Todd Phillips is an American filmmaker. Phillips began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as
Road Trip,
Old School,
Starsky & Hutch, and
School for Scoundrels. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing
The Hangover film series. In 2019, he co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller film
Joker, based on the DC Comics character of the same name, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where it received the top prize, the Golden Lion.
Joker went on to earn Phillips three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with his co-writer Scott Silver, his second, third, and fourth Academy Award nominations after also being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for
Borat at the 79th Academy Awards.