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词条 Dan Mazer
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

  5. References

  6. External links

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Dan Mazer (born 1971) is a British screenwriter, producer, and comedian. He is best known as the long-time writing and production partner of Sacha Baron Cohen and has worked with him on such characters as Ali G and Borat. Mazer co-wrote and co-produced the films Ali G Indahouse (2002), Borat (2006) and Brüno (2009).

Early life

Mazer attended The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, where he met Baron Cohen.[1] He went on to read Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, and graduated in 1994. He was an active member of Cambridge Footlights while at university and was vice president from 1993 to 1994.

Career

His early work includes production roles on The Word, The Big Breakfast and The 11 O'Clock Show.

In 2007, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the film Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. He shared his nomination with Sacha Baron Cohen, Ant Hines, Peter Baynham, and Todd Phillips. They ended up losing to The Departed. He is currently co-writing Lost for Words with Jamie Curtis.

In 2013 he made his feature film directing debut with the British comedy I Give It a Year. He followed it with the 2016 American comedy Dirty Grandpa.

Personal life

He is married to television personality Daisy Donovan, with whom he has two daughters, Maisy[2] and Mini Ivy.[3]

Mazer is Jewish.[4][5]

Filmography

Films
Year Film DirectorWriterProducerNotes
2002Ali G Indahouse {{no}} {{yes}} {{yes}}
2006Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan {{no}} {{yes}}executive}}
2009Brüno {{no}} {{yes}} {{yes}}
2012The Dictator {{no}} {{no}}executive}}
2013I Give It a Year {{yes}} {{yes}} {{no}}
2016Dirty Grandpa {{yes}} {{no}} {{no}}
Bridget Jones's Baby {{no}} {{yes}} {{no}}
Office Christmas Party {{no}} {{yes}} {{no}}

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jun/07/sacha-baron-cohen-bruno-profile |title=Sacha Baron Cohen: The comic who is always in your face |author=Andrew Anthony |date=7 June 2009 |work=The Observer |accessdate=13 July 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2671478.ece |title=Daisy Donovan and her dead lucky break |author=Louise Cohen |date=20 October 2007 |work=The Times |accessdate=13 July 2009 | location=London}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/dan-mazer-interview-sacha-baron-cohens-partner-in-crime-on-dirty-grandpa-and-the-new-bridget-jones-a6838021.html|title=Dan Mazer interview: Sacha Baron Cohen's partner in crime on Dirty Grandpa and the new Bridget Jones film|work=The Independent|last=Jones|first=Alice|date=January 27, 2016|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/a-romcom-from-the-man-who-brought-you-borat-1.4150|title=A romcom from the man who brought you Borat|last=Applebaum|first=Stephen|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=February 7, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2017}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-ben-feldman-lauren-cohan-and-dan-mazer|title=Jews in the News: Ben Feldman, Lauren Cohan and Dan Mazer.|publisher=Tampa Jewish Community Centers & Federation|date=January 16, 2016|accessdate=April 25, 2017}}

External links

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  • Agency page at United Agents
  • {{IMDb name|563243}}
  • [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2007/mar/04/awardsandprizes.film "Win no friends and influence nobody"] (The Observer, 4 March 2007) – Mazer writes about his Academy Award nomination experience
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