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Xavier Dolan was born on 20 March 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Tom at the Farm (2013) and Heartbeats (2010).- Director
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At 19 Adam got his start in feature film making early with his directorial debut Home Sick, a slasher horror film starring Bill Moseley and Tom Toweles. However it was his second effort at 24 years old with the film Pop Skull that garnered him a talent to watch. Made for a budget of around 2000 dollars he managed to capture the attention of French Distribution company The Wild Bunch. The film went on to premiere at the prestigious Rome Film Festival and the American Film Institute Film Festival. His dark and sometimes abrasive directing/editing style has been compared to directors such as David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky, and Shinya Tsukamoto.- Director
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Gia Coppola was born on 1 January 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Palo Alto (2013), Mainstream (2020) and Somewhere (2010).- Producer
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Damien Sayre Chazelle is an American director and screenwriter. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Celia Sayre (Martin) Chazelle, is an American-Canadian writer and professor of history at The College of New Jersey. His father, Bernard Chazelle, is a French-American Eugene Higgins Professor of computer science at Princeton University, originally from Clamart, France. Chazelle has a sister, Anna, who is an actress and circus performer.- Producer
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Evan Goldberg is a Canadian director, screenwriter and producer. Goldberg is known for his work on Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Funny People, The Green Hornet, 50/50, Goon, The Watch, This is the End, Neighbors, The Interview and The Night Before. Goldberg works alongside longtime partner, Seth Rogen. The duo directed This is the End and The Interview as well as the upcoming AMC series, Preacher, and Hulu show, Future Man. Goldberg and Rogen also produced the soon-to-be released, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and Sausage Party.- Production Designer
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Robert Houston Eggers is an American filmmaker and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), as well as directing and co-writing the historical fiction epic film The Northman (2022). His films are noted for their folkloric elements, as well as his efforts to ensure historical authenticity.- Producer
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Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the Black Messiah and Space Jam: A New Legacy. He is married to Zinzi since 2016.- Director
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Antonio Negret is an international filmmaker, fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from the USC School of Cinema Television, with a minor from the USC School of Theatre where he was the recipient of multiple scholarships.
Negret directed 'Overdrive,' starring Ana de Armas and Scott Eastwood, and distributed by Paramount. He is also an in-demand Television director, at the helm of multiple TV shows across various platforms, including 'Hightown,' 'Just Beyond,' 'Lethal Weapon,' 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,' 'Prodigal Son,' 'LA's Finest,' 'Arrow,' 'Magnum P.I.,' 'Riverdale,' and many more.
Previously, Negret directed the action film 'Transit,' starring Jim Caviezel, executive produced by Joel Silver, and released by Warner Brothers. Negret also directed the supernatural thriller 'Seconds Apart', released by Lionsgate and named in various 'best horror' lists of that year.
His first feature, "Towards Darkness," premiered in competition at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival. It starred Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress America Ferrera. It was picked up for distribution by Peace Arch Entertainment and MGM. Subsequently, Negret's talent was recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as part of their 'Top 10 Latino Directors to watch'.
Negret has lived and worked in Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, England, and the United States. He continues to pursue challenging and entertaining filmmaking.- Director
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Ayan Mukerji was born on 15 August 1983 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a director and writer, known for Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) and Wake Up Sid (2009).- Director
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Charlie McDowell was born on 10 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The One I Love (2014), The Discovery (2017) and Windfall (2022). He has been married to Lily Collins since 4 September 2021.- Director
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Yukun Xin-Director, Writer, Editor graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2008. His representative work is the movie The Coffin in the Mountain,which won plenty of awards in the worldwide for him. He always calls himself a movie fan director because he himself is the fan of many other directors like Steven Allan Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and so on.- Director
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Drake Doremus was born on 29 March 1983 in Orange, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Equals (2015), Like Crazy (2011) and Spooner (2009).- Director
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Ilya Naishuller is a film director, actor, producer, screenwriter and the frontman of indie rock band Biting Elbows, founded in 2008. From 8 to 14 he studied in London, and later graduated from the British International School in Yasenevo. Naishuller dropped out of the Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting, then entered university in New York, but did not graduate. In March 2013, Ilya directed the Biting Elbows' "Bad Motherfucker" YouTube video with over 45 million views.
