Christophe Gans
| Christophe Gans | |
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 Gans in 2010. |
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| Born | Christophe Gans 11 March 1960 Antibes, France |
| Occupation | film director |
| Influenced by | John Woo, John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, Bernard Borderie, Sergio Leone, Roger Corman, Terence Fisher, Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Tod Browning, Jean-Pierre Melville, David Lynch, Georges Franju, Robert E. Howard |
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.
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Biography [edit]
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 since 1980.[2]
He went on to create his "labor of love", the video game adaptation Silent Hill.
Future projects [edit]
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]
Filmography [edit]
| Year | Film | Credited as | Note | |||
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| Director | Writer | Producer | Fight choreographer | |||
| 1981 | Silver Slime | Yes | Yes | Short film[7] | ||
| 1993 | Necronomicon | Yes | Directed first sequence[8] | |||
| 1995 | Crying Freeman | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2004 | Saint Ange | Yes | ||||
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Yes | ||||
| 2013 | La Belle et la Bête | Yes | Yes | [9] | ||
Notes [edit]
- ^ Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
- ^ "Foreign Language, 1980-Present". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ News Bites: Tuesday, April 25th 2006
- ^ "Onimusha film delayed due to Ledger's death".
- ^ "Christophe Gans Preps Fantomas With Vincent Cassel".
- ^ "EXCL: Avary Skips Trip to Silent Hill 2".
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299141/
- ^ Butler, Craig. "Necronomicon: review". Allmovie. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ "La belle et la bête: Un film de Christophe Gans". Pathé International. Retrieved February 09, 2013.
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