Todd Komarnicki
Todd Komarnicki is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Career
In the literary world, his first novel, Free, was published by Doubleday in 1993 and his second novel, Famine, received tremendous reviews and was subsequently translated into French, Italian, and German. His third novel, war, was published to exceptional reviews in July of 2008 by Arcade.His career breakthrough was producing Elf, the 2003 Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell and directed by Jon Favreau. In the same year, Komarnicki wrote and directed Resistance, a Dutch/American World War II film starring Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond, based on Anita Shreeve's novel of the same name. In 2007, he wrote the neo-noir psychological thriller film Perfect Stranger, directed by James Foley, and starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. Komarnicki also co-wrote The Professor and the Madman with Farhad Safinia, starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn.
Komarnicki has written EARTH ABIDES, for MGM+, an adaptation of the international sci-fi favorite, by George Stewart, the series premiered December 1st, 2024.
Komarnicki is the president & founder of the production/management company . Komarnicki's films have accounted for well over half a billion dollars at the box office.