Though he began his career as an actor, with roles in films such as The Howling and Parenthood, Dennis Dugan is largely known these days as Adam Sandler’s personal director. First working with Sandler in 1996 on Happy Gilmore, the Dugan has now directed five of the actor’s biggest films, including Grown Ups which comes out this weekend.

Having the opportunity to sit down with the filmmaker, we discussed how he and Sandler decide which projects to work together on, what is was like to create a Happy Madison team reunion on screen, and his next film, Just Go With It which sees Adam Sandler acting alongside Jennifer Aniston, and Nicole Kidman.