Background
He grew up in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis.
He grew up in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis.
He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism and Comparative Literature. In the mid-1990s, he attended the MFA Film program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, featuring Sean Hayes, was O'Haver's directorial debut. His follow up film Get Over It featured Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana in a teen comedy about a school theater production. O'Haver's third film, Ella Enchanted, starred Anne Hathaway.
Catherine Keener, Ellen Page and James Franco star in An American Crime, which premiered at Sundance in 2007, a film based on a true story about an Indiana woman charged in 1965 with the murder of her neighbor's daughter. The initial reaction at Sundance was mixed, but the film garnered critical praise. O'Haver is currently in pre-production on Golden Gate, a thriller for Summit Entertainment.
In June 2013, he directed the music video "Rollin'" for MiBBs. On 2 April 2015, the seventh episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden was broadcast from O'Haver's house.