Christophe Gans
| Christophe Gans | |
|---|---|
 Gans in 2010. |
|
| Born | Christophe Gans 11 March 1960 Antibes, France |
| Occupation | film director |
Christophe Gans (born 11 March 1960 in Antibes, France) is a French film director, writer, and producer who specializes in horror, fantasy movies and video game adaptations.
Contents |
[edit] Biography
As a teenager, he spent much time creating kung fu-themed Super 8 movies with his friends. He later went on to attend the French film school Idhec, where he created his first short film, Silver Slime. He later spent time as a film critic before co-directing his first film, Necronomicon.
His $29 million-budgeted film Brotherhood of the Wolf was a worldwide success, grossing over $70 million+ [1] in theaters worldwide; it also became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades.[2]
He went on to create his "labor of love", the video game adaptation Silent Hill.
[edit] Future projects
Gans was to write and direct the Capcom video game Onimusha, however, after several setbacks he abandoned it and is now attached to the French film Fantomas.[3][4][5] He initially was to direct a sequel to Silent Hill, but later pulled out.[6]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Credited as | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | Fight choreographer | |||
| 1993 | Necronomicon | Yes | Directed first sequence[7] | |||
| 1995 | Crying Freeman | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2004 | Saint Ange | Yes | ||||
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Yes | ||||
| Unknown | Onimusha | Yes | [8] | |||
| Unknown | Fantômas | Yes | Yes | |||
[edit] Notes
- ^ Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
- ^ "Little pictures have a big year", Los Angeles Times, 3 January 2003
- ^ News Bites: Tuesday, April 25th 2006
- ^ "Onimusha film delayed due to Ledger's death". http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/onimusha-film-delayed-due-to-ledgers-death.
- ^ "Christophe Gans Preps Fantomas With Vincent Cassel". http://www.filmshaft.com/christophe-gans-preps-fantomas-with-vincent-cassel.
- ^ "EXCL: Avary Skips Trip to Silent Hill 2". http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=804.
- ^ Butler, Craig. "Necronomicon: review". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/necronomicon-148588/review. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ "ONIMUSHA fans prepare to be happy". Ain't It Cool News. 2007-06-03. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32861. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
[edit] External links
 |
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Christophe Gans |
- Christophe Gans at the Internet Movie Database
- BBC interview
- Comingsoon.net Interview
- Yahoo.com Interview
 |
This article about a French film director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
