Greg Mottola
Greg Mottola was born in Dix Hills, New York, United States on July 11th, 1964 and is the Director. At the age of 59, Greg Mottola biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gregory J. Mottola (born July 11, 1964) is an American film producer, screenwriter, and television producer.
Mottola wrote and directed The Daytrippers, a 1996 independent film that later concentrated on television for television series including Undeclared and Arrested Development.
He has produced the feature films Superbad, Adventureland, and Paul.
Life and career
Mottola grew up in Dix Hills, New York, in a Catholic family of Italian and Irish descent. He received his BFA in art from Carnegie Mellon University and MFA in film from Columbia University.
He wrote and directed the 1996 independent film The Daytrippers, then concentrated for several years on directing in television for series such as Undeclared and Arrested Development.
More recently, he has directed the feature films Superbad, Adventureland, and Paul.
Adventureland (2009) is a "first love" story about a group of college-age kids working at an amusement park in the 1980s. The film starred Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and received critical praise.
He directed Paul, a science fiction/comedy film about two comic book nerds (played by the film's screenwriters Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) who meet an alien named Paul while vacationing in the US.
As of 2011, Mottola is writing a screenplay based on Leanne Shapton's Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry, to be produced by Natalie Portman and Plan B Entertainment.
Later on, he returned to TV series, such as The Dangerous Book for Boys.
Mottola is married to Sarah Allentuch and has three children.