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{{Short description|American screenwriter and director}}
{{Short description|American screenwriter and director}}
'''Andy Fickman''' is an American [[film director]], [[film producer]], [[screenwriter]], [[television director]], [[television producer]], and [[theatre director]]. His credits as a theater director include the premiere of the [[Reefer Madness (musical)|''Reefer Madness!'']] musical,<ref>{{cite web|title=Foley, Kathleen. "Stop Laughing--This is Serious." ''Los Angeles Times'' 20 July 2000.|url=http://www.reefermadness.org/critics/andyfick.html|access-date=2009-05-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090427124100/http://www.reefermadness.org/critics/andyfick.html| archive-date= 27 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> the first [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] production of the play ''[[Jewtopia]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Jewtopia Florida Production |publisher=JEWTOPIA |url=http://www.jewtopiaplay.com/florida/reviews.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050511082343/http://www.jewtopiaplay.com/florida/reviews.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-05-11 |access-date=2009-04-23 }}</ref> and the Los Angeles, Off-Broadway and London productions of ''[[Heathers: The Musical]]''.
'''Andy Fickman''' is an American [[film director|filmmaker]]. His credits as a theater director include the premiere of the [[Reefer Madness (musical)|''Reefer Madness!'']] musical,<ref>{{cite web|title=Foley, Kathleen. "Stop Laughing--This is Serious." ''Los Angeles Times'' 20 July 2000.|url=http://www.reefermadness.org/critics/andyfick.html|access-date=2009-05-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090427124100/http://www.reefermadness.org/critics/andyfick.html| archive-date= 27 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> the first [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] production of the play ''[[Jewtopia]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Jewtopia Florida Production |publisher=JEWTOPIA |url=http://www.jewtopiaplay.com/florida/reviews.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050511082343/http://www.jewtopiaplay.com/florida/reviews.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-05-11 |access-date=2009-04-23 }}</ref> and the Los Angeles, Off-Broadway and London productions of ''[[Heathers: The Musical]]''.


He made his screen directing debut in 2002 with the teen sex comedy [[Who's Your Daddy? (film)|''Who's Your Daddy?'']]. The film was released directly to DVD in 2005.
He made his screen directing debut in 2002 with the teen sex comedy [[Who's Your Daddy? (film)|''Who's Your Daddy?'']]. The film was released directly to DVD in 2005.


He is formerly the director and producer of ''[[Internet Icon]]'' on [[YouTube]], as well as the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Kevin Can Wait]]''. He also has a production company entitled Oops Doughnuts Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/andy-fickman|title=Andy Fickman|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
He is formerly the director and producer of ''[[Internet Icon]]'' on [[YouTube]], as well as the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Kevin Can Wait]]''. He also has a production company entitled Oops Doughnuts Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/andy-fickman|title=Andy Fickman|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2 October 2013 }}</ref>

He directed comedy films ''[[She's the Man]]'' (2006), ''[[The Game Plan (film)|The Game Plan]]'' (2007), ''[[Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2]]'' (2015) and ''[[Playing with Fire (2019 film)|Playing with Fire]]'' (2019). In 2021, he directed the first season of a [[NASCAR]] workplace comedy series ''[[The Crew (2021 TV series)|The Crew]]'' on [[Netflix]].


