[5] Phillips appeared as one of the drivers in the first season of the HBO hidden camera docu-series Taxicab Confessions.

[5] Phillips wrote a letter to convicted serial killer, John Wayne Gacy, an acquaintance of GG, asking if he could paint a movie poster for the film.

[9] It was produced by HBO, but never aired on its channel because many of the film's participants claimed they were paid to re-enact their activities.

[10] He worked on the satirical comedy Borat (2006), but he resigned his position as a director in early 2005, due to creative differences.

[14] Phillips took almost no up-front salary in exchange for a large share of the film's profits, and has said that the movie's enormous success, combined with his deal, makes it "my Star Wars".

[15] In 2010, Phillips directed, produced and co-wrote the comedy Due Date, which starred Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.

[16] In the fall of 2010, production on The Hangover Part II began in Bangkok, Thailand that Phillips directed, produced and co-wrote.

In 2016, following the successes of The Hangover trilogy, Phillips directed, produced, and co-wrote the crime film War Dogs, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller.

The script, set in 1981, was co-written by Scott Silver, and the film starred Joaquin Phoenix in the title role.

Its sequel, Joker: Folie a Deux, added Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn; released in 2024, the film was also directed, co-written, and co-produced by Phillips.

"[22] Phillips said in 2019, in the aftermath of his dark drama Joker release, that he had stopped making comedy films because of the backlash of "woke culture", saying: "Go try to be funny nowadays...