Charlie McDowell

Charlie McDowell
Born (1983-07-10) July 10, 1983
Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality American
Occupation Filmmaker

Charlie McDowell (born July 10, 1983)[1] is an American film director and writer. He is most known for his film The One I Love.

Career

In 2011, McDowell's Twitter feed, @charliemcdowell, was described by Time as "one of the most hilarious Twitter feeds out there,"[2] and in 2013 Three Rivers Press published McDowell's book, Dear Girls Above Me, based on his Twitter feed.[3][4]

His debut film, The One I Love, starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014, where shortly after it was acquired by RADiUS-TWC and released in August 2014.[5][6][7] In 2015, McDowell directed Sarah Silverman's HBO pilot.[8] He is currently working on a new film titled The Discovery, starring Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, and Robert Redford.[9][10]

Personal life

McDowell was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of English actor Malcolm McDowell and American actress Mary Steenburgen.[11][12] He has an older sister, Lilly Amanda (born 1981), and three younger half-brothers, Beckett Taylor (born 2004), Finnian Anderson (born 2006), and Seamus Hudson (born 2009), from his father's marriage to Kelley Kuhr. He has been in a long-term relationship with actress Rooney Mara since 2010.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Charlie McDowell". Celebrity-birthday.sorg. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Megan Gibson (28 March 2011). "Charlie McDowell". Time. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dear Girls Above Me [review]". Publishers Weekly. 2013-07-01.
  4. ↑ Zosia Bielski (2013-06-27). "‘Forced to listen’ to the girls upstairs, Charlie McDowell took to Twitter". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  5. ↑ "Sundance 2014: You're not supposed to know anything about 'The One I Love'". Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (January 23, 2014). "Sundance: Radius-TWC Acquires ‘The One I Love’". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 19, 2014). "Hot Trailer: Elisabeth Moss & Mark Duplass Get Trippy In ‘The One I Love’". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (February 13, 2015). "Charlie McDowell To Direct HBO’s Sarah Silverman Pilot, Jeremy Garelick To Helm Fox’s ‘Detour’". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Dave McNary (2015-10-27). "Nicholas Hoult, Rooney Mara Starring in Romance ‘The Discovery’". Variety. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  10. ↑ Busch, Anita (March 9, 2016). "Robert Redford & Jason Segel Join Rooney Mara In ‘The Discovery’". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ Matt Patches (2014-01-08). "Sundance Preview: Mark Duplass is Both Mentor and Star on Set of 'The One I Love'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  12. ↑ Nigel M Smith (2015-04-18). "The Indiewire Springboard: Meet Twitter Sensation, Published Author and Director of 'The One I Love, Charlie McDowell". Indiewire. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  13. ↑ "Rooney Mara Is Dating Charlie McDowell". People Magazine. 18 January 2012.

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