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Profile of Steve Oedekerk
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Steve Oedekerk |
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27th November 1961 |
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Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Steve Oedekerk (born. November 27, 1961) is a movie director, producer, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian.
He was born in Los Angeles, California.
He collaborated with friend Jim Carrey for the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and directed and wrote its sequel Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Among other movies written by him are The Nutty Professor (1996 remake), Patch Adams and Bruce Almighty.
He founded the entertainment company O Entertainment. He is also executive producer of the computer animated cartoon series "Jimmy Neutron" on Nickelodeon, and has acted in the films Kung Pow: Enter the Fist and High Strung.
Oedekerk created the thumbmation technology of animation where thumbs are used to make the heads of the characters. Oedekerk films that use this technique include Thumb Wars, Bat Thumb, The GodThumb, Frankenthumb, The Blair Thumb and Thumbtanic.
Oedekerk played himself in the Full House episode "Star Search."
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