In 2013, he began working as a director. He directed 13 episodes. In 2016, he won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. Alongside directing, he also served as executive producer in 2015. For this work on Series 3, he and the other producers on the show received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. They won the award for Series 4 and 5. As he participated in comedy shows and is a comedian his 2 films were directed in comedy genre. We can make a conclusion that it is his favorite genre. THE HUSTLE In August 2016, it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer was developing a female-centered remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), which in turn was a remake of Bedtime Story (1964).
In January 2017, the working title of the film was revealed to
now be Nasty Women, which was retitled The Hustle with Anne Hathaway set as co-lead to Wilson. PLOT
Two con women - one low rent and the other high class - team up to take down the men who have wronged them. CAST AND CHARACTERS
• Anne Hathaway as Josephine Chesterfield
• Rebel Wilson as Penny Rust • Alex Sharp as Thomas Westerburg • Dean Norris as Howard Bacon • Timothy Simons as Jeremy • Ingrid Oliver as Brigitte Desjardins • Nicholas Woodeson as Albert • Rob Delaney as Todd • Tim Blake Nelson as Portnoy • Casper Christensen as Mathias This film is funny but not for everyone. It’s more feminine, describing women, who makes men out of money. They made it for the reason rich men often offend women, they think only about money and nothing else. The most important for them is to make them equal, without difference in social status, making men feel how it is to be under somebody and how it is to be without money.