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{{short description|American actor and film director}}
{{short description|American actor and film director}}
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{{Infobox person
{{BLP sources|date=March 2011}}
| name = Griff Furst
{{Notability|Bio|date=January 2023}}
| image = Griff Furst 1.tif
| alt = a photo of Griff Furst
| caption = Griff Furst
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|09|17}}
| birth_place = [[Van Nuys, California]]
| nationality = [[United States]]
| occupation = Actor, film producer
| years_active = 2000—present
}}
}}
[[File:Griff Furst 1.tif|thumb|right|Griff Furst]]
'''Griff Furst''' (born September 17, 1981, in [[Van Nuys, California]])<ref name=BFI>{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcdfa0bf6 |title=Griff Furst |website=British Film Institute |access-date=January 28, 2023 }}</ref> is an American [[actor]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DG6rK0PE2vIC&pg=PA67 |title=The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010 |first=Peter |last=Dendle |page=67 |isbn=9780786492886 |publisher=McFarland |date=2012}}</ref> [[film producer]], and [[film director]]. Furst started his career in television portraying a variety of characters in network and cable series. He starred in ''[[Banshee (TV series)|Banshee]] (2013)'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mixdeseries.com.br/a-transformacao-de-antony-starr-da-infancia-ate-the-boys/|title=A transformação de Antony Starr, da infância até The Boys|first=Matheus|last=Pereira|date=April 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ghost-shark-review-so-bad-it-s-great-n61738|title='Ghost Shark' review: So bad, it's great|website=Newsday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/838283/the-transformation-of-antony-starr-from-childhood-to-the-boys/|title=The Transformation Of Antony Starr From Childhood To The Boys|first=C. M.|last=Crockford|date=April 20, 2022|website=Looper}}</ref> [[Focus (2015 film)|Focus]] (2015), [[The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)|The Magnificent Seven]] (2016), and [[The Founder]] (2016). As of 2023, Furst has produced thirty seven movies including [[You Might Be the Killer]] (2018),<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6H7eCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT271 |title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters |last=Weinstock |first=Jeffrey Andrew |page=271 |isbn=9781317044253 |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge}}</ref> ''Devil's Peak (2023)''<ref name="devilspeak" />, and [[57 Seconds|57 Seconds (2023)]].<ref name="57s" />
'''Griff Furst''' (born September 17, 1981, in [[Van Nuys, California]])<ref name=BFI>{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcdfa0bf6 |title=Griff Furst |website=British Film Institute |access-date=January 28, 2023 }}</ref> is an American [[actor]], [[film producer]], and [[film director]].


==Early life and education==
Furst was born on September 17, 1981, in Van Nuys, California to Lorraine and [[Stephen Furst]]. His mother was an attorney, and his father was an actor and director who played ‘’Kent Dorfman’’ in the 1978 fraternity comedy [[Animal House]]. Furst attended the Chatsworth Hills Academy. After graduating from high school, Furst attended the [[Beverly Hills Playhouse]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/stephen-furst-and-sons-nathan-furst-and-griff-furst-attend-the-premiere-of-rumpelstiltskin-on-april-3-1987-at-the-academy-theater-in-beverly-hills-california-credit-ralph-dominguezmediapunch-image454920731.html|title=Stephen Furst and sons Nathan Furst and Griff Furst attend the premiere of "Rumpelstiltskin" on April 3, 1987 at the Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Credit: Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch Stock Photo - Alamy|first=Alamy|last=Limited|website=www.alamy.com}}</ref>

==Career==
===Actor===
Furst has appeared in over a hundred television and film productions. In 2011 a [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] article singled him out with [[Antoni Corone]] as "[an actor] who can make a big impression with only a few scenes".<ref name=Variety>{{cite magazine |author=Tim Gray |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/columns/not-nominated-but-definitely-memorable-1118031053/ |title=Not nominated, but definitely memorable |magazine=Variety |date=January 28, 2011 }}</ref>
Furst has appeared in over a hundred television and film productions. In 2011 a [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] article singled him out with [[Antoni Corone]] as "[an actor] who can make a big impression with only a few scenes".<ref name=Variety>{{cite magazine |author=Tim Gray |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/columns/not-nominated-but-definitely-memorable-1118031053/ |title=Not nominated, but definitely memorable |magazine=Variety |date=January 28, 2011 }}</ref>


