Jody Hill Biography

Fast Facts

• He and co-writers Ben Best and Danny McBride were nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for Episodic Comedy for "Eastbound & Down" in 2010
• Studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, N․C
• Had an office job as an assistant water carrier that he quite the day he found out "Fist Foot Way" had gotten into the Sundance Film Festival
• Started his career as a story editor on reality television shows like "The Mole․"
• Quote: "I don't set out to make a character likeable․ I like to see the dirt in the character as well as the shine․"
• Quote: "I think if you're really pushing the envelope, you have to not include everybody, if that makes sense․ Or else it's not really pushing the envelope․"
• Made a name for himself by teaming up with his college buddies Danny McBride and Ben Best to co-write such comedies as the low budget film "The Foot Fist Way" and the HBO comedy "Eastbound and Down․"
• Often writes characters who are outsiders in some way, sometimes with strong, delusional belief in their abilities
• Some of his favorite movies are "King of Comedy" and "Taxi Driver․"
• When he was young, he did martial arts and acting as hobbies