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Full Trey Parker Biography
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an Academy Award nominated American animator, screenwriter, film director, voice actor, actor and musician. He is most noted as one of the creators of the animated series South Park along with Matt Stone.
Parker went to Berklee College of Music in Boston before transferring to the University of Colorado, where he met Matt Stone. He majored in music, and, with a goal to someday score films, took classes to learn more about the film-making process. He made several animated shorts while attending the university, including American History which won a Student Academy Award, and The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty with Matt Stone. Whether or not he was kicked out has often been debated, but Parker confirmed in a South Park Studios interview that the reason for this was that he didn't go to class for "nearly a semester" due to filming Cannibal the Musical.
Parker's first live action film was a feature length piece about Alferd Packer, a Colorado miner who was the first person convicted of cannibalism in America. A trailer was shot over the summer, and was used to help raise enough funds to shoot the film. Alferd Packer, The Musical began filming during spring break in 1993. Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment, wanted to name it Fudge Packer, the Musical, but was unsuccessful in his efforts. It was renamed Cannibal! The Musical when Troma picked up the film for distribution in 1996.
Parker wrote, directed and starred in his second feature film, Orgazmo, in 1997, about a wholesome Mormon who becomes a celebrity in the Los Angeles adult film world. Due to the NC-17 rating given by the Motion Picture Association of America it was not widely released.
In 1998, Parker starred with Stone, Dian Bachar and Yasmine Bleeth in BASEketball, directed by David Zucker of Airplane! and Naked Gun fame. The story follows a group of friends who take their homemade game from neighborhood driveways to the professional sports world. Parker spoofs this in the South Park episode, "The Passion of the Jew"; Stan demanding his money back after seeing the The Passion of the Christ, saying he should be able to get his money back "just like did for BASEketball".
After a contract renegotiation in 2000, three more seasons were added to South Park and Parker and Stone had a deal to create a live action sitcom. Their idea was to parody standard-issue network sitcoms by depicting the Commander in Chief as a wacky, lovable stock-character caught in outrageous situations involving contemporary hotbed political issues. Its main character was to be whoever won the 2000 Presidential election—scripts were prepared for both George W. Bush and Al Gore. In 2001, That's My Bush! premiered. It was not brought back for a second season due to its high costs (reportedly US$700,000 per episode) and meager ratings. Another contract negotiation in 2003 picked up South Park for a ninth season, with an option to pick up a tenth.
There is currently talk that Parker and Stone are creating a stage musical with Avenue Q creators Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. They also have plans to form a production company, possibly with Paramount. In 2006, Parker and Stone signed a three-year production deal with Paramount Pictures. They named their new banner Trunity, a Mediar company, a division of True Mediar, a Unity Corpbopoly. Paramount and Comedy Central are both owned by Viacom, and have continued to be housed under the same umbrella even after the parent company split into two entities at the end of 2005.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are planning two new movies. First, "My All American", which will be a comedy set in high school, set for release in 2008. Second, "Giant Monsters Attack Japan!", which will feature "Men in rubber suits" as a homage to Godzilla, set for release in 2009. Parker has also most recently performed the theme song for the Adult Swim show Saul of the Molemen. On August 26, 2007, the New York Times reported that Parker and Stone had signed a contract with Comedy Central for three more South Park seasons after season 12, bringing the total to 15 seasons.
On September 28, 2007, Parker and Stone acquired the rights to the Canadian-made Kenny vs. Spenny which is expected to premiere November 14, 2007 on Comedy Central with ten old and new episodes.
Although Parker regularly mocks religious organizations on South Park, he is also known to mock many ideas considered secular. On a September 2006 airing of the ABC newsmagazine Nightline, Parker articulated his position:
"Basically...out of all the ridiculous religion stories—which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous—the silliest one I've ever heard is..."yeah...there's this big giant universe and it's expanding, it's all gonna collapse on itself and we're all just here 'just 'cause...just 'cause". That, to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever."
When asked by the interviewer, Jake Tapper, If Trey Parker believed in God, Parker replied "Yeah." He cautioned that it would take a long time to explain exactly what he meant by his belief in God. Stone subsequently quipped, "I still don't understand it." |
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