Tommy O'Haver

Biography

Tommy O'Haver is an American film director and screenwriter. He grew up in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism and Comparative Literature. During the mid-nineties, he attended the MFA Film program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.[1] While there, he directed shorts that appeared at major festivals, including Sundance and The New York Film Festival. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, featuring Sean Hayes, was O'Haver's directorial debut. The film focuses on a man, played by Hayes, who fixates on another man whose sexuality he doesn't know, played by Brad Rowe. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss played in competition at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. It is credited with helping Hayes win a role on the long running TV series Will and Grace. Get Over It starred Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana in a teen comedy about a school theater production. O'Haver's third film Ella Enchanted, features Anne Hathaway, in a modern take on the princess fairy tale. Catherine Keener, Ellen Page and James Franco star in An American Crime which premiered at Sundance in 2007. The film is …

Directed

1. Ella Enchanted (2004) — Director
2. An American Crime (2007) — Director
3. Get Over It (2001) — Director
4. The Most Hated Woman in America (2017) — Director
5. United States of Tara (2009) — Director
6. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998) — Director
7. The Loop (2006) — Director
8. 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019) — Director
9. Catalina (1994) — Director
10. One-Minute Musical (2019) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Get Over It (2001) — Love Matters Director
2. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self
3. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) — Self