Jody Hill is an American film director, producer and screenwriter from Concord, North Carolina. In 2006 he directed, co-wrote, co-produced, and co-starred in his first film The Foot Fist Way, which he based on his experience as a Taekwondo black belt and instructor. His foll...
The Catechism Cataclysm, Fight for Your Right Revisited, Observe and Report, Superbad, The Foot Fist Way, The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
TV Shows
Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals
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I'm not really trying to be too much of an actor or anything.
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Like, I'm a big fan of films from the '70s, like Cassavetes and things, where they just keep the dialogue really loose and just kind of roll, you know what I mean?
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I did little theater things growing up.
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I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films.
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I like writing my own stuff. If a book came along I would maybe do that.
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I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it.
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I don't see myself making comedies always.
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Has a third degree black belt in taekwondo.
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Attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with collaborators Ben Best and Danny McBride.
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