PEYTON REED
Peyton Reed directed Marvel Studios’ highly successful “Ant-Man,” which released on July 17, 2015, and garnered over $500 million worldwide. He returns to helm “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” the second film in the “Ant-Man” franchise.
Reed first gained national attention with his feature debut, “Bring It On.” The film won critical raves and opened at No. 1 with a $17.4 million weekend. It stayed in the top 10 for seven consecutive weeks, becoming the sleeper hit of summer 2000. It went on to sell over 5 million copies on DVD, spawning both a successful franchise for Universal and, most recently, a Broadway musical.
Reed followed it up with 2003’s “Down with Love,” a visually stunning homage to the Rock Hudson/Doris Day sex comedies of the early 1960s. The film was critically acclaimed and has become a cult favorite. In 2006, Reed helmed the smash hit “The Break-Up.” The comedy/drama debuted at No. 1 with a $39 million opening weekend and went on to gross over $200 million worldwide. It was Universal’s highest-grossing film of 2006. 2008 saw Reed direct “Yes Man,” which opened at No. 1 domestically and became a worldwide hit, grossing over $225 million globally.
Originally from Raleigh, and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Reed began shooting Super 8 film at the age of 13. He started his career as a documentary editor at ZM Productions. After writing and directing the award-winning short “Almost Beat” in 1989, he directed a series of high-profile behind-the-scenes documentaries, including “The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy,” “Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump” and “The Honeymooners Anniversary Special”.
Reed went on to bring his wry wit and keen sense of visual invention to an incredibly diverse range of projects, from critically hailed comedic television (CBS’s “The Weird Al Show,” HBO’s “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” Comedy Central’s “Upright Citizens Brigade,” Fox’s “New Girl”) to music videos (She & Him, Superchunk, The Connells) to numerous commercials (Gap with Sarah Jessica Parker, Target with Isaac Mizrahi and Cisco with Ellen Page).