Frank Coraci

Birth Name:

Frank Anthony Coraci

Birth Place:

Shirley, New York, United States

Profession

Director, Actor, Producer, Writer

Decided to be a director after an insightful presentation on "It's a Wonderful Life" by a college professor
Started his career directing travel documentaries for Globus World Tours, visiting such locations as the Great Wall of China, the Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands
Quote: "I always knew I had some sort of creative bone in me and so I went to New York City․ I was from a small town and I just went to NYU because I thought: There's got to be something cool to do there․"
Best known for comedy film collaborations with Adam Sandler, who was one of his classmates at New York University
His production company, Spanknyce Film, develops comedy, science fiction and graphic novel based film, television and video game projects
Cited George Roy Hill as his favorite filmmaker and "The World According to Garp" as his favorite film
Has stated that if he weren't a director, he would DJ professionally, something that in reality he does as a hobby

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