Howard Deutch

Born: September 14, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Lea Thompson (23 July 1989 – present) (2 children)

[In a 1987 magazine interview] I have a theory that peer pressure doesn’t end with high school. It may be more glaring there because the groups are so distinct socially; but it doesn’t let up as you get older. There’s pressure in any business to choose a safe project, to go with the group. In corporations, there’s pressure to be seen with the right people; to eat in the right restaurants; at all costs to avoid the smell of failure. A case in point was the pressure on me to choose a ‘safer’ title than “Pretty in Pink.” You constantly have to fight to keep everything from being reduced to the lowest common denominator. Standing on your own is not a thing that ends in high school.

Pretty in Pink 1986 dir. Deutch Starring Molly Ringwald Harry Dean Stanton The Replacements 2000 dir. Deutch Starring Keanu Reeves Gene Hackman My Best Friend’s Girl 2008 dir. Deutch Starring Dane Cook Kate Hudson