Thor Freudenthal
German film director, screenwriter
Thor Freudenthal
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Freudenthal in 2013
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Born |
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1972-10-20
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20 October 1972
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50)
Germany
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Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, animator, special effect artist [ citation needed ] |
Years active | 1994–present |
Notable work |
Hotel for Dogs
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters |
Thor Freudenthal ( / ˈ t ɔːr / ; born 20 October 1972) is a German film director, screenwriter, animator and special effects artist best known for his work on Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters .
Life and career
Freudenthal was raised in Berlin , Germany . [1] His parents were born in Israel . [2] He credits his early interest in cinema to Steven Spielberg , saying "When my mother told me he's Jewish , and he goes to synagogue , it was like, 'My God, we're of the same tribe, and he's a huge hero of mine.' And then seeing the Schindler movie actually made me feel more secure in who I was myself." [3] His family's connection to Spielberg became real when his Polish-Jewish grandparents, survivors of the Holocaust who had known Schindler personally, were asked to appear in the final scene of the movie. [3]
Freudenthal attended the Hochschule der Künste Berlin , [4] and later moved to Southern California as an exchange student at CalArts . [1] He started out as an animation director, and found success as a director in his first live-action film, Motel , which played at Sundance Film Festival [5] in 2005. He also worked on conceptal/visual art work at Sony Pictures Imageworks on films like Stuart Little , The ChubbChubbs! and Stuart Little 2 . [6] He later worked as second unit director on Disney's The Haunted Mansion . In 2009, he directed Hotel for Dogs [7] for DreamWorks Pictures . [8] He directed the live-action/animated feature film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid , [9] based on the book by Jeff Kinney [10] and in 2013 he directed Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters . [11]
In 2019, he was reported to have signed on to direct upcoming Gotham Group series Skywatchers. [12] [13] In 2020, he directed Words on Bathroom Walls , a drama film starring Charlie Plummer and Taylor Russell , about a teenager struggling with schizophrenia ; the film was well-reviewed. [14] [15]
Freudenthal has also directed multiple episodes of Arrow and one episode of The Flash . [16]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Notes |
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2009 | Hotel for Dogs [8] | |
2010 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid [17] | Also storyboard artist [18] |
2013 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | |
2020 | Words on Bathroom Walls | Also producer |
Television
Year | Title | Episode(s) |
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2011 | Aim High |
"Pilot"
Episodes #1.2 – #1.6 |
2014 | Arrow |
"The Climb"
"Al Sah-Him" " Green Arrow " " Legends of Yesterday " |
2015 | The Flash | "Out of Time" |
2015 | Supergirl | " How Does She Do It? " |
2015 | Quantico | " Inside " |
2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | "The Magnificent Eight" |
2016 | The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez | |
2017 | The Expanse |
"Caliban's War"
"Assured Destruction" "Reload" |
2018 | The Tick |
"Tale From the Crypt"
"The End of the Beginning (Or the Start of the Dawn of the Age of Superhero)" |
2019 | Carnival Row |
"Some Dark God Wakes"
"Aisling" "The Joining of Unlike Things" "Fight and Flight" "New Dawn" |
2021 | La Brea |
"Pilot"
"The New Arrival" "The Storm" "Father and Son" |
2022 | Quantum Leap | "July 13th, 1985" |
Short films
Year | Film | Director | Writer |
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1996 | Monkey Business | Yes | Yes |
1997 | Tattoos | Yes | Yes |
1998 | The Tenor | Yes | Yes |
1998 | Mind the Gap | Yes | Yes |
2005 | Motel | Yes | Yes |
2007 | Zéro Deux | Yes | Yes |
2015 | Another Day | No | Yes |
2016 | Starman | Yes | No |
Other credits
Year | Film | Notes |
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1999 | Stuart Little | Creative and visual effects development |
2002 | The ChubbChubbs! | Character designer, storyboard artist |
2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Conceptual artist |
2003 | The Haunted Mansion | Second unit director |
2009 | The Movie Loft | Self (8 June 2009 and 12 May 2009) |
2009 | A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs' | Self (video documentary short) |
2009 | Hotel for Dogs: K-9 Casting | Self (video documentary short) |
2009 | Hotel for Dogs: That's the Coolest Thing I've Ever Seen! | Self (video documentary short) |
2010 | Feed the Fish | Book illustrator |
2013 | Made in Hollywood | Self (episode #8.38) |
References
- 1 2 Mary Schubert. "Calarts Student WinsAnimation Prize: Film Combines Ostrich, Oper" . TheFreeLibrary.com . TheFreeDictionary.com . Retrieved 16 September 2017 .
- ↑ "Jewz in the Newz: Logan Lerman Battles Monsters Directed by a Jewish Guy Named Thor; Portman to Co-Star in; Direct Film About Israel; Dustin Hoffman Cancer Scare and New Role; Hunky Jewish Guy in New Reality Show; More" .
- 1 2 "Thor Freudenthal on 'Percy Jackson,' grandparents on Schindler's list" . Jewish Journal . 8 August 2013 . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ "Thor Freudenthal – Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ Wyche2013-08-07T09:33:00+01:00, Elbert. "Thor Freudenthal, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" . Screen . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ "Thor Freudenthal" . IMDb . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (15 January 2009). "A Tale of Love and Liberation (Puppy and Otherwise) (Published 2009)" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- 1 2 Freudenthal, Thor (15 January 2009), Hotel for Dogs (Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi), Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Don Cheadle, Dreamworks Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Cold Spring Pictures , retrieved 9 February 2021
- ↑ "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Friendship conquers all in Grade 6" . thestar.com . 19 March 2010 . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ Fowlie, David J. (9 April 2010). "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) ***" . Keeping It Reel . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ Webster, Andy (6 August 2013). "What a Hero Goes Through to Become a Healer (Published 2013)" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ "Thor Freudenthal to Direct Skywatchers" . ComingSoon.net . 10 September 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (9 September 2019). "Thor Freudenthal To Direct 'Skywatchers' Movie Based On Upcoming Carrie Arcos Novel; Gotham Group Producing" . Deadline . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ "Words on Bathroom Walls review – prettified portrait of mental illness" . the Guardian . 6 November 2020 . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ " 'Words on Bathroom Walls' Director Talks Adapting YA Book" . The Hollywood Reporter . 19 August 2020 . Retrieved 9 February 2021 .
- ↑ Freudenthal, Thor (17 March 2015), Out of Time (Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi), Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett, Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television , retrieved 9 February 2021
- ↑ Freudenthal, Thor (19 March 2010), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Comedy, Drama, Family), Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, Color Force, Dayday Films, Dune Entertainment III , retrieved 9 February 2021
- ↑ The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary by Jeff Kinney
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