Biografie

Frequently works with college buddy Danny McBride.

Cites John Boorman's Beim Sterben ist jeder der Erste (1972) as one of his all-time favorite movies, which he saw for the first time when he was just 10 years old. Curiously enough, Bill McKinney, who had played the squeal-like-a-pig mountain man in that movie, played Jamie Bell's genial grandfather in Green's Undertow - Im Sog der Rache (2004) - 32 years later.

Three of his films are on Roger Ebert's best films of the year list. George Washington (2000) in 2000, Undertow - Im Sog der Rache (2004) in 2004 and Shotgun Stories (2007) in 2008 (he was only a producer on Shotgun Stories (2007)).

Attended North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating in 1998.

Inducted into the Texas Film of Fame on March 6, 2014 in Austin, Texas.

I don't necessarily think 26-year-old white guys are that interesting. So why would I want to make another movie about their coffee shops and romantic pratfalls?

I was totally into Iron Eagle. I saw all three [sic] Iron Eagles and couldn't make it through Top Gun. I don't know. It's probably my knee-jerk reaction when people are all clamoring over something to go find the oddball version of it. Chappy Sinclair? I mean that movie was awesome.

I was the first member of the second Blockbuster, apparently. They had two test shops when they first were getting going. For the longest time I thought I was the first member of Blockbuster ever...I wouldn't be caught dead in one now.

I got into this business because I love huge action movies. And I don't want to exclude that from the fabric of my career if I can incorporate it in some way.

People think 'independent' means no interference. Not true. Unless you're paying for everything yourself, you're always subject to who's writing the checks.