Jody Hill is an American film director, producer and screenwriter from Concord, North Carolina. In 2006 he directed, co-wrote, co-produced, and co-starred in his first film The Foot Fist Way, which he based on his experience as a Taekwondo black belt and instructor. His foll...
Screenwriter, Film director, Film Producer, Actor, Television producer, Television Director
Education
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Collette Wolfe
Nicknames
Jody L. Hill
Nominations
Writers Guild of America Award for Television
Movies
The Catechism Cataclysm, Fight for Your Right Revisited, Observe and Report, Superbad, The Foot Fist Way, The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
TV Shows
Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals
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I'm not really trying to be too much of an actor or anything.
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Like, I'm a big fan of films from the '70s, like Cassavetes and things, where they just keep the dialogue really loose and just kind of roll, you know what I mean?
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I did little theater things growing up.
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I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films.
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I like writing my own stuff. If a book came along I would maybe do that.
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I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it.
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I don't see myself making comedies always.
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Fact
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Has a third degree black belt in taekwondo.
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Attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with collaborators Ben Best and Danny McBride.
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