Todd Phillips (born December 20, 1970), also known as Todd Bunzl, is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for writing and directing Road Trip, Old School, The Hangover Trilogy and Due Date. He also produced the 2012 black comedy film Project X. Phillips was born Todd Bunzl in New York City. He went to Half Hollow Hills High School West of the Half Hollow Hills Central School District in Dix Hills, New York. He later attended New York University Film School, but dropped out in order to focus on completing his first film, the feature-length documentary Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, about the life and death of the notoriously controversial punk rocker GG Allin. Around that time, he worked at Kim's Video and Music. He also appeared as one of the drivers in the first seasons of Taxicab Confessions on HBO. In a New York Times profile, Phillips claims to have gotten in trouble for shoplifting as a young man.
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