Doug Atchison
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Doug Atchison has built a career as a screenwriter working in the part of the industry that stays out of frame. 'Brian Banks' is the other project that tends to come up. Whatever else appears, drama runs through the filmography. The credit list stands at 4 titles. Anyone who knows the name knows it from 'Akeelah and the Bee'.
Doug Atchison
4 Movies
Doug Atchison has built a career as a screenwriter working in the part of the industry that stays out of frame. 'Brian Banks' is the other project that tends to come up. Whatever else appears, drama runs through the filmography. The credit list stands at 4 titles. Anyone who knows the name knows it from 'Akeelah and the Bee'.
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How old is Doug Atchison?
Doug Atchison is 51 years old, born on October 20, 1974.
What are the most famous roles of Doug Atchison?
Doug Atchison is best known for directing Akeelah and the Bee, Brian Banks, The Pornographer.
How many movies has Doug Atchison directed?
Over a 27-year career (since 1999), Doug Atchison has directed or written 4 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Doug Atchison's first movie?
The career of Doug Atchison began with The Pornographer (1999).
What is Doug Atchison's most recent movie or series?
Doug Atchison's most recent release is Brian Banks, which premiered on August 9, 2019.
Doug Atchison
1974-10-20
Doug Atchison is an American motion picture director and screenwriter. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for Akeelah and the Bee in 2000.
After winning the Nicholl Fellowship, former ICM superagent Lou Pitt guided Doug's screenplay into production in partnership with Lions Gate Entertainment, 2929 Entertainment, and Starbucks Productions. Akeelah and the Bee went on to become a critical and modest commercial success, which launched Atchison's career. In 2006, Atchison entered into a three-picture deal with The Weinstein Company.
Atchison graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.Doug Atchison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia