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Todd Komarnicki is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer born on 19 october 1965

Todd Komarnicki

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Birth 19 october 1965 (58 years)

Todd Komarnicki, né le 19 octobre 1965 à Philadelphie, est un dramaturge, réalisateur, producteur, scénariste, acteur et romancier américain spécialisé dans le roman policier.

Biography

Chrétien et actif croyant, il affirme avoir été sauvé de sa condition de sans-abri par Jésus-Christ.

Comme dramaturge, il est l'auteur d'une unique pièce intitulée Beautiful Boy, produite dans un théâtre de Los Angeles en 1993. Cette même année, il se lance avec succès dans le roman policier. Free (1993), inspiré de ses sept années d'errance à vivre avec des sans-abri de Californie, est un thriller où Jefferson Alexander Freeman, un clochard de La Nouvelle-Orléans, qui ne se souvient guère de son passé, entend des voix et souffre d'hallucinations, fait la découverte du cadavre d'une jeune Chinoise dans l'arrière-salle d'un bar malfamé. Afin de percer le mystère de ce meurtre, il collabore à l'enquête avec la détective Agatha Li. Ce duo improbable trouve finalement la solution de l'énigme lors d'un voyage dans les bas-fonds de Hong Kong. Famine (1997) est le double récit, donné en alternance, d'un détective et d'un narrateur rejeté par sa famille qui le tient responsable de la mort de son frère. Ce dernier se lie avec une jeune femme accusée du meurtre de son amant et tente de comprendre son geste. Les deux titres, traduits en français, sont publiés chez Gallimard dans la collection Série noire. Komarnicki a depuis fait paraître War (2008), un thriller psychologique où un soldat, qui souffre d'amnésie, se réveille dans une ville en ruines. Il entreprend une quête difficile pour retrouver sa mémoire afin de découvrir la mission qu'il doit accomplir et l'identité de l'ennemi qu'il doit abattre.

Homme de cinéma, Todd Komarnicki est surtout connu comme producteur en 2003 du gros succès de Jon Favreau Elfe (Elf), avec Will Ferrell, et pour avoir, la même année, écrit et réalisé le film Résistance (Resistance), mettant en vedette Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond et Sandrine Bonnaire. En 2007, il signe le scénario de Dangereuse Séduction (Perfect Stranger), un film de James Foley, avec Halle Berry et Bruce Willis, où il apparaît brièvement pour incarner le rôle d'un témoin.

Best films

Sully (2016)
(Ecrivain)
Elf (2003)
(Producer)

Usually with

Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau
(2 films)
John Debney
John Debney
(3 films)
Kent Alterman
Kent Alterman
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Todd Komarnicki (7 films)

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Actor

Perfect Stranger, 1h49
Directed by James Foley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow, Gary Dourdan, Florencia Lozano
Rating57% 2.850842.850842.850842.850842.85084
Reporter Rowena Price, under the pseudonym of David Shane (Halle Berry), and researcher Miles Haley (Giovanni Ribisi) are investigating conservative Republican senator Stephen Sachs, who has been having secret sexual encounters with his male interns, despite his publicly anti-gay agenda. The story is shut down, however, when the source clams up and Rowena's editor, a supporter of the senator, puts a stop to the story. The editor also insists she take a vacation and won't take no for an answer.

Director

Resistance
Resistance (2003)
, 1h28
Directed by Todd Komarnicki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond, Sandrine Bonnaire, Philippe Volter, Ariane Schluter, Jean-Michel Vovk
Rating54% 2.7069752.7069752.7069752.7069752.706975
The tale of an American reconnaissance pilot, Ted Brice (Paxton), downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II. Hidden by resistance fighters, he falls in love with the wife (Ormond) of the man who will save him. When their affair is exposed, an act of betrayal threatens their lives and the entire resistance movement, forcing the pilot to make a powerful choice that could change the course of the war.

