A host of potential classics debut at Sundance

The Sundance film festival in Utah's Park City annually provides the scene for a number of potential classics to premiere.

And this year's event, which started this week, looks to be no exception, featuring a movie entitled Year Of The Dog written and directed by Mike White, who audiences might not recognise but whose films they may have seen.

Fans of musical comedy School Of Rock, which White wrote, might know him as the shy and downtrodden Ned Schneebly, who finds his identity stolen by best friend Jack Black.

He also penned the script for Orange County and The Good Girl, a black comedy featuring Jennifer Aniston as a shop assistant who cheats on her husband with Donnie Darko star Jake Gyllenhaal.

Prior to his movie writing career, White wrote and produced many episodes of fashionable teen drama series Dawson's Creek, which followed a group of school friends in a quiet American town.

Titles related to this article

Related/similar articles

• Jack Black sings up for comedy-fest (4 June 2007)
• The real OC moves to a new town (25 July 2007)
• Geldof to star in slasher movie (18 May 2009)
• Top 10 Jennifer Aniston (6 October 2009)
• Hornby can't understand High Fidelity stage flop (8 November 2009)
• Aniston and Paltrow spend Thanksgiving in Morocco (28 November 2009)