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Fickman, who originates from [[Midland, Texas]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Temple | first = Georgia | title = She's the man | url = https://www.mrt.com/news/article/She-s-the-man-7615615.php | work = [[Midland Reporter-Telegram]] | date = March 16, 2006 | access-date = February 13, 2019}}</ref> moved with his family to Houston in 1974, and went to [[Lee High School (Houston, Texas)]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Samuels | first = Jeanne F. | url = http://jhvonline.com/a-winning-team-andy-fickman-directs-the-game-plan-p3194.htm | title = A Winning Team: Andy Fickman Directs "The Game Plan" | access-date = February 13, 2019 | date = September 20, 2007 | work = [[Jewish Herald-Voice]]}}</ref> Fickman is a graduate of [[Texas Tech University]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/alumni/outstanding/past/ | title = 1981-2008 Outstanding Alumni | access-date = February 13, 2019 | publisher = [[Texas Tech University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Andy Fickman | publisher = [[Texas Tech University]] | url = http://www.depts.ttu.edu/masscom/alumni/outstandalumni/2007outstanding/andyfickman.php | access-date = February 17, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204530/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/masscom/alumni/outstandalumni/2007outstanding/andyfickman.php | archive-date = March 8, 2012}}</ref> and a member of [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite book | title = Texas Tech University - La Ventana | publisher = [[La Ventana (yearbook)|La Ventana]] | page = 353 | year = 1987 | url = http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Texas_Tech_University_La_Ventana_Yearbook/1987/Page_353.html | access-date = February 13, 2019}}</ref> He was raised in [[Conservative Judaism]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Mann | first = Iris | url = http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood/article/holiday_films_that_provoke_and_some_just_for_fun | title = Holiday films that provoke, (and Some Just for Fun) &#124; Hollywood | publisher = Jewish Journal | date = November 21, 2012 | access-date = November 17, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, he was honored with the Alumni of the Year award by [[United Synagogue Youth]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} In 2008, he started Oops Doughnuts Productions with a first look deal at Disney.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Michael|date=2008-09-24|title=Disney, Fickman ink first-look deal|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/features/disney-fickman-ink-first-look-deal-1117992723/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
Fickman, who originates from [[Midland, Texas]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Temple | first = Georgia | title = She's the man | url = https://www.mrt.com/news/article/She-s-the-man-7615615.php | work = [[Midland Reporter-Telegram]] | date = March 16, 2006 | access-date = February 13, 2019 | archive-date = February 13, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190213193102/https://www.mrt.com/news/article/She-s-the-man-7615615.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> moved with his family to Houston in 1974, and went to [[Lee High School (Houston, Texas)]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Samuels | first = Jeanne F. | url = http://jhvonline.com/a-winning-team-andy-fickman-directs-the-game-plan-p3194.htm | title = A Winning Team: Andy Fickman Directs "The Game Plan" | access-date = February 13, 2019 | date = September 20, 2007 | work = [[Jewish Herald-Voice]]}}</ref> Fickman is a graduate of [[Texas Tech University]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/alumni/outstanding/past/ | title = 1981-2008 Outstanding Alumni | access-date = February 13, 2019 | publisher = [[Texas Tech University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Andy Fickman | publisher = [[Texas Tech University]] | url = http://www.depts.ttu.edu/masscom/alumni/outstandalumni/2007outstanding/andyfickman.php | access-date = February 17, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204530/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/masscom/alumni/outstandalumni/2007outstanding/andyfickman.php | archive-date = March 8, 2012}}</ref> and a member of [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite book | title = Texas Tech University - La Ventana | publisher = [[La Ventana (yearbook)|La Ventana]] | page = 353 | year = 1987 | url = http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Texas_Tech_University_La_Ventana_Yearbook/1987/Page_353.html | access-date = February 13, 2019}}</ref> He was raised in [[Conservative Judaism]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Mann | first = Iris | url = http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood/article/holiday_films_that_provoke_and_some_just_for_fun | title = Holiday films that provoke, (and Some Just for Fun) &#124; Hollywood | publisher = Jewish Journal | date = November 21, 2012 | access-date = November 17, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, he was honored with the Alumni of the Year award by [[United Synagogue Youth]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} In 2008, he started Oops Doughnuts Productions with a first look deal at Disney.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Michael|date=2008-09-24|title=Disney, Fickman ink first-look deal|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/features/disney-fickman-ink-first-look-deal-1117992723/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>


On October 8, 2016, Fickman married Kristen Elizabeth Gura, aunt of two-term Georgetown Phantoms president Gaby Gura, in Kristen's hometown of Rochester, Minnesota.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
On October 8, 2016, Fickman married Kristen Elizabeth Gura, aunt of two-term Georgetown Phantoms president Gaby Gura, in Kristen's hometown of Rochester, Minnesota.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
===Films===
===Film===
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| 2012
|rowspan=2|2012
| ''[[Jewtopia (film)|Jewtopia]]''
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| ''[[Parental Guidance (film)|Parental Guidance]]''
| ''[[Parental Guidance (film)|Parental Guidance]]''
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|rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2]]''
| ''[[Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2]]''
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| {{no}}
| Nominated- [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director]]
| Nominated- [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director]]
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| ''[[Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
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| 2019
| 2019
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| 2023
| ''[[One True Loves]]''
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| 2024
| ''Don't Turn Out the Lights''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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'''Producer'''
'''Production executive'''
* ''[[Funny About Love]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Another You]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Hocus Pocus (1993 film)|Hocus Pocus]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Man of the House (1995 film)|Man of the House]]'' (1995)

'''Associate producer'''
* ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]'' (1997)

===Television===
'''TV movies'''
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! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title
! Director
! Notes
! Executive<br>Producer
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| 1990
| 2005
| ''[[Reefer Madness (2005 film)|Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical]]''
| ''[[Funny About Love]]''
| {{yes}}
|rowspan=4| Production Executive
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
| 1991
| 2021
| ''[[Another You]]''
| ''[[Christmas...Again?!]]''
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1993
| {{no}}
| ''[[Hocus Pocus (1993 film)|Hocus Pocus]]''
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Man of the House (1995 film)|Man of the House]]''
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Anaconda (film)|Anaconda]]''
| Associate producer
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Jewtopia (film)|Jewtopia]]''
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| 2015
| ''[[Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse]]''
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|-
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|}


