Todd Phillips (born Todd Philip Bunzl; December 19, 1970) is an American filmmaker. Phillips began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and School for Scoundrels. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing The Hangover film series. In 2019, he co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller film Joker, based on the DC Comics character of the same name, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where it received the top prize, the Golden Lion. Joker went on to earn Phillips three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with his co-writer Scott Silver, his second, third, and fourth Academy Award nominations after also being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat at the 79th Academy Awards.

Filmography

• 2024Joker: Folie à Deux — Producer, Director, Writer, Original Film Writer
• 2019Joker — Producer, Writer, Director
• 2018A Star Is Born — Producer
• 2016War Dogs — Director, Writer, Producer
• Limitless — Executive Producer
• 2013The Hangover Part III — Mr. Creepy (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
• 2012Project X — Producer
• 2011The Hangover Part II — Mr. Creepy (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 2010Due Date — Barry, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2009The Hangover — Mr. Creepy, Director, Producer, Writer
• 2006All the King's Men — Executive Producer
• 2006Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — Story
• 2006School for Scoundrels — Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 2004Starsky & Hutch — Director, Screenplay
• 2003Old School — Gang Bang Guy, Story, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2000Phish: Bittersweet Motel — Producer, Director
• 2000Road Trip — Foot Lover, Writer, Director
• 1998Frat House — Director
• 1997Screwed — Producer
• 1993Hated: GG Allin and The Murder Junkies — Director, Producer
• The Fixer — Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• 2020Joker: Put on a Happy Face — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2014Lennon or McCartney — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2013Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2003Old School: Orientation — Himself
• The Oscars — Self