Alex Zamm movie list

ALEX ZAMM DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER BIO: Alex Zamm is an American director and screenwriter with a focus on creating family entertainment that is often visual effects heavy and frequently incorporates animals and kids. Zamm recently directed, co-wrote and co-produced the hybrid cgi-live action film, Woody Woodpecker, based on the classic Walter Lantz character. The successful theatrical and streaming release of the film led to Zamm being asked by Universal to expand the Woody brand by producing, directing, and co-writing ten original 2-D animated shorts for YouTube, , which have received 100 million views worldwide. Zamm has directed two of the highest grossing live action direct to SVOD/DVD titles of all time, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 and Inspector Gadget 2 for Disney. And his Wonderful World Of Disney film, My Date With The President's Daughter garnered he and his writing partner a Writer's Guild Of American nomination for Best Children's Programming. His other family entertainment credits include: Little Rascals Save The Day, Tooth Fairy 2, R.L. Stine's: The Haunting Hour, Jingle All The Way 2, Dr. Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts, Snow, and The Pooch And The Pauper. He has also directed a number of highly rated romantic dramadies for Netflix and Hallmark: A Christmas Prince, A Royal Christmas, Crown For Christmas, Paris, Wine & Romance, and Christmas In Evergreen. Zamm has directed the sitcoms, The Thundermans for Nickelodeon and multiple episodes of Dog With A Blog for Disney, with his episodes helping garner the show an Emmy nomination for Best Children's TV Series. At the beginning of his career, his first short film, Croutons & You, was selected by Monty Python's Graham Chapman's HBO series, The Dangerous Film Club. Zamm's second short film, Maestro, made for HBO, was nominated for a Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. And his third short, The Birthday Fish was selected for the Sundance Film Festival. He is attached to direct the hybrid feature, Hong Kong Phooey, based on the classic Hanna Barbera cartoon character for Alcon Entertainment and Warner Brothers. A few more Zammtastic fun facts... . Alex grew up in Woodstock, NY...the town where the famous concert didn't actually take place. . In high school and college Zamm worked for NPR's All Things Considered as an interviewer and editor for producer Jay Allison. . In college, Zamm started a humor magazine called, MOO and hosted a comedy radio show entitled, The Dr. Shazamm Hour. . He received his B.A. in film and classical mythology from S.U.N.Y. Binghamton and his M.F.A. from Columbia University, where his mentors included Milos Forman and Martin Scorcese. . Zamm studied cartooning at the School Of Visual arts and has had cartoons published in Spy Magazine. . He directed Tobey Maguire in his first TV series, Great Scott for Fox and directed an animated music video starring Joey of the Ramones. . Zamm was the first writer (albeit uncredited) on The Green Lantern movie. . Zamm has contributed songs to many of his and others films with his music partner, Alex Geringas. Their holiday themed songs have charted in the Top 20 on iTunes Holiday Music. Their song, It's Always Been You has been used as the . Zamm wrote and created the sci-fi novel, Zero-G, published by Top Cow, which received glowing reviews from both Stan Lee and Ray Bradbury. . "Zamm" is Alex's real last name...not a made up superhero name. But enough about me...tell me about you!