In 2015, Naishuller wrote and directed the action movie "Hardcore Henry" with Shalto Copley, Hayley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, Dariya Charusha and Svetlana Ustinova; and also produced and co-directed the TV series "Barvikha." He shot a video for The Weeknd's "False Alarm" in 2016, a video for the group "Kolshchik" in 2017, and recently directed the hit action-comedy "Nobody" starring Bob Odenkirk in 2021. Naishuller married actress Dariya Charusha in the summer of 2010.- Director
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New Yorker Lena Dunham is the daughter of a painter, Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, a designer and photographer. Dunham was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, graduating with a creative writing degree. It was while at Oberlin that she began writing shorts and feature films. In 2009, Dunham created the web series Delusional Downtown Divas (2009), which gained a cult following.
Also in 2009, Dunham released Creative Nonfiction (2009), her first feature film. She went on to write, direct and star in Tiny Furniture (2010), which scored two Independent Spirit Award nominations. In 2012, Dunham came to the attention of a wider audience with the HBO series Girls (2012) created by and starring Dunham and executive produced by Judd Apatow.- Director
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Alice Rohrwacher was born on 29 December 1981 in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy. She is a director and writer, known for Happy as Lazzaro (2018), La Chimera (2023) and The Wonders (2014).- Writer
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Joshua Trank is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He got his big break by directing the found footage superhero film Chronicle for 20th Century Fox in 2012. He was later hired to direct Fant4stic, an ill-fated reboot to the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series of the 2000s starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell and Kate Mara. Trank's film resulted in a reevaluation of the Jessica Alba Fantastic Four films for keeping the lighthearted tone and chemistry of the Marvel franchise compared to the 2015 failure. The failure of Fant4stic resulted in Josh Trank doing small-scale projects such as Capone starring Tom Hardy.- Writer
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Byoung-gon Moon is known for Safe (2013), Bul-myul-ui-sa-na-ie (2011) and Festival Road Trip (2008).- Director
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Valeriya Gay Germanika (born on March 1, 1984, Moscow, USSR) - a Russian film director. Guild member of the Filmmakers Union of the Russian Federation. Graduated from the School of Cinematography and Television "Internews" in 2008. General director of the film company "Leosfilm". Was awarded with "Nika" and "Discovery of the Year" awards (2008), Jeunes Prize of the Cannes Film Festival (2008), "CineVision" of the International Film Festival in Munich (2008), "Silver George" award for the best directing at the Moscow International Film Festival (2014).- Visual Effects
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Carl-Johan Westregård was born on 7 November 1984 in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden. He is a director, known for Cams (2014), The Square (2017) and Late (2010).- Director
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Michael Gallagher was born in San Diego, California. He began his career on YouTube, where he has garnered over 1 million subscribers and was one of the original co-founders of Maker Studios. He is a director and writer, known for Funny Story (2018), Internet Famous (2016), Smiley (2012) and The Thinning franchise.- Producer
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Josh Mond is known for James White (2015), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) and It Doesn't Matter (2024).- Director
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Identical twins, writers, directors, actors, and even stunt players, the Soska sisters have always loved twisted film. Even at an early age, they devoured Stephen King novels, one after another as fast as they could read - and would sneak into the over 18 sections at video stores, to critique the bloody images on the backs VHS horror movies and in gore magazines.
They both entered the film industry, acting and doing background work - and were soon unsatisfied with stereotypical roles that were commonly offered to identical twins. To expand their horizons, they trained in martial arts in hopes of picking up stunt roles and briefly attended a film school that included an intensive stunt program. For one of the school's final film projects, their prepared short film had its funding misappropriated and their short was pulled from the program. Undeterred, they decided to go ahead with it anyway, getting a new cast and crew and paying for it out of their own pockets. The title of that project was 'Dead Hooker In A Trunk'.
'Dead Hooker In A Trunk' is their debut film, which the twins wrote, directed, produced, starred in, and performed the stunts. Using Robert Rodriguez's book, Rebel Without A Crew - a bible for how film-making could be done on a modest budget, armed only with creativity and ambition. Even following the spirit of El Mariachi, the twins' story reached the original El Mariachi, actor Carlos Gallardo - who not only gave the ladies advice, but appeared in the film - as God. The completed film - embraced by horror fans, film festivals, and critics - became an underground sensation, called "a hidden gem in indie film-making" and "a cult classic in the waiting", and won multiple awards: Pollygrind's Favorite Feature, Best Screenplay, City of Death's Best Director Award, and Cinefantasy's Audience Favorite Prize.
