Christophe Gans
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| Born | Christophe Gans 11 March 1960 Antibes, France |
| Occupation | Film director, producer; screenwriter |
Christophe Gans (born 11 March 1960 in Antibes, France) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter, who specializes in horror, fantasy movies and video game adaptations.
Biography
As a teenager, he spent a large portion of his 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 became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States since 1980.[2]
He went on to create the film "labor of love", and the video game film adaptation Silent Hill.[citation needed]
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 Fantômas.[3][4] He initially was to direct a sequel to Silent Hill, but later pulled out and was replaced by Michael J. Bassett.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credited as | Note | |||
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| Director | Writer | Producer | Fight choreographer | |||
| 1981 | Silver Slime | Yes | Yes | Short film[6] | ||
| 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 | Yes | |||
| 2014 | Beauty and the Beast | Yes | Yes | [8] | ||
Notes
- ↑ Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), boxofficemojo.com; accessed 27 December 2015.
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External links
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- Christophe Gans at the Internet Movie Database
- BBC interview
- Comingsoon.net Interview
- Yahoo.com Interview
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