Scriptwriter

The Professor and the Madman
Directed by Farhad Safinia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Ioan Gruffudd, Jeremy Irvine, Steve Coogan
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.599253.599253.599253.599253.59925
Chester Minor, médecin militaire américain, souffre d'une schizophrénie post-traumatique après les horreurs vécues pendant la guerre de Sécession. Il est interné dans un hôpital psychiatrique britannique suite à un meurtre commis lors d'un séjour à Londres. Il va alors correspondre avec James Murray, le lexicographe et philologue écossais. Depuis 1878, ce dernier est embauché pour rédiger l'OED (Oxford English Dictionary). Chester Minor va également y participer fortement en remplissant des milliers de fiches d'une remarquable qualité qu'il envoie très régulièrement.
Sully
Sully (2016)
, 1h36
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Jerry Ferrara, Laura Linney, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany
Roles Ecrivain
Rating73% 3.6976853.6976853.6976853.6976853.697685
The story of American pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who heroically landed a troubled aircraft full of passengers on the Hudson River.
Perfect Stranger, 1h49
Directed by James Foley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow, Gary Dourdan, Florencia Lozano
Rating57% 2.850842.850842.850842.850842.85084
Reporter Rowena Price, under the pseudonym of David Shane (Halle Berry), and researcher Miles Haley (Giovanni Ribisi) are investigating conservative Republican senator Stephen Sachs, who has been having secret sexual encounters with his male interns, despite his publicly anti-gay agenda. The story is shut down, however, when the source clams up and Rowena's editor, a supporter of the senator, puts a stop to the story. The editor also insists she take a vacation and won't take no for an answer.
Resistance
Resistance (2003)
, 1h28
Directed by Todd Komarnicki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond, Sandrine Bonnaire, Philippe Volter, Ariane Schluter, Jean-Michel Vovk
Roles Writer
Rating54% 2.7069752.7069752.7069752.7069752.706975
The tale of an American reconnaissance pilot, Ted Brice (Paxton), downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II. Hidden by resistance fighters, he falls in love with the wife (Ormond) of the man who will save him. When their affair is exposed, an act of betrayal threatens their lives and the entire resistance movement, forcing the pilot to make a powerful choice that could change the course of the war.

Producer

Meet Dave
Meet Dave (2008)
, 1h30
Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Scott Caan, Judah Friedlander
Roles Producer
Rating51% 2.5529052.5529052.5529052.5529052.552905
In his New York City apartment, a young boy named Josh Morrison (Austyn Lind Myers) stares through his telescope at an object falling from the sky. It is a golf-ball-sized metal ball which flies through the window and lands in his fishbowl, quickly draining the water along with the goldfish. He decides to show it at his school's science class presentation.
Elf
Elf (2003)
, 1h37
Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Will Ferrell, Edward Asnere, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.547223.547223.547223.547223.54722
One Christmas Eve, during a stop at an orphanage, a baby boy named William, captivated by the sight of a teddy bear, crawls into Santa Claus's (Ed Asner) sack of gifts while he is delivering toys. Santa Claus unknowingly takes the boy back to the North Pole, and when discovered, is renamed Buddy because one the elves notices he is wearing "Little Buddy" brand diapers. Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) volunteers to raise him.
The Luck of the Irish
Directed by Jon Favreau, Paul Hoen
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Basketball films, Children's films
Actors Ryan Merriman, Will Ferrell, Timothy Omundson, James Caan, Henry Gibson, Edward Asnere
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.049773.049773.049773.049773.04977
Kyle Johnson (Ryan Merriman), a popular basketball player in junior high school who has never known about his heritage, one day realizes that someone has stolen his lucky gold coin. Strange things start to happen to Kyle, his ears become pointed, his hair starts turning orange, and he starts to become shorter. Kyle then returns home one day to find that his mom has shrunk to six inches. The truth is then revealed to Kyle: his family is made up of Leprechauns. Kyle is only half leprechaun, since his dad is from Cleveland. It also turns out that the gold coin he wore was the O'Reilly—Kyle's mother's maiden name—lucky coin. A magic coin, when in the possession of the youngest family member, allows all the leprechauns in the family to pass as normal human beings. But since the coin is gone, the family is down on their luck now, and reverting to their true forms.