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McG
Producer
Male
Born
Aug 9, 1968
Age
44
Hometown
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Other Names
Joseph McGinty Ni...
Joseph McGinty Nichol, better known as McG, is an American film director, film and television producer, and former record producer. He began his career in the music industry, directing music videos and producing various albums. He later rose to prominence… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1968
Birth
Born on August 9, 1968.
TWENTIES
1995
26 Years Old
In 1995, McG produced Sugar Ray's first album and co-wrote several songs on their second, including their smash hit "Fly."
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1997
28 Years Old
In 1997, he was awarded the Billboard's Pop Video of the Year Award for Smash Mouth's "Walking on the Sun" and the Music Video Production Association's Pop Video of the Year Award for Sugar Ray's "Fly."
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THIRTIES
2000
31 Years Old
The film, for which he was paid $350,000, was released in 2000 and went on to gross over $250 million worldwide with mixed critical reception from critics and fans alike.
However, he won the Hollywood Breakthrough Award at the 6th Annual Hollywood Film Festival held in 2002.
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2003
34 Years Old
Warner Bros., still satisfied with his bankability, re-hired him to direct Superman: Flyby in April 2003 after Ratner had dropped out due to casting and pre-production difficulties.
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Along with Adam Brody, McG was next set to produce a remake of the cult comedy hit Revenge of the Nerds, planned for a release in 2007 with a budget of $12.5 million and filming to begin at Emory University.
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FORTIES
2009
40 Years Old
Although he promised fans that he would bring back credibility to the franchise, with the casting of Christian Bale and the personal talk with James Cameron, the film, released on May 21, 2009 in the United States and Canada, received the most negative reception out of all the films in the series.
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2010
41 Years Old
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Only the latter ended up airing on network TV, however, debuting on January 17, 2010, and ending after two seasons.
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2011
42 Years Old
The recent line-up of shows he's been attached to are Zombies vs. Vampires, a buddy cop series about two officers, one of whom is a vampire, that deal with "zombie crimes"; a private eye series named I, PI he co-developed with Paul Scheuring; and the web series Aim High, which is set to premiere on August 1, 2011 on Facebook.
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