Alan B. Curtiss
Alan Bradford Curtiss is an assistant director and producer of Hollywood films who has been active in the Directors Guild of America, after starting as a location manager in 1978.[1] He is a resident of Manhattan Beach, California.[2]
Career highlights[edit]
Curtiss has been a member of at least three directorial teams nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, for The Truman Show (1998),[3] The Green Mile (1999),[4] and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).[5] He is especially known for close collaborations with director Peter Weir,[6] including two of those three DGA nominations. The DGA elected Curtiss to several terms as an Associate Member of its National Board of Directors (2011–2019).[7][8][9][10]
Curtiss also served as executive producer of Master and Commander. He and Oscar winner Barrie M. Osborne were among the lead producers who released the major Hispanic film Gloria (2014), a biopic about the controversial Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi.[11][12]
The DGA has recognized Curtiss for his long mentorship of assistant directors (ADs), unit production managers (UPMs), and production assistants (PAs). As he described in a 2004 forum spotlighting directorial teams: "It is called the 'director's team' and I think there's a reason for that... Currently my key 2nd is somebody who I've done ten films with but he started off as a set PA and then over the years moved up. Probably five of my former key 2nds are now out 1st AD-ing and production managing, so it's been a normal cycle of experience and knowledge; as they've gone up the ladder, other people have come to the fore."[6]
Filmography[edit]
Curtiss is credited for the following films:[1]
- Brian Banks (2018)
- Gloria (2014)
- World War Z (2013)
- Something Borrowed (2011)
- Love Ranch (2010)
- The Way Back (2010)
- First Sunday (2008)
- The Happening (2008)
- The Prestige (2006)
- Jarhead (2005)
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
- Peter Pan (2003)
- Dragonfly (2002)
- Cast Away (2000)
- The Perfect Storm (2000)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- Patch Adams (1998)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- The Devil's Own (1997)
- Michael (1996)
- Get Shorty (1995)
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- Waterworld (1995)
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- Intersection (1994)
- Fearless (1993)
- Consenting Adults (1992)
- For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
- For the Boys (1991)
- Green Card (1990)
- Taking Care of Business (1990)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Harlem Nights (1989)
- My Stepmother Is An Alien (1988)
- The Presidio (1988)
- Vibes (1988)
- A Tiger's Tale (1987)
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)
- Nothing in Common (1986)
- Clue (1985)
- Jagged Edge (1985)
- The Man With One Red Shoe (1985)
- 2010 (1984)
- Cloak & Dagger (1984)
- The Lonely Guy (1984)
- Max Dugan Returns (1983)
- Romantic Comedy (1983)
- I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
- Mommie Dearest (1981)
- Coast to Coast (1980)
- Heaven's Gate (1980)
- Grease (1978)
- Moment by Moment (1978)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Alan B. Curtiss". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "Alan B. Curtiss". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Higgins, Bill (January 25, 1999). "DGA combat-ready". Variety. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ McNary, Dave (January 24, 2000). "New kids at DGA". Variety. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film" (Press release). Directors Guild of America. January 6, 2004. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ a b "AD/UPMs in the Spotlight". Directors Guild of America. March 2004. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "National Board and Officers Elected" (Press release). Directors Guild of America. June 25, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "National Board and Officers Chosen" (Press release). Directors Guild of America. June 22, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "National Board and Officers Elected" (Press release). Directors Guild of America. June 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "National Board and Officers Chosen" (Press release). Directors Guild of America. June 24, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "Gloria Trevi Biopic To Go Ahead Without Authorization". Billboard. November 17, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ Hecht, John (March 24, 2014). "Universal Pictures Distributing Biopic 'Gloria'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
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