Curated playlist
Film producers from Texas
- Wes AndersonWes Anderson has said his first ambition was to be a writer, not a director. He grew up making silent films.
- Matthew McConaugheyMatthew McConaughey, the American actor, won the part that launched his career by walking up to a stranger in a hotel bar. At the time he was a film student at the University of Texas in Austin. He had gone out with his girlfriend to the…
- Matt HullumMatt Hullum voices Sarge in the online series Red vs. Blue. He also co-founded the company behind it, Rooster Teeth.
- Taylor SheridanTaylor Sheridan was born Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr. on the 21st of May 1970, and he turned forty before he moved into screenwriting. For years he made his living in front of cameras, taking supporting parts in other people's shows. Today…
- Robert RodriguezRobert Rodriguez paid for his first feature by joining medical testing studies. El Mariachi cost $7,000 in 1992.
- Jennifer GarnerIn August 2018, Jennifer Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Variety praised her "radiant likability" and said she was second only to Tom Hanks. Garner is an American actress, and that honor capped a career with an…
- Hilary DuffHilary Duff was a child actor cast in the pilot of the NBC comedy Daddio, and producers removed her from the cast before it aired. A week later she won the title role in a new Disney Channel series. Years after that, in 2026, Time named…
- Scott CawthonScott Cawthon, an American game developer, once made computer games that brought in about $40 or $50 each month. That figure comes from a profile by Calum Marsh in The New York Times. Cawthon later created Five Nights at Freddy's, a horror…
- Justin SimienDirector Justin Simien paid for a film trailer with his own tax refund. Fans then gave $40,000 toward a $25,000 goal.
- Mark CubanIn 2002, Mark Cuban told the world that the NBA's manager of officials, Ed T. Rush, "wouldn't be able to manage a Dairy Queen." The restaurant chain took offense. Its management answered with an invitation to prove the point. Cuban…