Todd Strauss-Schulson

Todd Strauss-Schulson (born June 24, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer, best known for directing the comedy film A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011), the horror comedy film The Final Girls (2015), and the romantic comedy film Isn't It Romantic (2019). He has also directed episodes of the television series The Inbetweeners (2012) and Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013). Early life Strauss-Schulson was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City on June 24, 1980. He has one younger sister named Caren. Strauss-Schulson is Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. He attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2003. Following his graduation, he moved to Los Angeles. Career Strauss-Schulson started his career directing short films such as Larceny (1997) and Backlash (1998). He then worked on music videos, which led to 6 months spent in China and Thailand, where he directed the third season of MTV Whatever Things (2005). The series became the most popular show on MTV Asia, with an international audience of over 250 million people. He has directed commercials and videos for the Academy Awards and the Emmy Awards, and clients including Pepsi, Lipton, Mountain Dew, Twix, The Early November, Nestlé, Microsoft, Old Spice, and Sierra Mist, among others.