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Joe Ballarini is an American film director, screenwriter and author. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts Television Director's Program with a degree in film production in 1999.〔(FATHER vs. SON ) ''USC Cinematic Arts''. May 28, 2015〕 ==Career== At USC film school, Ballarini wrote and directed the award winning “pre-apocalyptic” film ''Nuclear Family'' produced by Michael Huffington.〔〔(CNTV’s First Look Festival Showcases Students’ Short Films ) ''USC News''. May 29, 2015〕 In 2002, Ballarini sold an original action comedy screenplay ''The Spy Next Door'' to Dimension Films for US $600,000.〔Brodesser, Claude (Dimension opens door to ‘Spy’ pic ) ''Variety''. May 29, 2015〕 The following year he sold the script for a family adventure film titled ''The Legendary McClouds'' to Paramount Pictures with Nickelodeon producing.〔McNary, Dave (Par’s head in ‘McClouds’ ) ''Variety''. May 29, 2015〕〔(Elston Gunn's WEEKLY RECAP ) May 29, 2015〕 He wrote a paranormal kids film ''Spooks'' for Miramax as well as ''The Blob'' for Warner Bros. with Jon Peters producing.〔Fleming, Michael (Lion studies school spec ) ''Variety''. May 29, 2015〕 In 2003, Ballarini directed a series of nationally broadcast Honda Element commercials produced by Daniel Dubiecki.〔 Ballarini sold the script to his feature comedy ''F+'' to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 2004, which he was also attached to direct.〔 20th Century Fox also hired Ballarini to direct Adam Sztykiel’s screenplay ''Ditch Day'' with State Street producing.〔LaPorte, Nicole (‘Hunters’ finds its helmer ) ''Variety''. May 29, 2015〕 In 2007, New Regency commissioned Ballarini to write a script for a biblical epic film, ''The Nativity''.〔 Ballarini made his feature length screenwriting debut with ''Dance of the Dead'', an independent zombie comedy, directed by Gregg Bishop.〔Brown, Todd (Father. Son. Stripper. It's A Trailer For Joe Ballarini's FATHER VS SON ) ''Twitch''. May 28, 2015〕 The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2008 and received positive reviews from critics.〔Kilday, Greg (Ghost House Underground takes two ) ''Hollywood Reporter''. May 28, 2015〕〔Whyte, Jason (God is flushing the toilet. Film at 11 ) ''eFilmCritic.com''. May 28, 2015〕〔Weinberg, Scott (Dance of the Dead (2008) ) ''FEARnet''. May 28, 2015〕〔Gibson, Brian (SXSW Movie Review: Dance of The Dead ) ''FilmSchoolRejects''. May 28, 2015〕 Film critic Todd Brown said of Ballarini's work on ''Dance'', "(has ) marked him as a talent to watch, someone with an unusual ability to balance tones and character and comedy to create something really quite special."〔Brown, Todd (Father. Son. Stripper. It's A Trailer For Joe Ballarini's FATHER VS SON ) ''Twitch''. May 28, 2015〕 Ballarini also served as Second Unit Director on ''Dance of the Dead''.〔Pragasam, Andrew (Dance of the Dead Review ) ''The Spinning Image''. May 29, 2015〕〔 In 2009, Jerry Bruckheimer purchased Ballarini’s script for ''The Residence'', a film about a paranormalist hired to investigate a haunting in the White House.〔Mink, Sammy (JOE BALLARINI GETS FOLDED UP IN “CARDBOARD” ) ''The Tracking Board''. May 29, 2015〕 In 2010, Warner Bros. began developing the comic book series ''Maintenance'' as a live-action feature film directed by McG, for which Ballarini wrote the script.〔Lesnick, Silas (Maintenance Moves to DreamWorks Animation ) ''SuperHeroHype.com''. May 28, 2015〕 That same year, Ballarini co-wrote and directed the independent film ''Father vs. Son'', a screwball comedy in which a father and his son fall in love with the same woman, which was produced by Michael Huffington.〔 It starred Paul Wolff, Eric Stonestreet, and Cameron Goodman, and debuted at the 2nd annual Beverly Hills Film Festival.〔(New Release: Father vs. Son DVD ) ''Disc Dish''. May 28, 2015〕〔Howland, Melissa (2nd Annual BEVERLY HILLS FILM, TV & NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL ) ''We Are Movie Geeks''. May 28, 2015〕 The film was also screened at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, where it won best feature film debut.