Background
Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1984, which he attended on an athletic scholarship (played attack on the lacrosse team).
He then directed Arlington Road in 1999 starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges, as well as The Mothman Prophecies in 2002, starring Richard Gere dealing with mysterious deaths foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman. Pellington"s father, Bill was an All-Pro linebacker football player with the Baltimore Colts for 12 seasons. He has also made cameo appearances in The Mothman Prophecies, Almost Famous, and Jerry Maguire.
Pellington has one child.
In 1994, his Music Video for Whale"s song Hobo Humpin" Slobo Babe won the inaugural Music Television Europe Music Award for Best Video. He directed the landmark mini-series The United States of Poetry for Public Broadcasting Service in 1995, which won the INPUT (International Public Television) Award in 1996.
