Greg Mottola

Gregory J. Mottola[1] (born July 11, 1964)[2] is an American film director, screenwriter, and television director. Mottola 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.

Greg Mottola
Mottola in 2009
Born
Gregory J. Mottola

(1964-07-11) July 11, 1964
Dix Hills, New York, U.S.
EducationCarnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Columbia University (MFA)
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, television director
Spouse(s)Sarah Allentuch
Children3

Life and career

Mottola grew up in Dix Hills, New York,[3] in a Catholic family of Italian and Irish descent.[4] He received his BFA in art from Carnegie Mellon University and MFA in film from Columbia University.

Mottola directed Adventureland (2009), a "first love" story about a group of college-age kids working at an amusement park in the 1980s. The film starred Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and received critical praise.[5][6]

Mottola's 2011 science fiction/comedy film Paul is 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.[7]

Mottola is married to Sarah Allentuch and has three children.[1]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Director Writer Notes
1989 Swingin' in the Painter's Room Yes No Short film
1996 The Daytrippers Yes Yes
2007 Superbad Yes No
2009 Adventureland Yes Yes
2011 Paul Yes No
2013 Clear History Yes No Television film
2016 Keeping Up with the Joneses Yes No

Television
YearShowEpisodeNotes
2001Undeclared"Addicts"
"Sick in the Head"
"Eric Visits Again"
2002"Jobs, Jobs, Jobs"
"Truth or Dare"
"The Perfect Date"
2003The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke"Pilot"Unaired television pilot[8]
Arrested Development"Charity Drive"
"Visiting Ours"
2004"Storming the Castle"
Cracking Up"Scared Straight"
2005The Comeback"Valerie Demands Dignity"
"Valerie Saves the Show"
2012The Newsroom"We Just Decided To"
"The 112th Congress"
"The Greater Fool"
2018The Dangerous Book for Boys"How to Play Poker"
"How to Walk on the Moon"
2020Dave"The Gander"
"Dave's First"
"Hypospadias"
gollark: What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
gollark: I mean, I like reptiles, I have a gecko, but a snake doing that is... still kind of scary.
gollark: I mean, you could rotate it, but that would surely add even more !!FUN!! problems.
gollark: I have no idea then. Unless you can move it overland on some kind of giant platform thing, or something like that.
gollark: I could probably also, if I could be bothered, store encrypted copies of that on AWS Glacier or other random cloud services, I guess.

References
  1. "Max Abbie Mottola". Variety. October 4, 2007.
  2. Greg Mottola from hollywood.com
  3. "Dix Hills' Greg Mottola relives 'Adventureland'".
  4. von Busack, Richard (April 3, 1997). "Who Needs Sundance". MetroActive. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  5. Byrge, Duane. "Adventureland a winning coming-of-age comedy | Reuters". U.S. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  6. "2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILMS IN THE PREMIERES, SPECTRUM, NEW FRONTIER AND PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT SECTIONS" (PDF). sundance.org. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  7. "SXSW: Greg Mottola Talks His Adaptation Of The Charlie Kaufman-Like Important Artifacts". The Playlist (blog). indieWire. March 14, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  8. "Greg Mottola '91 Directs the First Three Episodes of 'Dave' on FX". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 9, 2020.


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