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Todd Komarnicki

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  • Producer
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Todd Komarnicki
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Todd Komarnicki is a prolific writer and producer of film and television as well as an acclaimed novelist.

Komarnicki's screenplays include Sully directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, which opened at #1 in the box office to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. The film went on to earn over $240 million worldwide, and was a 2016 AFI Top Ten Film. The Professor and the Madman, starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn. Komarnicki has also written Perfect Stranger starring Bruce Willis and Halle Berry. God's Spy, the true life story of pastor-turned-spy Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Heart, the true story of the only professional athlete to ever play with a transplanted heart, which Todd is set to direct.

In television, Komarnicki has written pilots for ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, TNT, and Netflix.

Komarnicki is also the president and founder of the production and management company Guy Walks Into A Bar. Komarnicki and Guy Walks partner Jon Berg produced the Christmas blockbuster Elf, starring Will Ferrell and directed by Jon Favreau. The film amassed over $220 million worldwide, and has become a perennial favorite every Christmas season.

Komarnicki lived in New York City with his wife, Jane, and their daughter, Remy, and son, Dashiell.
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Todd Komarnicki

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Tom Hanks in Sully (2016)
Sully
7.4
  • Writer
  • 2016
Mel Gibson and Sean Penn in The Professor and the Madman (2019)
The Professor and the Madman
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2019
Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave (2008)
Meet Dave
5.1
  • Producer
  • 2008
Will Ferrell in Elf (2003)
Elf
7.1
  • Producer
  • 2003

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Writer

  • God's Spy
    • Writer
    • Post-production
  • Mel Gibson and Sean Penn in The Professor and the Madman (2019)
    The Professor and the Madman
    • screenplay by
    • 2019
  • Tom Hanks in Sully (2016)
    Sully
    • written by
    • 2016
  • Bruce Willis and Halle Berry in Perfect Stranger (2007)
    Perfect Stranger
    • screenplay
    • 2007
  • Resistance (2003)
    Resistance
    • writer
    • 2003

Producer

  • God's Spy
    • producer
    • Post-production
  • Untitled Mike's Place Project
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • This Might Hurt
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2009
  • Giants of Radio
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2008
  • Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave (2008)
    Meet Dave
    • producer
    • 2008
  • Will Ferrell in Elf (2003)
    Elf
    • producer
    • 2003

Director

  • God's Spy
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Untitled Mike's Place Project
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Three-Way with Shelly
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Terminal 29
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Resistance (2003)
    Resistance
    • Director
    • 2003
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    • Jane Bradbury? - present (1 child)

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    Komarnicki was a star athlete at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He played first base and was noted for his prowess at the plate and on the field. Komarnicki also provided football, basketball, and hockey play-by-play for the college radio station. Todd's silky smooth voice and colorful commentary are fondly remembered by his adoring classmates.

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