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David Gordon Green American Filmmaker

Green, one of four children, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and grew up in Richardson, Texas. His mother, Jean Ann (née Hunter), was a Lamaze instructor, and his father, Hubert Gordon Green, Jr., was the dean of a medical school. Green attended Richardson High School, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied film directing.

He currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina. David Gordon Green is an American film producer. Green began his career in 1997 and rose to fame in the independent film George Washington (2000). He directed two additional independent dramas, All the Real Girls (2003) and Snow Angels (2007), as well as the thriller Undertow (2004), all of which he wrote or co-wrote.

In 2008, Green moved into Hollywood studio comedy, directing the films Pineapple Express (2008), Your Highness, and The Sitter (both 2011). He briefly returned to his dramatic roots with the independent films Prince Avalanche (2013), Joe (2013), and Manglehorn (2014).

Green has also directed episodes of the comedy series Eastbound & Down (2009–2013), Red Oaks (2014–17), Vice Principals (2016–17), and The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present), all of which He has directed. Has also served as an executive producer.

Green later directed the Christmas comedy Nutcrackers, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Green said of the film; “This film is a lot of things. It’s a comedy, it’s a drama, it’s a horror movie. But for me, it’s a reason to dance, you know, I just wanted to start moving, move my body a little bit, and go out into the field and kill some pigs.”