User:NMS Bill/Seth Gordon
Seth Gordon | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Film director |
| Website | http://www.sethlewisgordon.com |
Seth Gordon is an American film director, producer, and editor. He has produced and directed both film and TV for various film and television studios, PBS, the Gates Foundation, and the United Nations. His films have been featured in festivals including the Sundance Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival.[1]
Biography
[edit]Gordon grew up in Evanston, Illinois, and has and lived in New York, London and Seattle. He attended Yale University where he studied architecture. While in school he spent six months in Kenya to help develop the school and infrastructure for the small village of Shimanyiro in Kenya.[2]. In one instance, Gordon's having securing funding for a local school led to a crisis involving "an imbalance of need and greed", which itself provided the basis for an early film project. When he returned to Yale, Gordon taught himself how to edit his footage on an Avid editing machine. Gordon also attended Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has said some of his influences are Christopher Guest, Alexander Payne, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.[3][4]
Filmography
[edit]Gordon produced and filmed the documentary, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing directed by Barba Kopple and Cecilia Peck. He produced and edited the documentary, New York Doll, which was a grand-jury nominated documentary at Sundance Film Festival in 2005.[5] He produced and edited Cry Wolf for {[Universal|Universal Studios]]. Gordon made his feature directing debut with the film The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. The film was accepted to Slamdance and bought for distribution by Picturehouse (company). New Line Cinema bought the film's remake rights and plans to turn it in to a fiction film with Gordon directing. Gordon's first studio feature film was Four Christmases for New Line, staring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, released in 2008.
Gordon's future projects include directing New Regency's Mr. Romance,[6] Sony's The Only Living Boy in New York, and Working Title's Suicide Squad. He is also set to produce an adaptation of the best selling book, Freakonomics.[7]
In 2009, Gordon developed and directed a video series focusing on the threat posed by cybercrime to Internet users, H*Commerce: The Business of Hacking You, sponsored by antivirus software company McAfee.[5] Gordon has also directed various music videos and commercials, as well as episodes of NBC's Parks and Recreation.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Seth Lewis Gordon". sethlewisgordon.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ Fernandez, Jay A. (2008-11-26). "Director traveled unlikely road to "Christmases"". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Roston, Tom (2008-11-30). "In 'Four Christmases,' Seth Gordon explores a season's gratings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (2008-01-16). "Seth Gordon: 10 Directors to Watch". Variety. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ a b Snider, Mike (2007-08-13). "'King of Kong' follows players in pursuit of the high score". Gannett Co. Retrieved 2009-06-12. Cite error: The named reference "USAToday" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Fleming, Michael (2008-12-16). "Mr. Romance woos New Regency". Variety. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ Fleming, Michael (2007-12-05). "Directors join up for Freakonomics". Variety. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "Seth Gordon Filmography". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-11.