---
name: "Philip G. Atwell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-g-atwell"
fi1m_id: "philip-g-atwell"
imdb_id: "nm0041161"
tmdb_id: 65190
wikidata_id: "Q3901547"
roles: ["Second unit director","Director"]
born: "1 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:25:27.572561+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Philip G. Atwell

## Identity

Philip G. Atwell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-g-atwell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-g-atwell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0041161
- **TMDB ID:** 65190
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3901547
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Atwell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3901547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65190

Second unit director and director. Born 1 January 1974 in Philadelphia.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1974, Philadelphia
- **Active:** 2002–2004
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Atwell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3901547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65190

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Philip G. Atwell is an American director of music videos, television and feature films. He began directing in 1999 after working as a music video producer, frequently collaborating with Dr. Dre on videos for Eminem and other hip-hop artists.

Atwell directed the concert documentary *The Up in Smoke Tour* (2000) and the short film *The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003). He directed two episodes of the series *The Shield* (2005–2006) and served as second unit director on *National Treasure* (2004), *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* (2007) and *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (2010). His feature directorial debut was the 2007 action film *War*, starring Jet Li and Jason Statham. He is a 1987 graduate of the University of Delaware.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *National Treasure* (2004), Fi1m 52, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/national-treasure.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (2010), Second Unit Director
- *War* (2007), Director
- *The Game: The Documentary* (2005), Executive Producer
- *National Treasure* (2004), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/national-treasure.md)
- *The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Director
- *The Shield* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *The Wash* (2001), Producer
- *Eminem E* (2000), Director
- *The Up in Smoke Tour* (2000), Director
- *Murder Was the Case* (1995), Writer

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