Nicholas Stoller

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| name = Nicholas Stoller

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|3|19}}

| birth_place = London, England

| occupation = {{Flatlist|

Director
producer
writer

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| alma_mater = Harvard College

| spouse = {{marriage|Francesca Delbanco|2005}}

| children = 2

| relatives = Nicholas Delbanco (father-in-law)

| years_active = 2000–present

| website =

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Nicholas Stoller (born March 19, 1976) is a British-American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the comedy films Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), its spin-off/sequel Get Him to the Greek (2010), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Neighbors (2014), its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), and Bros (2022). He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), Yes Man (2008), The Muppets (2011), its sequel Muppets Most Wanted (2014), and Sex Tape (2014), as well as co-creating the television series The Carmichael Show (2015–2017), Friends from College (2017–2019), and Platonic (2023–present).

Early life

Stoller was born on March 19, 1976, in London, and was raised in Miami, with his brother, Matt Stoller, a columnist.{{cite web|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nick_stoller|title = Nicholas Stoller|website = Rotten Tomatoes|publisher = Fandango Media|accessdate = September 30, 2022}}{{Cite web|last=Wallerstein|first=Andrew|title=Brand X with Russell Brand|publisher=Variety|date=June 28, 2012|url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/reviews/brand-x-with-russell-brand-1117947835/}} His mother, Phyllis, is a travel tour operator, and his father, Eric C. Stoller, is a bank executive.{{Citation | last = Lacher | first = Irene | title = Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller | newspaper=The New York Times | date = October 9, 2005 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/fashion/weddings/09vows.html | access-date = April 10, 2008 }} Stoller was raised Jewish.{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars 11/25|publisher=Cleveland Jewish News|date=November 25, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_6c991e5c-15ff-11e1-a419-001cc4c03286.html}} He attended high school at St. Paul's, a New Hampshire boarding school.{{Citation | last = Pfefferman | first = Naomi | title = Teen angst bring laughs film director won't 'Forget' | newspaper=JewishJournal.com | date = April 7, 2008 | url = http://www.jewishjournal.com/film/article/teen_angst_bring_laughs_film_director_wont_forget_20080418/ | access-date = May 26, 2010 }} He went on to attend Harvard College and wrote for the comedy publication The Harvard Lampoon, and played for the improv comedy troupe The Immediate Gratification Players while an undergraduate."The Dark Side" WHRB radio interview, 2008

Career

From 2000 to 2001, Stoller wrote for Judd Apatow's short-lived Fox television series Undeclared and later co-wrote, again with Apatow, the 2005 comedy Fun with Dick and Jane. Stoller's directorial debut, the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, is a romantic comedy starring Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Jonah Hill, Kristen Bell, Bill Hader and Russell Brand. The film was produced by Apatow Productions and was released by Universal on April 18, 2008.

In 2007, he wrote a single-camera comedy about a new teacher taking a job at the boarding school he once attended. He wrote Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey; the film was produced by Richard Zanuck and David Heyman. Stoller next wrote and directed a new film for Universal and Apatow Productions titled Get Him to the Greek.{{Citation | last = Siegel | first = Tatiana | title = Apatow, Stoller speak 'Greek' | newspaper=Variety | date = April 22, 2008 | url = https://variety.com/2008/film/features/apatow-stoller-speak-greek-1117984458/ | access-date = April 26, 2008 }} The film reteamed Stoller and Apatow with Forgetting Sarah Marshall co-stars Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. The film premiered on May 25, 2010, and opened in theaters on June 4, 2010.

In 2008, Stoller and Segel co-wrote The Muppets, the latest film incarnation to feature the characters in nearly 12 years. The film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released in 2011.{{cite news| title =Jason Segel and Nick Stoller bring Muppets back| publisher =M&C Movie News| date =March 13, 2008| url =http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1395246.php/Jason_Segel_and_Nick_Stoller_bring_Muppets_back| access-date =April 10, 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080315022751/http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1395246.php/Jason_Segel_and_Nick_Stoller_bring_Muppets_back| archive-date =March 15, 2008}} After the film's success, Stoller and the film's director, James Bobin, wrote Muppets Most Wanted, a semi-sequel to the film.{{cite news |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1219805p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303200554/http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1219805p1.html|archive-date=March 3, 2012|title=No Jason Segel for Muppets Sequel |first=Jim|last=Vejvoda|date=March 1, 2012 |work=IGN|url-status=dead|access-date=March 1, 2012}}

Stoller also directed The Five-Year Engagement (2012), which he co-wrote with Jason Segel, who also starred. Apatow Productions produced the picture, which is about the ups and downs of a couple's five-year engagement.{{cite news | last = Siegel | first = Tatiana | title = Apatow sets 'Five-Year Engagement' | publisher=Variety | date = February 28, 2008 | url = https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/apatow-sets-five-year-engagement-1117981621/ | access-date = April 10, 2008}} Stoller directed the film Neighbors, its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and shared a screenwriting credit on Sex Tape. In 2016, Stoller wrote and directed the animated comedy film Storks for Warner Animation Group.

Along with his wife Francesca Delbanco, Stoller created the comedy series Friends from College, which premiered on Netflix in July 2017. Stoller directed all eight episodes of the first season.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/05/08/netflix-friends-from-college-keegan-michael-key-cobie-smulders-fred-savage/101319036/|title=Exclusive photos: Eclectic cast makes Netflix's 'Friends from College'|date=May 8, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 8, 2017|language=en-US}}

More recently, his Stoller Global Solutions company has renewed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=July 15, 2021|title=Nick Stoller Re-Ups Sony Pictures TV Overall Deal, Teams With Emerald Fennell For 'Sweetness' Comedy|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/nick-stoller-sony-pictures-tv-overall-deal-emerald-fennell-sweetness-1234793808/|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

Personal life

Stoller met Francesca Delbanco (daughter of writer Nicholas Delbanco and granddaughter of cellist Bernard Greenhouse) at a playwriting workshop for Harvard graduates in 2001. They married in 2005 and have two daughters.