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He is vice-president of Curmudgeon Films, founded with his father, [[Stephen Furst]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Lynn Elber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/18/stephen-furst-actor-who-shone-in-animal-house-dies-aged-63 |title=Stephen Furst, actor who shone in Animal House, dies aged 63 |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=Associated Press |date=June 18, 2017 }}</ref> which has produced films including ''[[Cold Moon (2016 film)|Cold Moon]]'', ''Nightmare Shark'', ''[[You Might Be the Killer]]'', ''Sinfidelity'', ''Black Market Baby''<!-- NB not the 1977 film [[Black Market Baby (film)]] -->, and the forthcoming ''[[57 Seconds]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=William Taylor Potter |url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/money/business/2022/04/28/curmudgeon-films-movie-studio-behind-morgan-freeman-film-spent-3-million-in-acadiana-since-2015/7451274001/ |title=Movie studio behind Morgan Freeman film spent more than $3.2 million in Acadiana since 2015 |newspaper=Lafayette Daily Advertiser |date=April 28, 2022 }}</ref> He also co-wrote and directed ''Cold Moon''<ref>{{cite news |author=Kimber Myers |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-cold-moon-review-20171005-story.html |title=Horror audiences likely to give 'Cold Moon' the cold shoulder |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 5, 2017 }}</ref> and the 2011 film ''Mask Maker''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Allen (28DLA) |url=https://www.horrorsociety.com/2011/04/23/mask-maker-and-the-bloodied-a-movie-review/ |title=Mask Maker and the Bloodied: A Movie Review |website=Horror Society |date=April 23, 2011 }}</ref>
===Producer===
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He is vice-president of Curmudgeon Films, founded with his father, [[Stephen Furst]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Lynn Elber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/18/stephen-furst-actor-who-shone-in-animal-house-dies-aged-63 |title=Stephen Furst, actor who shone in Animal House, dies aged 63 |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=Associated Press |date=June 18, 2017 }}</ref> which has produced films including ''[[Cold Moon (2016 film)|Cold Moon]]'', ''Nightmare Shark'', ''[[You Might Be the Killer]]'', ''Sinfidelity'',<!-- NB not the 1977 film [[Black Market Baby (film)]] --> and the forthcoming ''[[57 Seconds]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=William Taylor Potter |url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/money/business/2022/04/28/curmudgeon-films-movie-studio-behind-morgan-freeman-film-spent-3-million-in-acadiana-since-2015/7451274001/ |title=Movie studio behind Morgan Freeman film spent more than $3.2 million in Acadiana since 2015 |newspaper=Lafayette Daily Advertiser |date=April 28, 2022 }}</ref> He also co-wrote and directed ''Cold Moon''<ref>{{cite news |author=Kimber Myers |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-cold-moon-review-20171005-story.html |title=Horror audiences likely to give 'Cold Moon' the cold shoulder |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 5, 2017 }}</ref> and the 2011 film ''Mask Maker''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Allen (28DLA) |url=https://www.horrorsociety.com/2011/04/23/mask-maker-and-the-bloodied-a-movie-review/ |title=Mask Maker and the Bloodied: A Movie Review |website=Horror Society |date=April 23, 2011 }}</ref>

