Tommy O'Haver (born October 24, 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an
American film director and screenwriter.He grew up in Carmel, Indiana,
a suburb of Indianapolis. He graduated from Carmel High School and
matriculated at Indiana University with a joint degree in Journalism
and Comparative Literature. In the mid-1990s, he attended the MFA Film
program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic
Arts. While there, he directed shorts that appeared at major
festivals, including Sundance and The New York Film Festival.Billy's
Hollywood Screen Kiss, featuring Sean Hayes, was O'Haver's directorial
debut. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss played in competition at the 1998
Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Helsinki International Film
Festival. His follow-up film Get Over It featured Kirsten Dunst, Ben
Foster, Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana in a teen comedy about a school
theater production. O'Haver's third film, Ella Enchanted, starred Anne
Hathaway. Catherine Keener, Ellen Page and James Franco star in An
American Crime, which premiered at Sundance in 2007, a film based on a
true story of Gertrude Baniszewski, an Indiana woman charged in 1965
with the murder of Sylvia Likens. The initial reaction at Sundance was
mixed, but the film garnered critical praise. O'Haver and his writing
partner, Irene Turner, were nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for
the film as well.In June 2013, he directed the music video "Rollin'"
for MiBBs. On April 2, 2015, the seventh episode of The Late Late Show
with James Corden was broadcast from O'Haver's house.
American film director and screenwriter.He grew up in Carmel, Indiana,
a suburb of Indianapolis. He graduated from Carmel High School and
matriculated at Indiana University with a joint degree in Journalism
and Comparative Literature. In the mid-1990s, he attended the MFA Film
program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic
Arts. While there, he directed shorts that appeared at major
festivals, including Sundance and The New York Film Festival.Billy's
Hollywood Screen Kiss, featuring Sean Hayes, was O'Haver's directorial
debut. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss played in competition at the 1998
Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Helsinki International Film
Festival. His follow-up film Get Over It featured Kirsten Dunst, Ben
Foster, Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana in a teen comedy about a school
theater production. O'Haver's third film, Ella Enchanted, starred Anne
Hathaway. Catherine Keener, Ellen Page and James Franco star in An
American Crime, which premiered at Sundance in 2007, a film based on a
true story of Gertrude Baniszewski, an Indiana woman charged in 1965
with the murder of Sylvia Likens. The initial reaction at Sundance was
mixed, but the film garnered critical praise. O'Haver and his writing
partner, Irene Turner, were nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for
the film as well.In June 2013, he directed the music video "Rollin'"
for MiBBs. On April 2, 2015, the seventh episode of The Late Late Show
with James Corden was broadcast from O'Haver's house.
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