Tommy O'Haver

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Tommy O'Haver (born 1967) is an American film director and screenwriter. He grew up in Carmel, Indiana, located outside of Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism and Comparative Literature. During the mid-nineties, he attended the MFA Film program at USC but never finished.

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, featuring Sean Hayes, was O'Haver's directorial debut. The film focuses on a homosexual man, played by Hayes, who fixates on another man whose sexuality he doesn't know, played by Brad Rowe. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss played in competition at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. Although the film didn't win any awards, it is credited with helping Hayes win a role on the long running TV series Will and Grace. Get Over It, which stars Kirsten Dunst in a teen comedy about a school theater production. O'Haver's third film Ella Enchanted, features Anne Hathaway, in a modern take on the princess fairy tale. Catherine Keener and Ellen Paige star in An American Crime. The film is based on a true story about an Indiana woman who in 1965 was charged with the murder of her neighbor's daughter.