access-date=10 March 2020 |work=New York Daily News |date=21 September 2007}}
- Prom (2011){{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=A Disney Take on the Big Night — Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/movies/prom-a-disney-take-on-the-big-night-review.html |access-date=10 March 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=28 April 2011}}
- Upside-Down Magic (2020)
=Writer=
- The Late Bloomer (2016)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|638271|Joe Nussbaum}}
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Category:Film directors from Minnesota
Category:American television directors
Category:USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
Category:English-language film directors
Category:Artists from Minneapolis
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Screenwriters from Minnesota
Category:American comedy film directors
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