In 2008 the twins incorporated, Twisted Twins Productions -- to create their own label for many future projects to come, including their highly anticipated second feature, American Mary, an analogy of their own struggles in the film industry. American Mary has gone on to win numerous praise and awards. The film has gone on to become a cult classic and the various costumes of the lead character Mary Mason a Halloween and horror convention favorite for cos-players.
The Soska Sisters have gone on to be very outspoken about equal rights across the board including but not limited to gender equality and equal rights for the LGBT community. They're actively involved in promoting blood donation and create a new PSA for it every February. And they are only just getting started.
2014 was a big year with the Soska Sisters bringing a new life to See No Evil 2 where they resurrect the WWE Studios franchise with WWE Superstar Glenn "Kane" Jacobs reprising his role as Jacob Goodnight and scream queens Danielle Harris and Katharine Isabelle appear together for the first time. As well, the Twins will be one of the all star director lined up for ABCs of Death 2 in a segment that will shock and be destined for cult status. Their segment, T is for Torture Porn, has since been banned in Germany.
In 2015, the twins did a genre jump, teaming again with Lionsgate and WWE Studios, with a action revenge thriller called Vendetta to star, Dean Cain, Paul 'Big Show' Wight, and Michael Eklund. The high action, ultra gory nature of the film proved that the sisters are not one trick ponies as they expand their sensibilities to this Justin Shady written, men's prison revenge flick.
Avid comic book fans, the Soska Sisters have teamed up with Daniel Way (Deadpool, Daken) to create their own very graphic novel entitled Kill-Crazy Nymphos Attack! with artist Rob Dumo & cover artist Dave Johnson which is a pitch black satire on patriarchal society and women's roles within it. The very graphic novel is set with a 2017 release date.
September 16th, 2015, also marks the release of Jen & Sylvia Soska's first collaboration with Marvel comics with their Night Nurse story line 'The Risk of Infection' featured in Secret Wars Journal #5. The Soska twins have been long time fans of Marvel Comics and been quite vocal in their interests to tackle the adaptation of one of their stories for the big screen with them at the helm as directors. In April it was announced that the twins would be teaming with Marvel again, this time writing 'The Ripley' as a Guardians of the Galaxy story featured in Guardians of Infinity #8.
The media that the twins take on ever expanding, the Soska Sisters are the hosts of the survival horror game-show called Hellevator that premiered October 21 2015 on GSN. The show is a creation from Blumhouse, GSN, Matador, and Lionsgate. The show just enjoyed its second season and received even more attention when it was made available on VOD through Netflix and Hulu proving that evil twins continue to have a rich history with elevators and scaring people.
In February 2016, the directing duo of Jen and Sylvia Soska came on board to direct a remake of David Cronenberg's 1977 zombie thriller Rabid. John Vidette's Somerville House Releasing entered into a joint venture with Paul Lalonde and Michael Walker to produce a feature film and original TV series based on the 1977 Canadian horror film.
December 11, 2016 will mark the twins' company, Twisted Twins Productions' 8 year anniversary which will have them with 4 feature films, 2 graphic novels, a series of blood donation PSAs, and a television show. Not too shabby for a pair of twins from Canada who set their sites on shaking up the entertainment industry playing by their own rules and leaving a hefty cinematic body count in their wake.- Actress
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Identical twins, writers, directors, actors even stunt players, the Soska sisters have always loved twisted film. Even at an early age, they devoured Stephen King novels, one after another as fast as they could read - and snuck into the over 18 sections at video stores, to critique the bloody images on the backs VHS horror movies and in gore magazines.
They both entered the film industry, acting and doing background work - and were soon unsatisfied with stereotypical roles that were commonly offered to identical twins. To expand their horizons, they trained in martial arts in hopes to pick-up stunt roles and briefly attended a film school that included an intensive stunt program. For one of the school's final film projects, their prepared short film had it's funding misappropriated and their short was pulled from the program. Undeterred, they decided to go ahead with it anyway, getting a new cast and crew and paying for it out of their own pockets. The title of that project was 'Dead Hooker In A Trunk'.
