Who directed the christmas film starring an actress who studied at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s?
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A Very Murray Christmas A Very Murray Christmas is a 2015 American Christmas musical comedy film directed by Sofia Coppola and co-written by Bill Murray, Mitch Glazer, and Coppola. The film features an ensemble cast including Bill Murray, George Clooney, Paul Shaffer, Amy Poehler, Julie White, Dimitri Dimitrov, Michael Cera, Chris Rock, David Johansen, Maya Rudolph, Jason Schwartzman, Jenny Lewis, Rashida Jones, and Miley Cyrus and was released on December 4, 2015, on Netflix.
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Amy Poehler Amy Poehler ( ; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, director, producer, and writer. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she went to New York City in 1996 to become part of the improvisational comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group's act became a half-hour sketch comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler was a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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The Christmas Wife The Christmas Wife is a 1988 American drama film directed by David Jones and written by Catherine Ann Jones. It stars Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Don Francks, James Eckhouse, Patricia Hamilton and Deborah Grover. The film premiered on HBO on December 12, 1988.
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IO Theater iO, or iO Chicago, (formerly known as "ImprovOlympic") is an improv theater and training center in central Chicago, with a branch in Los Angeles called iO West. The theater both teaches and hosts performances of improvisational comedy. It was founded in 1981 by the late Del Close and Charna Halpern. The theater has many notable alumni, including Amy Poehler and Stephen Colbert.
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Switchmas Switchmas (earlier titles Ira Finkelstein's Christmas and All I Want Is Christmas) is an American musical comedy film directed by Sue Corcoran. It tells the story of a Christmas obsessed Jewish boy on his way to sunny Florida who figures out how to get the Christmas of his dreams by trading airline tickets and places with another boy on his way to snowy Christmastown, Washington. This film also features CGI scenes based on Ira's Christmas dreams.
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The Clown at Midnight The Clown at Midnight is a 1998 horror film directed by Jean Pellerin and starring Sarah Lassez, James Duvall, Tatyana Ali, Christopher Plummer and Margot Kidder.
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Christmas, Again Christmas, Again is a 2014 drama romance written, directed, and produced by Charles Poekel. The film features Kentucker Audley in the lead role as a Christmas-tree salesman returning to New York City. The film had its premiere at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the United States.
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Kathy Burke Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress, comedian, playwright and theatre director. She became known for her regular appearances in the sketch shows "French and Saunders" (1988–99), "Harry Enfield's Television Programme" (1990–92) and "Harry Enfield and Chums" (1994–98), and for her recurring role as Magda in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" (1992–96). For her role as Valerie in the film "Nil by Mouth", she won Best Actress at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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Finding Father Christmas Finding Father Christmas is a 2016 made-for-television Christmas romantic drama film directed by Terry Ingram and starring Erin Krakow and Niall Matter. It is an adaptation of the novels ""Finding Father Christmas"" and ""Engaging Father Christmas"" by Robin Jones Gunn. The film was produced by Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and premiered on their network in the United States on November 13, 2016. A sequel to the film, entitled "Engaging Father Christmas" is due to be broadcast on the channel on November 12, 2017.
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Julianne Moore filmography Julianne Moore is an American actress who made her acting debut on television in 1984 in the mystery series "The Edge of Night". The following year she made her first appearance in the soap opera "As the World Turns", which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series in 1988. Moore went on to appear in the television films, "Money, Power, Murder" (1989) and "The Last to Go" (1991)—before her breakthrough role as artist Marian Wyman in Robert Altman's drama film "Short Cuts" (1993). Her performance garnered critical acclaim as well as notoriety for a monologue her character delivers while nude below the waist.
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Christmas in Boston Christmas In Boston is a 2005 TV film starring Marla Sokoloff and Patrick J. Adams. It first aired in the United States on December 14, 2005, on the ABC Family channel's 25 Days of Christmas programming block. It is known in some countries as Instant Message.
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Kimberly Cullum Kimberly Cullum (born November 29, 1981) is an American former child actress who had many film and television roles during the 1990s.