In 2023, Furst co-produced ''Devil’s Peak (2023)'', a thriller starring starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright, with Robin Wright and John Kesselman.<ref name="devilspeak">{{Cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/billy-bob-thornton-devils-peak-trailer/ |last=Watel |first=Stephanie |title=Devil's Peak Trailer: Billy Bob Thornton Returns to the Big Screen as an Appalachian Drug Lord |access-date=February 15, 2023 |quote=Author David Joy co-wrote the script with Robert Knott, who is also producing alongside Robin Wright, John Kesselman, and Griff Furst.}}</ref> During the same year, he produced ''57 Seconds (2023)'', a Sci-Fi thriller starring [[Morgan Freeman]] and Josh Hutcherson.<ref name="57s">{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/morgan-freeman-57-seconds-highland-efm-sales-1234929409/ |title=Morgan Freeman & Josh Hutcherson Starring In Sci-Fi Thriller ‘57 Seconds’; Highland Launches EFM Sales |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2023 |quote=A Curmudgeon Films and Revelations Entertainment production, 57 Seconds is produced by Griff Furst}}</ref>


== Selected filmography ==
== Selected filmography ==
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* 2019 ''[[Dead Water (film)|Dead Water]]'' as David Cooper<ref>{{cite news |author=Rex Reed |url=https://observer.com/2019/07/dead-water-review-chris-helton-rex-reed/ |title=Nautical Thriller 'Dead Water' Is Long on Beauty but Short on Logic |website=Observer |date=July 26, 2019 }}</ref>
* 2019 ''[[Dead Water (film)|Dead Water]]'' as David Cooper<ref>{{cite news |author=Rex Reed |url=https://observer.com/2019/07/dead-water-review-chris-helton-rex-reed/ |title=Nautical Thriller 'Dead Water' Is Long on Beauty but Short on Logic |website=Observer |date=July 26, 2019 }}</ref>
* 2022 ''A Tale of Two Guns''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moviesandmania.com/2022/02/20/a-tale-of-two-guns-review-movie-film-western-justin-lee-2022-overview-reviews-trailer/ |title=A Tale of Two Guns |website=Movies and Mania |date=February 20, 2022 }}</ref>
* 2022 ''A Tale of Two Guns''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moviesandmania.com/2022/02/20/a-tale-of-two-guns-review-movie-film-western-justin-lee-2022-overview-reviews-trailer/ |title=A Tale of Two Guns |website=Movies and Mania |date=February 20, 2022 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 2011, Furst married Angela Meredith.<ref>https://registry.theknot.com/angela-meredith-griff-furst-september-2011-la/823002</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 22:38, 22 February 2023

Griff Furst

Griff Furst (born September 17, 1981, in Van Nuys, California)[1] is an American actor, film producer, and film director.

Furst has appeared in over a hundred television and film productions. In 2011 a Variety article singled him out with Antoni Corone as "[an actor] who can make a big impression with only a few scenes".[2]

He is vice-president of Curmudgeon Films, founded with his father, Stephen Furst,[3] which has produced films including Cold Moon, Nightmare Shark, You Might Be the Killer, Sinfidelity, Black Market Baby, and the forthcoming 57 Seconds.[4] He also co-wrote and directed Cold Moon[5] and the 2011 film Mask Maker.[6]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Griff Furst". British Film Institute. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Tim Gray (January 28, 2011). "Not nominated, but definitely memorable". Variety.
  3. ^ Lynn Elber (June 18, 2017). "Stephen Furst, actor who shone in Animal House, dies aged 63". The Guardian. Associated Press.
  4. ^ William Taylor Potter (April 28, 2022). "Movie studio behind Morgan Freeman film spent more than $3.2 million in Acadiana since 2015". Lafayette Daily Advertiser.
  5. ^ Kimber Myers (October 5, 2017). "Horror audiences likely to give 'Cold Moon' the cold shoulder". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ Michael Allen (28DLA) (April 23, 2011). "Mask Maker and the Bloodied: A Movie Review". Horror Society.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b "Griff Furst: Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2008. Archived from the original on January 21, 2008.
  8. ^ Rex Reed (July 26, 2019). "Nautical Thriller 'Dead Water' Is Long on Beauty but Short on Logic". Observer.
  9. ^ "A Tale of Two Guns". Movies and Mania. February 20, 2022.
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