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. 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, when he was approached by Imagine Entertainment co-founders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and he became Imagine's Vice President of Motion Pictures. after working at 20th Century Fox for three years where he produced Big Momma's House, they produced their first feature, Laws of Attraction. After the release of Little Miss Sunshine, which had been in production at Deep River Productions for six years, 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. He is also set to produce the upcoming projects Office Romance, Q School, and The Warden.

Personal life Friendly is the son of Jewish American journalist 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). His brother was producer Andy Friendly. He is married to film editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly.

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 Universal Pictures My Girl 2 Executive producer Howard Zieff February 11, 1994 Columbia Pictures Greedy Executive producer Jonathan Lynn March 1, 1994 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 Out to Sea Producer Martha Coolidge July 2, 1997 20th Century Fox Digging to China Producer Timothy Hutton July 16, 1997 Moonstone Entertainment Dr. Dolittle Producer Betty Thomas June 26, 1998 20th Century Fox Here on Earth Producer Mark Piznarski March 24, 2000 Big Momma's House Producer Raja Gosnell June 2, 2000 Regency Enterprises Laws of Attraction Producer Peter Howitt April 30, 2004 Mobius PicturesIntermediaDeep River ProductionsIrish DreamtimeInitial 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 DaytonValerie Faris August 18, 2006 Big BeachBona Fide ProductionsDeep River ProductionsThird 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. FriendlyMick Patridge August 7, 2015 AT&T Originals I.T. Producer John Moore September 23, 2016 Voltage PicturesIrish DreamtimeFriendly FilmsFastnet Films22h22 RLJ Entertainment The First to Do It Executive Producer Coocie SimmonsChike Ozah February 2018 Diario Films Drunk Parents Executive Producer Fred Wolf April 19, 2019 Vertical Entertainment DirecTV

Television Title Creator Role Start date Last date Season Episode(s) Production company Network Notes Queen of the South M.A. FortinJoshua John Miller Executive producer 5 63 Frequency FilmsFriendly FilmsFox 21 Television StudiosUniversal Content Productions USA Network