Official Semi Pro Movie Director Kent Alterman: Top Family Sport Movie Titles and Best Fantasies of 2008
Kent Alterman (Director): Kent Alterman recently completed production on his directorial debut Semi-Pro, a feature starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson and Andre Benjamin. The 1976-set comedy is a fictionalized account of the Flint Michigan Tropics as they fight to be one of the four American Basketball Association teams to merge with the NBA. New Line Cinema will release the film in February of 2008.
A veteran development executive, Alterman had been with New Line since 2001, and most recently served as Executive Vice President of Production for the studio. While at New Line, Alterman oversaw a diverse slate of projects including the blockbuster Christmas comedy Elf, starring Will Ferrell; the critically-acclaimed films A History Of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris and William Hurt, and Little Children, directed by Todd Field and starring Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Connelly; as well as the recent comedy Mr. Woodcock, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott and Susan Sarandon.
Prior to joining New Line, Alterman served as head of East Coast development for Comedy Central. In addition to developing programming for the network, Alterman executive produced series such as Strangers with Candy, starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, and Upright Citizens Brigade, starring Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh.
Alterman has also worked as an independent writer/director/producer in television. He collaborated with Michael Moore for two years on TV Nation, the Emmy award-winning series on NBC and Fox. After developing, producing and directing segments for the show during the first season, he was made senior producer for the second season. He also produced and directed a pilot for MTV.
Before embarking on a career in television, Alterman was Vice President of Frankfurt Balkind, a design communications firm in New York. As head of the entertainment division in New York, he was responsible for the creative development and execution of multi-media projects for clients including Time Warner, Warner Bros. Music, Hbo, Comedy Central, and the major motion picture studios.
Alterman lives in Los Angeles with his lovely wife, Michele Brennan, and their sweet daughter Evelyn Maye.
Semi Pro Basketball Movie Crew: Kent Alterman and Theodore Shapiro, written by Scot Armstrong
distributed by New Line Cinema
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