'Dead Hooker In A Trunk' - their debut film, which the twins wrote, directed, produced, starred in, and performed the stunts. Using Robert Rodriguez's book, Rebel Without A Crew - a bible for how film-making could be done on a modest budget, armed only with creativity and ambition. Even following the spirit of El Mariachi, the twins' story reached the original El Mariachi, actor Carlos Gallardo - who not only gave the ladies advice, but appeared in the film - as God. The completed film - embraced by horror fans, film festivals, and critics - became an underground sensation, called "a hidden gem in indie film-making" and "a cult classic in the waiting", and won multiple awards: Pollygrind's Favorite Feature, Best Screenplay, City of Death's Best Director Award, and Cinefantasy's Audience Favorite Prize.
In 2008 the twins incorporated, Twisted Twins Productions -- to create their own label for many future projects to come, including their highly anticipated second feature, American Mary, an analogy of their own struggles in the film industry. American Mary has gone on to win numerous praise and awards. The film has gone on to become a cult classic and the various costumes of the lead character Mary Mason a Halloween and horror convention favorite for cos-players.
The Soska Sisters have gone on to be very outspoken about equal rights across the board including but not limited to gender equality and equal rights for the LGBT community. They're actively involved in promoting blood donation and create a new PSA for it every February. And they are only just getting started.
2014 was a big year with the Soska Sisters bringing a new life to See No Evil 2 where they resurrect the WWE Studios franchise with WWE Superstar Glenn "Kane" Jacobs reprising his role as Jacob Goodnight and scream queens Danielle Harris and Katharine Isabelle appear together for the first time. As well, the Twins will be one of the all star director line up for ABCs of Death 2 in a segment that will shock and be destined for cult status. Their segment, T is for Torture Porn, has since been banned in Germany.
In 2015, the twins did a genre jump, teaming again with Lionsgate and WWE Studios, with a action revenge thriller called Vendetta to star, Dean Cain, Paul 'Big Show' Wight, and Michael Eklund. The high action, ultra gory nature of the film proved that the sisters are not one trick ponies as they expand their sensibilities to this Justin Shady written, men's prison revenge flick.
Avid comic book fans, the Soska Sisters have teamed up with Daniel Way (Deadpool, Daken) to create their own very graphic novel entitled Kill-Crazy Nymphos Attack! with artist Rob Dumo & cover artist Dave Johnson which is a pitch black satire on patriarchal society and women's roles within it. The very graphic novel is set with a 2017 release date.
September 16th, 2015, also marks the release of Jen & Sylvia Soska's first collaboration with Marvel comics with their Night Nurse story line 'The Risk of Infection' featured in Secret Wars Journal #5. The Soska twins have been long time fans of Marvel Comics and been quite vocal in their interests to tackle the adaptation of one of their stories for the big screen with them at the helm as directors. In April it was announced that the twins would be teaming with Marvel again, this time writing 'The Ripley' as a Guardians of the Galaxy story featured in Guardians of Infinity #8.
The mediums that the twins take on ever expanding, the Soska Sisters are the hosts of the survival horror game-show called Hellevator that premiered October 21 2015 on GSN. The show is a creation from Blumhouse, GSN, Matador, and Lionsgate. The show just enjoyed it's second season and received even more attention when it was made available on VOD through Netflix and Hulu proving that evil twins continue to have a rich history with elevators and scaring people.
In February 2016, the directing duo of Jen and Sylvia Soska came on board to direct a remake of David Cronenberg's 1977 zombie thriller Rabid. John Vidette's Somerville House Releasing entered into a joint venture with Paul Lalonde and Michael Walker to produce a feature film and original TV series based on the 1977 Canadian horror film.
December 11, 2016 will mark the twins' company, Twisted Twins Productions' 8 year anniversary which will have them with 4 feature films, 2 graphic novels, a series of blood donation PSAs, and a television show. Not too shabby for a pair of twins from Canada who set their sites on shaking up the entertainment industry playing by their own rules and leaving a hefty cinematic body count in their wake.- Director
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World Winner of the YouTube's Film Festival. Selected by Variety and ScreenDaily as one of the directors to watch in the coming years. Represented by CAA. Writer of the Spanish Films "Second Origin" (2015) and " Son of Cain" (2013). Director and Writer of award-winning short films worldwide, including "Reaction" (2008) "The Guilt" (2010) and "Zero" (2015) produced by Ridley Scott and Michael Fassbender. Director of a PrimeTime TVShow "Flatline" (2017).- Producer
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Charlton Jacques founded Foresight Entertainment with the goal of excellence, innovation, and artistic and commercial distinction.
