Todd Phillips

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q362824: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Old School, which ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey credits them on.

Counted as producer. The films the hosts said they produced, which the two lists below run through too: Project X (2012); A Star Is Born (2018). Count them as director (9 films), writer (1 film), actor (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Ivan Reitman: 1 line

  1. lineage (mentor-style lineage) · them, directly: Ivan Reitman ⇒ Todd Phillips (the host's read). Phillips' skill of picking people at the right time is something Bill says he learned from Reitman.
    “clearly he learned that from Ivan Reitman, who was amazing at that in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Fighting with My Family (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Star Is Born (2018), which they produced: A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side.
    “I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (11) everyone in directing

Other (3) everyone in other

Producing (2) everyone in producing

Writing (1) everyone in writing

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career obsession): Todd Phillips → Project X. Phillips' recurring subject is how young men, and later aging men, mess up, running from Frat House through Project X to The Hangover.
    “he has an obsession with young, how young men fuck up”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Todd Phillips → Hulk Hogan. Fennessey cites the news of a Todd Phillips and Chris Hemsworth Hogan biopic as evidence movies and wrestling are in the air.
    “Todd Phillips and Chris Hemsworth are going to be making a movie about the life of Hulk Hogan, movies and wrestling just seem to be in the air.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:02:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (mentor-style lineage): Todd Phillips → Ivan Reitman. Phillips' skill of picking people at the right time is something Bill says he learned from Reitman.
    “clearly he learned that from Ivan Reitman, who was amazing at that in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (director-experiment): Due Date → Todd Phillips. Phillips, fresh off The Hangover, wanted to test how far he could push Downey's prickliness and still be liked.
    “I want to try to experiment with how far I can push Danny Jr. in a film and still have audiences like him.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:25:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Joker → Todd Phillips. Todd Phillips is a threat for Best Director.
    “I think we got to look out for Todd Phillips.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:51:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (producing partnership): Todd Phillips → Bradley Cooper. Phillips and Bradley Cooper are producing partners, so Phillips could be on stage if A Star Is Born wins.
    “he and Bradley Cooper are producing partners.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (hometown): Todd Phillips → Sean Fennessey. Sean and Todd Phillips are both from Long Island's North Shore.
    “the person who is also from the North Shore from my hometown is Todd Phillips, director of old school.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Todd Phillips: Phillips' first student documentary Hated, about punk singer GG Allin, got him an HBO internship; he helped develop Taxicab Confessions there, then made Frat House, later accused of staging scenes.
    “It got him an internship at HBO.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Todd Phillips: Who Won the Movie: Todd Phillips, who is arguably bigger than Apatow, is directing Joker, and might be on stage for A Star Is Born; he picks people at the right time.
    “he definitely picks people at the right time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)