David T. Friendly

David T. Friendly (born May 1, 1956) is an American film producer best known for co-producing the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
== Career ==
After graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1978, Friendly became a journalist, a staff writer at newsmagazine Newsweek.[1]He moved to the Los Angeles Times in 1985 where he wrote about the entertainment industry and had a weekly column exploring the business side of the film industry until 1987,[2] when he was approached by Imagine Entertainment co-founders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and he became Imagine's Vice President of Motion Pictures.[1] With Imagine, he executive produced My Girl, My Girl 2, For Love or Money, Greedy, and The Chamber. In 1994, Friendly joined Davis Entertainment as President, where he produced Daylight and Digging to China, as well as overseeing the development and production of many other Davis films. With his own independent company, Friendly Productions, he has produced the 2000 film Here on Earth.[1] Friendly and producer/financier Marc Turtletaub founded Deep River Productions in September 2000 and,[3] after working at 20th Century Fox for three years where he produced Big Momma's House, they produced their first feature, Laws of Attraction.[1]
Friendly went on to produce Duane Hopwood, The Honeymooners and Big Momma's House 2 with Deep River under different labels before producing the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine with Turtletaub, Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger and Peter Saraf, for which they were all nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and a BAFTA Award for Best Film, as well as winning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature and a PGA Award for a Theatrical Motion Picture.[4][5] After the release of Little Miss Sunshine, which had been in production at Deep River Productions for six years,[2] Friendly and Turtletaub split and left the company to work elsewhere and Friendly made a two-year producing deal with 20th Century Fox that landed him producing roles on the 2008 film Meet Dave and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.[4] He is also set to produce the upcoming projects Office Romance, Q School, and The Warden.[4]
== Personal life ==
Friendly is the son of Fred W. Friendly, the president of CBS News from 1964 to 1966, whom George Clooney portrayed in the 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck.[2] His brother is fellow producer Andy Friendly.[4] He is married to film editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly.[1]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Title 	Role 	Director 	Release date 	Co-production 	Production company 	Notes
My Girl 	Executive producer	Howard Zieff 	November 27, 1991 	Imagine Entertainment	Columbia Pictures 	
For Love or Money 	Executive producer	Barry Sonnenfeld	October 1, 1993 	Imagine Entertainment	Universal Pictures 	
My Girl 2 	Executive producer	Howard Zieff 	February 11, 1994 	Imagine Entertainment	Columbia Pictures 	
Greedy 	Executive producer	Jonathan Lynn 	March 1, 1994 	Imagine Entertainment	Universal Pictures 	
Courage Under Fire 	Producer 	Edward Zwick 	July 12, 1996 	Davis Entertainment 	20th Century Fox 	
The Chamber 	Executive producer	James Foley 	October 11, 1996 	Imagine Entertainment	Universal Pictures 	
Daylight 	Producer 	Rob Cohen 	December 6, 1996 	Davis Entertainment 	Universal Pictures 	
Out to Sea 	Producer 	Martha Coolidge 	July 2, 1997 	Davis Entertainment 	20th Century Fox 	
Dr. Dolittle 	Producer 	Betsy Thomas 	June 26, 1998 	Davis Entertainment 	20th Century Fox 	
Digging to China 	Producer 	Timothy Hutton 	September 11, 1998	 	Moonstone Entertainment 	
Here on Earth 	Producer 	Mark Piznarski 	March 24, 2000 	 	20th Century Fox 	
Big Momma's House 	Producer 	Raja Gosnell 	June 2, 2000 	Regency Enterprises 	20th Century Fox 	
Laws of Attraction 	Producer 	Peter Howitt 	April 30, 2004 	Mobius Pictures
Intermedia
Deep River Productions
Irish Dreamtime
Initial Entertainment Group	New Line Cinema 	
The Honeymooners 	Producer 	John Schultz 	June 10, 2005 	 	Paramount Pictures 	
Duane Hopwood 	Producer 	Matt Mulhern 	November 11, 2005 	Big Beach 	IFC Films 	
Big Momma's House 2 	Producer 	John Whitesell 	January 27, 2006 	Regency Enterprises 	20th Century Fox 	
Little Miss Sunshine 	Producer 	Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris	August 18, 2006 	Big Beach
Bona Fide Productions
Deep River Productions
Third Gear Productions	Fox Searchlight Pictures	
Meet Dave 	Producer 	Brian Robbins 	July 11, 2008 	Regency Enterprises 	20th Century Fox 	
Soul Men 	Producer 	Malcolm D. Lee 	November 7, 2008 	Dimension Films 	MGM 	
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son	Producer 	John Whitesell 	February 18, 2011 	Regency Enterprises 	20th Century Fox 	
Sneakerheadz 	Producer 	David T. Friendly
Mick Patridge	August 7, 2015 	 	AT&T Originals 	
I.T. 	Producer 	John Moore 	September 23, 2016	Voltage Pictures
Irish Dreamtime
Friendly Films
Fastnet Films
22h22	RLJ Entertainment 	
Category:American film producers