'''TV series'''
===Television===
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! Director
! Executive<br>Producer
! Executive<br>Producer
! Production<br>Executive
! Notes
! Notes
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| 1993
| ''[[Gypsy (1993 film)|Gypsy]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| rowspan="2" | TV Movie
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Reefer Madness (2005 film)|Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
| 2007
| 2007
| ''[[Aliens in America]]''
| ''[[Aliens in America]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| rowspan="2" | 1 episode
| rowspan="2" | 1 episode
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| ''[[Hellcats]]''
| ''[[Hellcats]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{yes}}
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| 9 episodes
| 9 episodes
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Directed 32 episodes
| Directed 32 episodes
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| ''[[Austin & Ally]]''
| ''[[Austin & Ally]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| rowspan="3" | 1 episode
| rowspan="3" | 1 episode
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| ''[[Recovery Road (TV series)|Recovery Road]]''
| ''[[Recovery Road (TV series)|Recovery Road]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
| ''[[The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''
| ''[[The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| All episodes
| All episodes
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| ''[[No Good Nick]]''
| ''[[No Good Nick]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 4 episodes
| 4 episodes
|-
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Crew (2021 TV series)|The Crew]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| All episodes
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Wizards Beyond Waverly Place]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 2 episodes
|}
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Latest revision as of 04:20, 16 November 2024

Andy Fickman is an American filmmaker. His credits as a theater director include the premiere of the Reefer Madness! musical,[1] the first Los Angeles production of the play Jewtopia,[2] and the Los Angeles, Off-Broadway and London productions of Heathers: The Musical.

He made his screen directing debut in 2002 with the teen sex comedy Who's Your Daddy?. The film was released directly to DVD in 2005.

He is formerly the director and producer of Internet Icon on YouTube, as well as the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait. He also has a production company entitled Oops Doughnuts Productions.[3]

He directed comedy films She's the Man (2006), The Game Plan (2007), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) and Playing with Fire (2019). In 2021, he directed the first season of a NASCAR workplace comedy series The Crew on Netflix.

Personal life

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Fickman, who originates from Midland, Texas,[4] moved with his family to Houston in 1974, and went to Lee High School (Houston, Texas).[5] Fickman is a graduate of Texas Tech University[6][7] and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.[8] He was raised in Conservative Judaism.[9] In 2013, he was honored with the Alumni of the Year award by United Synagogue Youth.[citation needed] In 2008, he started Oops Doughnuts Productions with a first look deal at Disney.[10]

On October 8, 2016, Fickman married Kristen Elizabeth Gura, aunt of two-term Georgetown Phantoms president Gaby Gura, in Kristen's hometown of Rochester, Minnesota.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes
2002 Who's Your Daddy? Yes No Yes Direct-to-video
2006 She's the Man Yes No No
2007 The Game Plan Yes No No
2009 Race to Witch Mountain Yes No No
2010 You Again Yes Yes No
2012 Jewtopia No Yes No
Parental Guidance Yes No No
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Yes No No Nominated- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse No Yes No
2019 Playing with Fire Yes No No
2023 One True Loves Yes Yes No
2024 Don't Turn Out the Lights Yes Yes Yes

Production executive

Associate producer

Television

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TV movies

Year Title Director Executive
Producer
2005 Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Yes Yes
2021 Christmas...Again?! Yes No

TV series

Year Title Director Executive
Producer 		Notes
2007 Aliens in America Yes No 1 episode
2011 Hellcats Yes No
2012 Internet Icon No Yes 9 episodes
2013–2017 Liv and Maddie Yes Yes Directed 32 episodes
2015 Austin & Ally Yes No 1 episode
2016 Recovery Road Yes No
The Odd Couple Yes No
2016–2018 Kevin Can Wait Yes Yes All episodes
2019 No Good Nick Yes No 4 episodes
2021 The Crew Yes Yes All episodes
2024 Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Yes Yes 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Foley, Kathleen. "Stop Laughing--This is Serious." Los Angeles Times 20 July 2000". Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  2. ^ "Jewtopia Florida Production". JEWTOPIA. Archived from the original on 2005-05-11. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  3. ^ "Andy Fickman". Variety. 2 October 2013.
  4. ^ Temple, Georgia (March 16, 2006). "She's the man". Midland Reporter-Telegram. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Samuels, Jeanne F. (September 20, 2007). "A Winning Team: Andy Fickman Directs "The Game Plan"". Jewish Herald-Voice. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "1981-2008 Outstanding Alumni". Texas Tech University. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "Andy Fickman". Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  8. ^ Texas Tech University - La Ventana. La Ventana. 1987. p. 353. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  9. ^ Mann, Iris (November 21, 2012). "Holiday films that provoke, (and Some Just for Fun) | Hollywood". Jewish Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  10. ^ Fleming, Michael (2008-09-24). "Disney, Fickman ink first-look deal". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
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