1. Craig Gillespie was born on 1 September 1967 and is an Australian-American film, television, music video, and commercial director.
11 Facts About Craig Gillespie
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Craig Gillespie is best known for directing the films Lars and the Real Girl, Fright Night, I, Tonya, and Cruella.
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Craig Gillespie has been with MJZ since 2000 and continues to work as a commercial director, commonly working with cinematographers Masanobu Takayanagi and Rodrigo Prieto.
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Craig Gillespie won a Golden Lion Award at 2005's Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, and two of his commercials belong to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan's permanent collection.
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Craig Gillespie left the project after several negative test screenings, and many scenes were re-written and re-shot.
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Craig Gillespie had had the Lars script for four years but had not yet attached any cast members or a studio.
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Craig Gillespie directed several episodes, including the pilot, of the first season of Steven Spielberg and Diablo Cody's television series The United States of Tara.
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Craig Gillespie was set to re-team with Lars and the Real Girl lead actor Ryan Gosling for Dallas Buyers Club, a film telling the true story of Ron Woodroof, an electrician given six months to live after he was diagnosed with AIDS, but used a variety of drugs which he smuggled to other AIDS patients to live for another six years.
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Craig Gillespie finalized his contract to direct an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies on 18 April 2011.
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Craig Gillespie directed I, Tonya, a biographical film about figure skater Tonya Harding, starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney.
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In December 2018, it was announced that Craig Gillespie would replace Alex Timbers as director for Disney's live-action spin-off of One Hundred and One Dalmatians titled Cruella, with Emma Stone portraying Cruella de Vil; the film premiered on May 28,2021.