Filmography

= Films =

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! width="65" \| Director ! width="65" \| Writer ! width="65" \| Producer ! Notes
2005 \| Fun with Dick and Jane \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan="2" \| 2008 \| Forgetting Sarah Marshall \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
Yes Man \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan="2" \| 2010 \| Get Him to the Greek \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
Gulliver's Travels \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2011 \| The Muppets \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{partial\|Executive}} \|
2012 \| The Five-Year Engagement \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
rowspan="3" \| 2014 \| Muppets Most Wanted \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{partial\|Executive}} \|
Neighbors \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
Sex Tape \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan="3" \| 2016 \| Zoolander 2 \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Storks \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2017 \| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Also soundtrack writer Song: "Saturday"
rowspan="2" \| 2018 \| Night School \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Smallfoot \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{partial\|Executive}} \|
2019 \| Dora and the Lost City of Gold \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan="2"\| 2022 \| DC League of Super-Pets \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{partial\|Executive}} \|
Bros \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2024 \| Incoming \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}}
rowspan="2"\| 2025 \| You're Cordially Invited \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
Animal Farm \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{partial\|Executive}} \|
TBA \| Judgment Day \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Filming

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! width="65" | Director

! width="65" | Writer

! width="65" | Producer

! Notes

2005

| Fun with Dick and Jane

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan="2" | 2008

| Forgetting Sarah Marshall

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Yes Man

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan="2" | 2010

| Get Him to the Greek

| {{yes}}

Gulliver's Travels

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2011

| The Muppets

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Executive}}

2012

| The Five-Year Engagement

| {{yes}}

rowspan="3" | 2014

| Muppets Most Wanted

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Executive}}

Neighbors

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Sex Tape

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan="3" | 2016

| Zoolander 2

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Storks

| {{yes}}

2017

| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Also soundtrack writer
Song: "Saturday"

rowspan="2" | 2018

| Night School

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Smallfoot

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Executive}}

2019

| Dora and the Lost City of Gold

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan="2"| 2022

| DC League of Super-Pets

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Executive}}

Bros

| {{yes}}

2024

| Incoming

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan="2"| 2025

| You're Cordially Invited

| {{yes}}

Animal Farm

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Executive}}

TBA

| Judgment Day

| {{yes}}

| Filming

= Television =

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Year ! Title ! width="65" \| Director ! width="65" \| Writer ! width="65" \| Executive producer ! width="65" \| Creator ! Notes
2000 \| Strangers with Candy \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Episode "A Price Too High for Riches"
2001–2002 \| Undeclared \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Multiple episodes, also story editor
2012 \| Entry Level \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Unsold pilot
rowspan=2\| 2015 \| The Carmichael Show \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
The Grinder \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2017–2019 \| Friends from College \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2022 \|Panhandle \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
rowspan=2\|2023–present \| Platonic \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
Goosebumps \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! width="65" | Director

! width="65" | Writer

! width="65" | Executive
producer

! width="65" | Creator

! Notes

2000

| Strangers with Candy

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Episode "A Price Too High for Riches"

2001–2002

| Undeclared

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Multiple episodes, also story editor

2012

| Entry Level

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Unsold pilot

rowspan=2| 2015

| The Carmichael Show

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

The Grinder

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2017–2019

| Friends from College

| {{yes}}

2022

|Panhandle

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

rowspan=2|2023–present

| Platonic

| {{yes}}

Goosebumps

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Appeared as himself

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Notes
2010 \| In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber \| Episode: Dennis Quaid/Damon Wayans/Nicholas Stoller
rowspan=2\| 2010–2014 \| Made in Hollywood \| Episodes: #5.28 and #9.28
Last Call with Carson Daly \| Episodes: Episode dated May 26, 2010, and Nicholas Stoller/Theo Von/Cerebral Ballzy
rowspan=2\| 2014 \| IMDb: What to Watch \| Episode: Neighbors
Just Seen It \| Episodes: Neighbors, Interview with Nicholas Stoller, Devil's Knot, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
rowspan=2\| 2025 \| The Studio \| Episode: "The Promotion"

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Year

! Title

! Notes

2010

| In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber

| Episode: Dennis Quaid/Damon Wayans/Nicholas Stoller

rowspan=2| 2010–2014

| Made in Hollywood

| Episodes: #5.28 and #9.28

Last Call with Carson Daly

| Episodes: Episode dated May 26, 2010, and Nicholas Stoller/Theo Von/Cerebral Ballzy

rowspan=2| 2014

| IMDb: What to Watch

| Episode: Neighbors

Just Seen It

| Episodes: Neighbors, Interview with Nicholas Stoller, Devil's Knot, The Amazing Spider-Man 2

rowspan=2| 2025

| The Studio

| Episode: "The Promotion"

= Other works =

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Notes
2007 \| Blades of Glory \| Soundtrack writer Song: "Blades of Glory"
2009 \| Adventureland \| Thanks
rowspan=2\| 2011 \| Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son \|rowspan=2\| Special thanks
Puss in Boots
2013 \| Turbo \| Additional screenplay material
2016 \| The Brothers Grimsby \| Special thanks
rowspan=2\| 2017 \| The Lego Batman Movie \|rowspan=3\| Creative consultant
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2019 \| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2020 \| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm \| Special thanks

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Notes

2007

| Blades of Glory

| Soundtrack writer
Song: "Blades of Glory"

2009

| Adventureland

| Thanks

rowspan=2| 2011

| Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son