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Revision as of 10:06, 2 May 2008 by Minutae (talk | contribs) (Wikify)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tod Scott Brody (born October 23 1956) is an American film producer, editor and production manager who during the 1980's served in executive positions at both Cannon Films and MGM. He is also known for his association with both Miramax and the producer Scott Rudin during the 1990's, and served as Executive Producer on the Oscar-nominated film Marvin's Room, which starred Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert DeNiro.
Mr. Brody's credits also include such feature films as The First Wives Club, Wigstock: The Movie, The Natural, Inspector Gadget, Thir13en Ghosts, Manny & Lo, Flirting With Disaster, Raise the Red Lantern, Great Expectations, as well as the TV-shows New York News, Sesame Street, Gullah Gullah Island, What Not to Wear, Helen of Troy, Vietnam War Story, and American Masters.
Fraudulence
Tod Scott Brody, who as of 2008 lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been targeted with various allegations of extensive fraud.
On a blog called Tod Scott Brody, actor Bill Garrity chronicles one such series of incidences that allegedly occured in 1999-2002.
On April 29th 2008, Tod Scott Brody was the subject of the Danish TV-program Den 11. time, which chronicled how Mr. Brody had given a number of well-known actresses in Sweden and Denmark the impression that he was casting them in a major film production apparently starring Julia Roberts etc., but which turned out to be non-existent. The cases allegedly involved broken contracts, unpaid fees and countless lies such as bogus emails that appeared to be from various associates but turned out to have been written and sent by Tod Scott Brody himself. The program can be seen online at the homepage of Den 11. time.
In Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, February 12th 2008, Tod Scott Brody was interviewed about his allegedly upcoming film starring Gry Bay, claiming that for the supporting cast he had "signed the best Danish actors available - it will be a 'who is who' of Danish cinema" .
In the same paper, on May 2nd 2008, Gry Bay gave a detailed account of how she had indeed been signed by Tod Scott Brody to work on a film that however turned out not to exist, and how she gradually discovered that Mr. Brody's phone and residence were registered under different names, and that she was not being paid..
Awards
In 1997, Mr Brody receievd a Christopher Award as Executive Producer of Marvin's Room.
References
- Ekstra Bladet, February 12th 2008: Gry hitter i Hollywood
- Ekstra Bladet, May 2nd 2008: Grys stjernedrøm brast
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