〔Hill, Sally (A sampling of WorldFest films ) ''Your Houston News''. May 29, 2015〕 Later that year, One Race Films hired Ballarini to write and direct episodes of ''The Ropes'', a television drama series about bouncers in New York City produced by Vin Diesel.〔Trumbone, Dave (Watch a New Trailer for Vin Diesel’s THE ROPES (UPDATE: Series Available for Free on Crackle Starting this Thursday) ) ''Collider''. May 29, 2015〕 Ballarini again teamed up with Gregg Bishop to write the script for ''Lockdown at Franklin High'' on spec, which sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment in March of 2012 with Michael Bay attached as a producer.〔Fleming Jr., Mike (Walden, Montecito Scare Up Deal For Joe Ballarini’s ‘A Babysitter’s Guide To Monsters’ ) ''Deadline''. May 26, 2015〕〔Fleming Jr., Mike (Sony Pictures Preempts Spec 'Lockdown At Franklin High' ) ''Deadline''. May 26, 2015〕 ''Lockdown'' is about two siblings who are trapped in their high school during a lockdown while a monster wanders the campus.〔Bracken, Mike (One of Marvel's Secret Weapons May Direct the Monster Movie 'Lockdown at Franklin High' ) ''Movies.com''. May 28, 2015〕〔Fleming Jr., Mike (Armory/Benderspinkweiner Shingle Will Finance Low Budget Features ) ''Deadline''. May 28, 2015〕 Later that year, Walden Media announced Ballarini would rewrite ''Atlantis 7'', a thriller in which an elite military Navy SEAL force attempts to find the mythical city of Atlantis.〔Fleming Jr., Mike (Walden Media Sets Joe Ballarini To Script 'Atlantis 7' For Dean Parisot ) ''Deadline''. May 26, 2015〕 He was also an uncredited writer for ''Ice Age: Continental Drift'', which was released in July of 2012.〔Lewis, Hilary (Hasbro Working on 'My Little Pony' Movie ) ''Hollywood Reporter''. May 26, 2015〕 In 2012, Joe Ballarini directed a short horror film about a clown visiting a man on his 35th birthday entitled ''Buckles''.〔Brown, Todd (It's Fun Time With BUCKLES ) ''Twitch''. May 29, 2015〕 In 2013, Ballarini directed Caitlin Carmichael, Andrea Guttag, and Justin Welborn in another short horror film about a girl befriending the monster under her bed entitled ''Bedbug''.〔(Bedbug on Vimeo ) May 29, 2015〕 In 2013, New Line Cinema commissioned Ballarini to write a script for ''Merlin'', a then-untitled high concept action fantasy film set in medieval times.〔Fleming Jr., Mike (New Line Gets Medieval With Untitled Knights Pitch Deal ) ''Deadline''. May 26, 2015〕 20th Century Fox Animation began developing an animated version of the graphic novel ''Cardboard'' in 2014 about a young boy and his father who must battle cardboard monsters that magically come to life, for which Ballarini wrote the adapted screenplay.〔Yamato, Jen (Joe Ballarini To Script Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Cardboard’ For Fox Animation ) ''Deadline''. May 26, 2015〕 In 2015, Hasbro Studios announced its plans to release an animated version of My Little Pony by 2017, and Ballarini was brought on to write the script.〔Graser, Marc (‘My Little Pony’ Movie in the Works at Hasbro Studios (EXCLUSIVE) ) ''Variety''. May 26, 2015〕〔Sneider, Jeff (‘My Little Pony’ Movie in Development at Hasbro ) ''The Wrap''. May 26, 2015〕〔Graser, Marc (How Hasbro Wants to Take the Financial Reins of its Movies Starting with ‘My Little Pony’ ) ''Variety''. May 26, 2015〕 Ballarini has been commissioned to write numerous other film and television scripts including ''Turbo'', ''The Robot'', and ''Witchhunters''.〔Fleming Jr., Mike (Walden Media Sets Joe Ballarini To Script 'Atlantis 7' For Dean Parisot ) ''Deadline''. May 26, 2015〕〔Abrams, Rachel (Scribe’s next project? Aye, ‘Robot’ ) ''Variety''. May 28, 2015〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Ballarini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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