The director of "Spanglish" grew up in what New Jersey city?
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Spanglish (film) Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, and Cloris Leachman. It was released in the United States on December 17, 2004 by Columbia Pictures. The film grossed $55 million worldwide on an $80 million production budget, and received mixed reviews from critics.
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James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an Academy Award-, Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning American television and movie director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 to work on David L. Wolper's documentaries. After being laid off he met producer Allan Burns who secured him a job as a writer on the series "My Mother the Car".
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Joe Menendez Joe Menendez (born June 23, 1969) is an American film and television director, who has moved between the film and TV medium his entire career.
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Matt Pizzolo Matt Pizzolo (born on Long Island, New York) is an American award-winning film director, screenwriter, producer, comic book writer, playwright, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as creator of the transmedia franchise "Godkiller", writer-director of the indie movie "Threat", and director of music videos for Atari Teenage Riot.
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Tom Shadyac Thomas Peter "Tom" Shadyac (born December 11, 1958) is an American Director, screenwriter, producer and author. Shadyac, who was the youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films "", "The Nutty Professor", "Liar Liar", and "Bruce Almighty". In 2010, Shadyac departed from comedic work to write, direct, and narrate the documentary film "I Am", in which he explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following a bicycle accident three years earlier.
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Hannah Friedman Hannah Friedman (born September 29, 1986) is a writer, director, and musician from New York.
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Nick Gomez Nick Gomez (born April 13, 1963) is an American film director and writer. He has directed for a number of television and film studios. His first feature-length film was the 1992 movie "Laws of Gravity", which won awards at both the Berlin International Film Festival and the Valencia International Film Festival. Gomez's next film was the 1995 crime drama "New Jersey Drive", which was screened and competed for a Grand Jury Prize during that year's Sundance Film Festival.
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Sabrina Colie Sabrina Diana Colie is an actor and film and theatre director. She was born in Mandeville, Jamaica and resides in New York City.
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Jeffrey Blitz Jeffrey Blitz is an American film director, producer and screenwriter from Ridgewood, New Jersey. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2002 documentary, "Spellbound" and he won the Dramatic Directing Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his 2007 film, "Rocket Science".
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Mario Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles (born 1957) is an American film director and actor best known for directing "New Jack City" in 1991. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom he portrayed in the 2003 biopic "Baadasssss!" that he also co-wrote and directed.
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker. She resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, and is a graduate of that city's renowned Stuyvesant High School. The 2001 documentary film "", which she co-produced and co-directed with her brother David, received numerous awards, including:
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Jake Kasdan Jacob "Jake" Kasdan (born October 28, 1974) is an American television and film director and occasional actor.
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Cresskill, New Jersey Cresskill is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,573, reflecting an increase of 827 (+10.7%) from the 7,746 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 188 (+2.5%) from the 7,558 counted in the 1990 Census. This town got its name from "Cress", referring to the watercress which grew in its streams, and "Kill", referring to the stream passing through.
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Mark Rappaport Mark Rappaport is an American independent/underground film director who has been working sporadically since the early 1970s. A lifelong New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Brooklyn College in 1964.
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Ryan Dunn Ryan Matthew Dunn (June 11, 1977 – June 20, 2011) was an American stunt performer, television personality, comedian, actor, writer, musician, and one of the stars of the MTV reality stunt show "Jackass".
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New Jersey Ballet The New Jersey Ballet is a ballet company based in Livingston, New Jersey in the United States, founded in 1958 by native New Jerseyan Carolyn Clark and her fellow dancer, George Tomal.
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Paul McGuigan (filmmaker) Paul McGuigan (born 19 September 1963) is a Scottish film and television director, best known for directing films such as "Lucky Number Slevin", "Gangster No. 1" and "Push". He has also directed episodes of "Sherlock", "Scandal", "Monroe" and "Smash". He was born in Bellshill, Scotland.
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Christian Meoli Christian Meoli (July 6, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an actor, writer, producer and film executive.
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Bruce Gray (sculptor) Bruce Gray was (born 1956 Orange, New Jersey) is an artist residing in Los Angeles. His work includes kinetic art such as rolling ball machines, mobiles, stabiles, and suspended magnetic sculptures. He also creates found objects sculptures such as a lifesize motorcycle sculpture constructed from train parts, and giant objects such as a large aluminum wedge of Swiss cheese and giant high heel shoes. Gray's work has been displayed at many museums, art galleries, and is part of over 1200 corporate and private art collections. His work has appeared in numerous films and television shows including "Charmed", "Austin Powers", "Meet the Fockers", "Batman Forever", "Sleeping with the Enemy", "Six Feet Under", "Seinfeld", "Star Trek", "Friends", "Frasier", "Roseanne", "Murphy Brown", "How I Met Your Mother", and "NYPD Blue".
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Gerry Rosenthal Gerald Raymond "Gerry" Rosenthal (born September 2, 1980) is an American actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter, and musician who started out acting in TV commercials at the age of 7. He has starred on films and short films and has guest starred in television series such as "Law & Order" and "Celebrity Deathmatch". He is perhaps best known for providing the voice for Jimmy Hopkins the main playable character in the 2006 video game "Bully" for which he was nominated for a 2006 Spike VGA award for best performance by a human male. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey and now mostly works as a guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and singer-songwriter. He teaches private music lessons and performs in gigs professionally. He plays bass in both a Beatles cover band called Hey Bulldog, as well as the Mama Doni Band, and guitar in a wedding band called The Jersey Joint. Gerry also writes, records, and plays guitar with his own original band, Big Wake. He freelances with as many different projects as possible, and performs solo and duo acoustic sets all over the area.
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Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American film and television actor, comedian, writer, and director best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films "Super Troopers", "Club Dread", and "Beerfest". He has also had several successes in directing feature films and television shows–notably "Arrested Development"–apart from the Broken Lizard troupe.
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Fred Vogel Fred Vogel is an American independent horror filmmaker. He was born April 18, 1976 in Warren Township, New Jersey. He is the founder of Toetag Pictures, known for its realistic makeup effects. Vogel is also a former professor at Tom Savini's Special Make-Up Effects Program. While continuing to work as an effects artist, he also writes, produces, and occasionally acts.