 |
Stephen Herek | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 10, 1958 San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Film producer and Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Notable work | Critters Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure The Mighty Ducks The Three Musketeers Mr. Holland's Opus 101 Dalmatians |
Stephen Herek (born November 10, 1958) is an American film director. Herek was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin.
His career as a film director took off in 1986 with the cult horror classic Critters followed by the hit comedy Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989. [1] He then directed Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead in 1991 and became a regular director for The Walt Disney Company throughout the decade, helming The Mighty Ducks in 1992, The Three Musketeers in 1993, [2] the highly successful live-action 1996 remake of 101 Dalmatians starring Glenn Close, and the Eddie Murphy comedy Holy Man in 1998. He also directed the critically acclaimed drama Mr. Holland's Opus in 1995.
In the 2000s, Herek directed the 2001 movie Rock Star , a film about a rockstar wannabe and his favorite rock group, Steel Dragon, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. After the underwhelming performances of Life or Something Like It in 2002 and Man of the House in 2005, Herek has stayed mainly in the television and direct-to-DVD market, helming films like Picture This , Into the Blue 2: The Reef , and The Chaperone , as well as two Dolly Parton TV specials.
Director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Critters | Also writer |
| 1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | |
| 1991 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | |
| 1992 | The Mighty Ducks | |
| 1993 | The Three Musketeers | |
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | |
| 1998 | Holy Man | Also producer |
| 1999 | Black Sabbath: Time Machine | Short film/music video |
| 2001 | Rock Star | |
| 2002 | Life or Something Like It | |
| 2005 | Man of the House | |
| 2008 | Picture This | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Dead Like Me: Life After Death | |
| 2009 | Into the Blue 2: The Reef | |
| 2011 | The Chaperone | |
| 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | |
| 2021 | Afterlife of the Party | |
| 2023 | Dog Gone | |
| 2024 | Our Little Secret | Post-production [3] |
Executive producer
TV movies
TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Mind of the Married Man | Episode "The Pony Ride" |
| 2013 | Dallas | Episode: "False Confessions" |
| Lucky 7 | Episode "All In" | |
| 2014 | Betrayal | Episode "Sharper Than a Serpant's Tooth..." |
| 2015 | Rush Hour | Episode "The Dark Night" |
| 2015–2016 | Hawaii Five-0 | 3 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | MacGyver | 7 episodes Also co-executive producer of 40 episodes |
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. Widely considered to be one of the top cultural icons in American history, after achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s, before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records.
9 to 5 is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Colin Higgins, who wrote the screenplay with Patricia Resnick. It stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with and overthrowing the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss, played by Dabney Coleman.
Deborah Kaye Allen is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. She has won a Golden Globe Award, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991.
Pamela K. Long is an American writer and executive producer. Long won several Emmys for her work on CBS soap opera Guiding Light from 1983 to 1990. She was also writer and executive producer on the NBC film Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors.
Rhinestone is a 1984 American musical comedy film directed by Bob Clark from a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson and starring Stallone, Dolly Parton, Richard Farnsworth and Ron Leibman. It is based on the 1975 hit song "Rhinestone Cowboy" written by Larry Weiss. Although a critical and financial failure, the film spawned two top 10 country hits for Parton.
Stella Mae Parton is an American country singer and songwriter widely known for a series of country singles that charted during the mid-to-late-1970s, her biggest hit being "I Want to Hold You in My Dreams Tonight" in 1975. She is a younger sister of singer-songwriter Dolly Parton and an older sister of the late Randy Parton and former actress Rachel Parton George.
A Smoky Mountain Christmas is a 1986 American made-for-television musical fantasy film starring Dolly Parton and Lee Majors, directed by Henry Winkler. It was originally broadcast on ABC on December 14, 1986.
Michael T. Boyd is a costume designer from Texas. A graduate of Texas A&I University, Boyd specializes in period films, and has provided costumes for a number of films, TV miniseries, and other productions, including:
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a 1982 American musical comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Colin Higgins. An adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical of the same name, the film stars Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Jim Nabors, Charles Durning and Dom DeLuise.
Blue Valley Songbird is a 1999 American made-for-television musical drama film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring Dolly Parton. It was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee and originally premiered on Lifetime on November 1, 1999.
The Chasing RainbowsMuseum was a museum based on the country music singer Dolly Parton. It is located in the Dollywood theme park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States.
Wild Texas Wind is a 1991 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joan Tewkesbury and starring Dolly Parton, Gary Busey, and Ray Benson. Parton co-wrote the story with Mark Kiracofe, as well as multiple songs from the film with Benson. The film was produced by Sandollar Productions.
Kelli Berglund is an American actress. She is known for portraying Bree Davenport in the Disney XD series Lab Rats/Lab Rats: Elite Force and also guest starred in its spinoff Mighty Med. In 2014, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie How to Build a Better Boy, where she portrays Mae Hartley. Berglund starred as Carly Carson in the 2019 Starz television drama series Now Apocalypse. She has also played the lead in two sports-themed films set in Australia, 2016's Raising the Bar and 2018's Going for Gold. She stars as Crystal in the 2021 Starz drama television series Heels.
Alyvia Alyn Lind is an American actress. She played the roles of Faith Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2011 to 2021, 9-year-old Dolly Parton in the made-for-television movies Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors and Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love, Angelica Green in the 2019 Netflix series Daybreak, and Lexy Cross in the 2021 SyFy/USA Network horror television series Chucky.
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors is a 2015 American made-for-television drama film based on a true story by Dolly Parton, written by Pamela K. Long and directed by Stephen Herek. The film premiered on NBC on December 10, 2015. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love is a 2016 American made-for-television drama film based on a true story by Dolly Parton, written by Pamela K. Long and directed by Stephen Herek. The film is a sequel to Coat of Many Colors and premiered on NBC on November 30, 2016.
"Circle of Love" is a song written by country singer Dolly Parton. It was recorded by country singer Jennifer Nettles and included on her 2016 album To Celebrate Christmas.
Dolly Parton is an American country singer, songwriter and actress. She has appeared in twelve theatrically released films and has made over 400 appearances on television.
Yor-El Francis is a Liberian–American filmmaker and film producer. He is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed award-winning film, Murder in the Cassava Patch (2012).
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
