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Director

Kevin P. Farley

Bio

Kevin is the younger brother of comic Chris Farley, who died of an overdose at age 33. He also has 3 other brothers and sisters--Barb, a nursery school teacher; Tom Jr., who works for a marketing firm; and John, who is also trying his hand at acting. His parents are Tom and Mary Anne. He majored in business at Marquette University in Milwaukee. After graduation, for six years he sold asphalt for his father's company, Scotch Oil. However, Chris soon convinced him to try show business. Kevin first went on stage at the Chicago ImprovOlympic.

Director- Job Description

The principal creative artist on a movie set. A director is usually (but not always) the driving artistic source behind the filming process, and communicates to actors the way that he/she would like a particular scene played. A director's duties might also include casting, script editing, shot selection, shot composition, and editing. Typically, a director has complete artistic control over all aspects of the movie, but it is not uncommon for the director to be bound by agreements with either a producer or a studio. In some large productions, a director will delegate less important scenes to a second unit director 2UD.