Lee Toland Krieger

Lee Toland Krieger

producer, director, writer

Lee Toland Krieger was born on Jan 24, 1983 in USA. Lee Toland Krieger's big-screen debut came with The Vicious Kind directed by Lee Toland Krieger in 2009. Lee Toland Krieger is known for The Age of Adaline directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Blake Lively stars as Adaline Bowman and Michiel Huisman as Ellis Jones. Lee Toland Krieger has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Lee Toland Krieger achieved is Denver International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Lee Toland Krieger plays is The Age of Adaline which will be released on Apr 24, 2015.

American film director and screenwriter best known for the films The Vicious Kind (2009), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) and The Age of Adaline (2015).Krieger was born and raised in Los Angeles. He became "hooked" on filmmaking at the age of 13 when his neighbor, film producer Steve Perry, brought him to the set of the 1996 film Executive Decision. Krieger later interned for Perry during high school, and in college he worked for Neil LaBute and his producing partner Gail Mutrux. He graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television in 2005.Krieger founded a production company, Autumn Entertainment, in 2004, under which his first project was December Ends, a feature film shot on a US$75,000 budget. The film premiered at the 2006 Method Fest, two years after it was shot, where it won the festival's Best Picture award.In 2009, Krieger wrote and directed The Vicious Kind, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and earned him numerous accolades including the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Denver Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay. He was later asked by producer Jennifer Todd to direct Celeste and Jesse Forever, based on a script written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, which would also premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. After the success of Celeste and Jesse Forever, he received offers to direct similar scripts, but turned them down in lieu of writing his own material for future projects.He has also directed many commercials with clients such as Joseph Abboud and AG Jeans, and music videos for Universal Music Group and the Island Def Jam Music Group.He directed The Age of Adaline, starring Blake Lively and Michiel Huisman. Production started in March 2014, and the film was released in April 2015.In September 19, 2012, Lionsgate acquired the rights to the script Vanish Man written by Denison Hatch. Later in February 2015, Krieger was set to rewrite and direct the film, which 21 Laps Entertainment would produce.On February 29, 2016, it was announced that Krieger would direct The Divergent Series: Ascendant, the final film in The Divergent Series.[10] On July 20, 2016, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to Lionsgate's decision to release the final film as a TV movie, mainly because of the third film in the series, Allegiant, under performing. In December 2018, it was announced that the television movie has been canceled due to the lack of interest of the cast and network executives.On May 27, 2021, it was announced that Krieger would direct the first two episodes of the show Green Lantern for HBO Max.

  • Birthday

    Jan 24, 1983
  • Place of Birth

    USA
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

2 wins & 1 nominations

Denver International Film Festival
2009
The Vicious Kind (2009)
Winner - Emerging Filmmaker Award
Method Fest
2006
Best Picture
Winner - Best Feature
December Ends (2006)

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