Background
Whitesell is the son of Patricia and John Patrick "Jack" Whitesell.
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- Theatre His theater credits include Happily Ever After, And That's the Way It Was, Solo for Two Voices, Towards Zero, and The Glass Menagerie. Filmography as director Calendar Girl (1993) See Spot Run (2001) Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) Big Momma's House 2 (2006) Deck the Halls (2006) Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) "Girl Meets World" (2014).
John Whitesell
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Education
Originally from Iowa Falls, Iowa, Whitesell attended Simpson College, before moving to New York City to study acting and directing at Circle in The Square.
Career
He has directed numerous films such as Calendar Girl and Big Momma"s House 2 since he started his career as a film director since 1993. His credits include Law & Order, Roseanne, Doctor, Doctor, A Different World, Baby Boom, Coach and Tattingers.
Achievements
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He won a Daytime Emmy Award (Outstanding Direction Foreign A Daytime Drama Series—John Whitesell, Bruce South Barry, Matthew Diamond, Irene M Pace, Robert Doctorate Kochman, Joanne Rivituso, and Joanne Sedwick) for his work on Columbia Broadcasting System Daytime"s Guiding Light, and worked on "Another World (National Broadcasting Company Daytime), Texas and Search for Tomorrow (as executive producer in November 1985 - December 1986).".
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Theatre His theater credits include Happily Ever After, And That's the Way It Was, Solo for Two Voices, Towards Zero, and The Glass Menagerie. Filmography as director Calendar Girl (1993) See Spot Run (2001) Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) Big Momma's House 2 (2006) Deck the Halls (2006) Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) "Girl Meets World" (2014).
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