Nicholas Stoller
Biography
Nicholas Stoller is a British-American filmmaker and writer born on March 19, 1976, in London, England. He is known for directing several comedy films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008, Get Him to the Greek in 2010, The Five-Year Engagement in 2012, Neighbors in 2014, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in 2016, and Bros in 2022. Additionally, he co-wrote the screenplays for Fun with Dick and Jane in 2005, Yes Man in 2008, The Muppets in 2011, Muppets Most Wanted in 2014, and Sex Tape in 2014. His television work includes co-creating the series The Carmichael Show, which aired from 2015 to 2017, Friends from College from 2017 to 2019, and Platonic, which began in 2023.
Career overview
Nicholas Stoller is a British-American filmmaker born on March 19, 1976, in London, England. He is best known for directing several comedy films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008, its spin-off or sequel Get Him to the Greek in 2010, The Five-Year Engagement in 2012, Neighbors in 2014, its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in 2016, and Bros in 2022.
In addition to his directing work, Stoller has co-written the screenplays for multiple feature films. His writing credits include Fun with Dick and Jane in 2005, Yes Man in 2008, The Muppets in 2011, its sequel Muppets Most Wanted in 2014, and Sex Tape in 2014.
Stoller has also worked extensively in television. He co-created the television series The Carmichael Show, which ran from 2015 to 2017, Friends from College, which aired from 2017 to 2019, and Platonic, which began in 2023.
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- Animal Farm (2026) Producer
- Animal Farm (2026) Writer
- The Studio (2025) as Nicholas Stoller
- Goosebumps: The Vanishing (2025) Executive Producer
- Goosebumps: The Vanishing (2025) Creator
- You're Cordially Invited (2025) Director
- You're Cordially Invited (2025) Producer
- You're Cordially Invited (2025) Writer
- Incoming (2024) Producer
- Platonic (2023) Writer
- Platonic (2023) Director
- Platonic (2023) Executive Producer
- Platonic (2023) Creator
- Goosebumps (2023) Writer
- Goosebumps (2023) Executive Producer
- Goosebumps (2023) Creator
- DC League of Super-Pets (2022) Executive Producer
- Bros (2022) Writer
- Bros (2022) Director
- Bros (2022) Producer
- Panhandle (2022) Creator
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) Screenplay
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) Story
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) Creative Consultant
- Smallfoot (2018) Executive Producer
- Night School (2018) Writer
- The Lego Batman Movie (2017) Creative Consultant
- Friends from College (2017) Writer
- Friends from College (2017) Director
- Friends from College (2017) Executive Producer
- Friends from College (2017) Creator
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) Screenplay
- Storks (2016) Producer
- Storks (2016) Director
- Storks (2016) Writer
- Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) Director
- Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) Writer
- Zoolander 2 (2016) Writer
- The Grinder (2015) Executive Producer
- The Carmichael Show (2015) Writer
- The Carmichael Show (2015) Executive Producer
- The Carmichael Show (2015) Creator
- Sex Tape (2014) Screenplay
- Neighbors (2014) Director
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014) Executive Producer
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014) Writer
- The Five-Year Engagement (2012) Director
- The Five-Year Engagement (2012) Screenplay
- The Five-Year Engagement (2012) Producer
- Entry Level (2012) Writer
- Entry Level (2012) Director
- The Muppets (2011) Writer
- The Muppets (2011) Executive Producer
- Gulliver's Travels (2010) Screenplay
- Get Him to the Greek (2010) Writer
- Get Him to the Greek (2010) Director
- Get Him to the Greek (2010) Producer
- Yes Man (2008) Screenplay
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Director
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) Screenplay
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) Story
- Charlie Lawrence (2003) Writer
- Undeclared (2001) Writer
- Undeclared (2001) Story Editor
- Strangers with Candy (1999) Writer
- Judgment Day Screenplay
- Judgment Day Director
- Judgment Day Producer