His love of acting drove him to enroll at Yaphat-toar Dramatic Academy in the Bahamas to pursue acting studies following high school. It was during this time that he discovered his natural talent for directing, taking the helm for two stage plays. After the academy, Charlton received a scholarship to the Toronto Media and Film College in Canada to study film production.
After studying cinema and film production in Toronto, Charlton took his ambition and experience to Vancouver where he opened the doors of Foresight Entertainment, Inc., serving as its president and executive producer. This independent film label is responsible for producing effective and influential genre works such as the critically-acclaimed festival short "Friends in Dark Places" and the dynamic, chilling sci-fi horror feature "Nocturne Six", which took the international market by storm with its release in 2014.- Director
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Ely Dagher was born in 1985, in Beirut, Lebanon. He received a Masters of Arts in contemporary art theory and new media from the prestigious Goldsmiths college in London. Previously he had received a Bachelors in graphic arts and illustration as well as a Bachelors in animation at the Academie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts in Lebanon. Dagher's first short film "Beirut" (2007) won the Bitfilm festival in 2008. His second short film "Waves '98" won the Palme d'Or at the 20015 Cannes Film Festival.- Actor
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Jeffrey Walker is an Australian born, multi-award winning director, known for The Artful Dodger, The Clearing, Modern Family, Lambs of God, Riot, Dance Academy: The Movie, Jack Irish and Ali's Wedding. Walker started his career as an actor, turning to directing at age twenty. He has worked between the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U.K.- Rajkumar Gunduloori is known for Ouija: Game Never Ends (2015).
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Phil Hawkins is an award-winning feature film and commercials director. He's directed countless high profile television campaigns around the world and made six indie feature films released by the likes of Sony, Netflix and Lionsgate. From adaptations of Greek tragedy and a YA novel, to comedy satire and psychological thrillers, Phil's work crosses many genres but retains a cinematic and emotional edge.
His first studio feature was "Prancer: A Christmas Tale", starring Oscar-nominated James Cromwell for Universal Pictures & Sky Studios.
His latest is his second movie for Sky Studios. "Robin And The Hoods" is a family action-adventure starring another Oscar-nominee Naomie Harris, Gwendoline Christie and a huge cast of young actors. Described as "The Goonies" meets "Game Of Thrones" it's due for release Summer 2024.
He also wrote & directed what is probably the most expensive fan film ever made. "Star Wars Origins" was a passion project shot on location in the Sahara Desert that took three years to make. It combines his love of the action-adventure genre, Star Wars and Indiana Jones in a unique re-telling of the beginnings of the saga. Highly praised by Mark Hamill himself, it's been critically acclaimed as an "epic masterpiece".- Director
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The critically acclaimed short film "Waiting For Time" by The Bashford Twins, which delves into the sensitive topic of men's mental health and stars Ariyon Bakare (known for "His Dark Materials" on BBC), received nominations at the prestigious Oscar and BAFTA qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival. Their work has gained worldwide recognition, with over 20 awards and 60 nominations across various festivals. With a background of eight years at Pinewood Studios, where they honed their skills working alongside BAFTA-winning producers and directors, The Bashford Twins have expanded their portfolio to include diverse projects. Their recent venture, they Produced a Bollywood Action/Thriller Feature "Bloodline," which is set for release in 2024. Moreover, they have collaborated with renowned production companies like Entertainment One and contributed to projects for major brands such as L'Oreal, Blackrock, Snapchat, British Airways, and Soap & Glory.- Director
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The critically acclaimed short film "Waiting For Time" by The Bashford Twins, which delves into the sensitive topic of men's mental health and stars Ariyon Bakare (known for "His Dark Materials" on BBC), received nominations at the prestigious Oscar and BAFTA qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival. Their work has gained worldwide recognition, with over 20 awards and 60 nominations across various festivals. With a background of eight years at Pinewood Studios, where they honed their skills working alongside BAFTA-winning producers and directors, The Bashford Twins have expanded their portfolio to include diverse projects. Their recent venture, they Produced a Bollywood Action/Thriller Feature "Bloodline," which is set for release in 2024. Moreover, they have collaborated with renowned production companies like Entertainment One and contributed to projects for major brands such as L'Oreal, Blackrock, Snapchat, British Airways, and Soap & Glory.- Director
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Born and raised in Mexico City, also known by fans as "La Muñeca Del Terror" in Latin America. She is a Mexican genre director/filmmaker and actress now living in Vancouver Canada, she's described by VARIETY, L'ATTITUDE LATINXT as part of the new wave of Latino talent, and scored a First Look Deal with Jason Blum's BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS. Gigi graduated with honors at Capilano University's BOSA CENTRE FOR FILM AND ANIMATION and is also a current Directing instructor at Vancouver Film School. She has been praised as one of the top, emerging directors in the horror genre by Empire, Dread Central, Fangoria and Bloody Disgusting. Guerrero is co-founder of Luchagore Productions In Vancouver Canada. Guerrero directed an action-packed episode for THE PURGE season 2. She directed her feature debut CULTURE SHOCK for Blumhouse Productions Television, winner of Best Primetime movie at IMAGEN AWARDS and it is still 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Now recently genre-bending fun flick Bingo Hell is on Amazon Prime where she co-wrote and directed. Guerrero started her career with several genre short films including gore-fest El Gigante, and viral hits like A Luchagore Christmas and Evil Dead in 60 seconds. In 2014, Guerrero participated in the Mexican horror anthology Mexico Bárbaro with its Day of the Dead segment while still in film school. Her series with Warner Brothers/Stage 13, La Quinceañera, won the Audience Award at the 2017 Morbido Film Festival.
