Geoff LaTulippe

Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, California, LaTulippe was hired as a script reader at New Line Cinema, a job he was offered by his friend who worked at the studio. After working there for two years, he tired of the job, saying that it "start[ed] to suck away [my] creativity".^[1] In July 2008, he sold a spec script titled Going the Distance to New Line Cinema, a story based on his friend David Neustadter's previous long-term relationship.^[1] The film was ultimately directed by Nanette Burstein and released in September 2010. After selling his first screenplay, he quit his job as a script reader and became a full-time writer.^[1]

It was announced in 2009 that LaTulippe would write a film adaptation of Breathers: A Zombie's Lament, a novel by S. G. Browne, although the film is yet to go into production.^[2] In 2011, he was approached by the talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME) to create a humorous short film about their company.^[3] The result was Yom Kippur at WME, which starred J. B. Smoove.^[4] The short film's popularity snowballed and it caught the attention of Adam Goodman, the president of Paramount Film Group, who then contacted LaTulippe to offer him a job as a film director.^[3] In 2012 Paramount announced that LaTulippe would direct an as-yet unnamed film for the studio.^[3]

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• Geoff LaTulippe at IMDb