Nicholas Stoller

Nicholas Stoller

Born: March 19, 1976
Age: 48
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Nicholas Stoller (born 19 March 1976) is an English-American filmmaker. He is known mainly for directing the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, its 2010 spin-off/sequel, Get Him to the Greek, and co-writing and executive producing The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted.

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Life and career

Stoller was born in London, England, and raised in Miami, Florida, United States with his brother Matt Stoller. His mother, Phyllis, is a travel tour operator, and his father, Eric C. Stoller, is a bank executive. Stoller was raised Jewish. He attended high school at St. Paul's, a New Hampshire boarding school. 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.

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 18 April 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. The film reteamed Stoller and Apatow with Forgetting Sarah Marshall co-stars Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. The film premiered on 25 May 2010 and opened in theaters on 4 June 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 on November 23, 2011. After the film's success, Stoller and the film's director, James Bobin, wrote Muppets Most Wanted, a semi-sequel to the film.

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. In 2014, Stoller directed the film Neighbors and shared a screenwriting credit on Sex Tape.

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 a Jewish ceremony in September 2005. They have two daughters.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Writer
2007 Blades of Glory Soundtrack Song: Blades of Glory
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Director
2008 Yes Man Writer
2009 Adventureland Thanks
2010 Gulliver's Travels Writer
2010 Get Him to the Greek Director, Writer, Producer
2011 The Muppets Writer, Executive Producer
2012 The Five-Year Engagement Director, Writer, Producer
2013 Turbo Additional Screenplay Material
2014 Neighbors Director
2014 Muppets Most Wanted Writer, Executive Producer
2014 Sex Tape Writer
2016 Zoolander No. 2 Writer
2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Director, Writer
2016 Storks Director, Writer, Producer
2017 Captain Underpants Writer

TV

Year TV Series Role Notes
2000 Strangers with Candy Writer Episode: #2.10: A Price Too High for Riches
2001-2002 Undeclared Writer, Story Editor Various Episodes
2010 In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber Himself Episode: Dennis Quaid/Damon Wayans/Nicholas Stoller
2010-2014 Made in Hollywood Himself Episodes: #5.28 and #9.28
2010-2014 Last Call with Carson Daly Himself Episodes: Episode dated 26 May 2010 and Nicholas Stoller/Theo Von/Cerebral Ballzy
2012 Entry Level Director, Writer, Executive Producer TV Movie
2014 IMDb: What to Watch Himself Episode: Neighbors
2014 Just Seen It Himself Episode: Neighbors, Interview with Nicholas Stoller, Devil's Knot, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2015 The Carmichael Show Writer

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