Judd Apatow
Biography
Judd Apatow is an American director, producer and screenwriter who built a career in comedy, starting out as a teenager performing stand-up and interviewing comedians for a high school radio show near his Long Island home. He co-created The Ben Stiller Show and wrote for The Larry Sanders Show before founding Apatow Productions, through which he made his directing debut with The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and went on to direct Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), Trainwreck (2015) and The King of Staten Island (2020). As a producer he backed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Superbad, Bridesmaids and The Big Sick, and he developed the television series Freaks and Geeks, Girls, Love and Crashing. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards from eleven nominations and also received a Writers Guild of America Award and nominations for a Golden Globe and a Grammy.
58years old
Turns 59 on December 6in 49 days
- Born Syosset
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 12 years2011 to 2023
Genres
- Comedy71%, 5 films
- Documentary71%, 5 films
- Family29%, 2 films
- Music29%, 2 films
- Biography14%, 1 film
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Judd Apatow movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015as Himself / Director / Producer
IMDb rating 7.22.7K votes
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jason Alexander's page
Jimmy Fallon's page
Samm Levine's page
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.