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A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas is the third studio and first Christmas album released by American singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth. Released on October 14, 2008, the album sees Chenoweth collaborating with jazz musician John Pizzarelli on "Sleigh Ride/Marshmallow World". Chenoweth stated she had desired to record a Christmas album since signing with Sony Classical in 2000 after being inspired by Barbra Streisand's "A Christmas Album" as a child. The album has peaked at #77 on the "Billboard" 200 so far, and has become her first album to chart on the Billboard 200.
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Christmas at Water's Edge Christmas at Water's Edge is a contemporary variation of "A Christmas Carol", directed by Lee Davis, starring Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tom Bosley and Pooch Hall. It was shown in theaters in 2004 and released on DVD in 2007.
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A Royal Christmas A Royal Christmas is a 2014 American holiday romance television film directed by Alex Zamm and starring Lacey Chabert, Stephen Hagan, and Jane Seymour. Written by Janeen Damian, Michael Damian, Neal H. Dobrofsky, and Tippi Dobrofsky, the film is about a young American seamstress from Philadelphia whose boyfriend reveals himself to be a royal prince and heir to the throne of Cordinia. He brings her to his country intending to marry her, to the consternation of the Queen. "A Royal Christmas" is an original Hallmark Channel movie and first aired on the Hallmark Channel on November 21, 2014.
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Bad Santa Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas black comedy crime film directed by Terry Zwigoff, and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac. It was John Ritter's last film appearance before his death on September 11, 2003. The movie was dedicated to Ritter's memory. The Coen brothers are credited as executive producers. The film was released in the United States on November 26, 2003, and was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. An unrated version was released on DVD on March 5, 2004 and on Blu-ray Disc on November 20, 2007 as Bad(der) Santa. A director's cut DVD was released in November 2006; it features Zwigoff's cut of the film (including an audio commentary with him and the film's editor), which is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version. A sequel, "Bad Santa 2", was released on November 23, 2016.
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Amy Irving Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American film, stage, and television actress. The daughter of actors Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer, she was raised in San Francisco where her father co-founded the Actor's Workshop, and began acting onstage as a child. She began her film career with a role in the 1976 horror film "Carrie", followed by a lead role in the supernatural thriller "The Fury" (1978). She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Yentl" (1983), and later a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the comedy "Crossing Delancey" (1988).
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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas The Fitzgerald Family Christmas is a 2012 comedy-drama film starring Edward Burns and Connie Britton. The film, written, directed, and produced by Burns was premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. It has been met with positive reviews from critics with 64% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Shannon Harrington Shannon Harrington is a American actress and singer who is best known for playing Susan Waverly in two consecutive Broadway National Tours of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, performing in several Off-Broadway plays, and being featured in Verizon Fios' National "Half house" television commercial.
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Barbara Rubin Barbara Rubin (1945 – 1980) was an American filmmaker and performance artist. She is best known for her landmark 1963 underground film, "Christmas on Earth".
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Carol Channing Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Notable for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiate a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Carol Channing also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
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Curt Hansen (actor) Curt Hansen (born August 14, 1987) is an American actor. He was born in Wisconsin and is a native actor, singer and dancer. Hansen graduated from Hartford Union High School in Hartford, WI in 2005. Hansen is currently performing with the National Tour of "Kinky Boots" in the role of Charlie. He also performed in the First National Tour of "Wicked" in the role of Fiyero. In 2010, Hansen was the Gabe understudy/cover in the Tony award winning Broadway musical "Next to Normal" and continued in the role of Gabe in the First National Tour of the show through 2010-2011. December 2012 he starred in the Pasadena Playhouse's "A Snow White Christmas" with Neil Patrick Harris and Ariana Grande. February 2013 found Hansen in Louisville starring as Mike in Todd Almond's musical "Girlfriend". Curt was a member of the final cast of "Hairspray" on Broadway, as well as other Broadway readings and workshops. He also performed in the Mark Taper Forum production of Jason Robert Brown's acclaimed musical "Parade". He studied with the BFA Musical Theatre program at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.