Kirk DeMicco

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Kirk DeMicco

DeMicco at the 2014 Annie Awards
Born 1969/1970 (age 43–44)[1]
Wyckoff, New Jersey
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation Screenwriter
Film Director
Producer
Notable work(s) Space Chimps
The Croods

Kirk DeMicco is an Academy Award nominated [2] American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for writing and directing Space Chimps and The Croods.

Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey and a former resident of Franklin Lakes, DeMicco attended Ramapo High School.[3][4]

Journalism

After graduation in 1991 from the University of Southern California, where he double majored in economics and political science,[5] he spent three years in Italy, where he worked as a journalist, interviewing individuals involved in the Italian movie industry for an Italian film-business magazine. After returning to the United States, he worked for the William Morris Agency in New York City, before relocating to the firm's office in Los Angeles in a transfer arranged by talent agent Lee Stollman.[6]

Screenwriting and Directing

DeMicco's first script sale was called "A Day in November" which he sold to Warner Bros. and producer Arnold Kopelson for $1 million before signing to write Quest for Camelot.[7] Later he wrote and co-produced Racing Stripes for director Frederik Du Chau. John Cleese and DeMicco co-wrote the film adaptation of the Roald Dahl's children classic The Twits.[8] He also wrote "Splitting Adam" a movie that was set up at United Artists.[9] He then worked as a writer on Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie and later worked on Casper's Scare School. In 2008, he wrote and directed the movie Space Chimps for John H. Williams and his company Vanguard Animation; the film is inspired by the first chimpanzee to go to space, Ham. While working at Warner Bros., he and Du Chau also wrote a script for the upcoming live-action–animated film based on the Hanna-Barbera character, Hong Kong Phooey, which they sold to Alcon Entertainment. He has also done many production rewrites for Disney, Warner Bros., DreamWorks and Spyglass. In television, he is the creator and executive producer of the Discovery Channel documentary, HALO: Freefall Warriors.[10]

In 2013, DeMicco co-wrote and co-directed DreamWorks' The Croods with Chris Sanders,[11] and is set to re-team with Sanders for its sequel.[12] The Croods has grossed over $582 million worldwide at the box office.[13] DeMicco began writing the film with John Cleese in 2005.[14] As of August 2, 2013, The Croods is the eighth highest grossing original animated film and the 19th highest grossing animated film including sequels of all time.[15]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Eischen, B. (March 12, 2013). "Ramapo Grad Comes Back Home for Premiere of 'The Croods'". Wyckoff Patch. Retrieved November 13, 2013. "At 43, DeMicco a Sicomac Elementary School, Eisenhower Middle School and Ramapo High School alum has returned back to his original cave to wow his old pals with his latest creation." 
  2. ↑ "The Nominees-Recognizing the Year's Best Films". 
  3. ↑ Wassel, Bryan. "Wyckoff native talks up prehistoric adventure", Wyckoff Suburban News, March 16, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2013. "On March 9, Kirk DeMicco returned to where it all began.'The Croods,' opening March 22.... The Wyckoff native and former Franklin Lakes resident said his passion for movies was born at a screening of "Star Wars" in the now-demolished movie theater on Route 4 that the AMC has replaced."
  4. ↑ McGinley, Devin. "Wyckoff Native Driving Profits in Hollywood; Wyckoff native Kirk DeMicco's "The Croods" is reportedly responsible for a surge in profits at DreamWorks Animation.", WyckoffPatch, August 1, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2013. "DeMicco, a former Wyckoff resident who attended Sicomac Elementary, Eisenhower Middle School and Ramapo High School, returned to Bergen County in 2012 for a prerelease screening of the film for friends and family."
  5. ↑ Engel, Allison (July 1, 2008). "Cinematic Simians on a Space Safari". USC Dornsife. Retrieved January 21, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Spelling, Ian. "Monkey Business", (201) Magazine, July 2008, p. 70.
  7. ↑ "Creating Camelot". 
  8. ↑ Brodesser, Claude (February 4, 2003). "'Twits' pic pleases Cleese". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Splitting Adam". New York Times. 
  10. ↑ "PGA & DREAMWORKS PRESENT: MASTER STORY-TELLING: WORLD CLASS FEATURE ANIMATION DEVELOPMENT". producers guild. 
  11. ↑ "DreamWorks Animation Shifts 'The Croods'". Deadline. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-04-06. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "The Croods 2 in the Works at DreamWorks Animation". ComingSoon.net. April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Boxoffice". Retrieved 1 June 2013. 
  14. ↑ "the-croods-directors". huffington post. Retrieved 1 June 2013. 
  15. ↑ "list of highest grossing animated films". wikipedia. Retrieved 1 June 2013. 

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