Guerrero is also known for not just her talent behind the camera but her beauty in front. She has posed for PlayBoy Mexico, and many pinup holiday themed pictures. She is also an actress and most commonly known for her voice over work such as NETFLIX SUPER MONSTERS as Vida, MARVEL SUPERHERO ADVENTURES as Spider-Girl, and fan favourite character Varzia on Warfare video game. Her first leading role is Peacock's new anticipated animated series SUPERNATURAL ACADEMY as Mischa Lebron.- Producer
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Kristina Buozyte was born on 9 October 1982 in Klaipeda, Lithuanian SSR, USSR [now Lithuania]. She is a director and writer, known for Vesper (2022), Vanishing Waves (2012) and Kolekcioniere (2008).- Director
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Adam Deyoe graduated from Emerson College with a B.F.A. in film production. He has directed numerous features including the cult films "Psycho Sleepover" and "Yeti: A Love Story" for Troma Entertainment, the horror action-thriller "Dead Season" for the SyFy Network, and the teen dance drama, "1 Chance 2 Dance" for MarVista Entertainment. He has since gone on to direct, produce, and create visual effects for animated content including the Streamy nominated "Oishi High School Battle" for Defy Media and "Laurie the Lousy Fairy" and "Dinglesworth" for DreamworksTV. His latest directorial works have been the zombie-thriller "Decade of the Dead" shot in Hawaii and the stop motion short film "Davey's Lullaby".- Director
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Eric England was born on 23 February 1988 in Russellville, Arkansas, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Madison County (2011), Contracted (2013) and Get the Girl (2017).- Actor
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British born and American raised, Henry Phillip Thompson grew up in Florida, spending most of his youth at the local AMC watching as many movies as he could. On his 6th birthday he saw 'who framed Roger Rabbit' and on that day he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up; a cartoon character. He later learned the film was fictional and decided he wanted to write and direct and create worlds of his own.
During his early teens, trouble at home forced Henry to drop out of school and leave home. Living with friends and on the street, he taught himself as best he could, reading and watching all the movies he could.
At 18 he moved to England with his mother (The first time he'd been there since he was 2 years old) and started a new life. For several years he worked as a self taught Graphic Artist and Web designer, but he never lost his lust for filmmaking. In 2006 he founded Eze as Pi Productions LTD and started work on his first feature film.
Self financed, Walk Away, was filmed over two years for just under 30,000 pounds. As of January 2013 Walk Away is in Post Production and expected to be finished by Summer 2014, just awaiting some final funds.
He has also produced several short films and continues to write and strive toward making more feature films.- Writer
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Stephen Dunn was born on 18 January 1989 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is a writer and director, known for Closet Monster (2015), Swallowed (2010) and Life Doesn't Frighten Me (2012).- Writer
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Emily Carmichael was born and raised in New York City. She was the top-ranked English student in her graduating class at Stuyvesant High School, and shared the second-place ranking in Physics with one other student.
As a teenager, she contributed two essays ("Fight Girl Power" and "Acid Torches of Doom") to Ophelia Speaks, a collection of works by adolescent girls, which spent eighteen weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List. Salon's review of the book singled out her work as the strongest in the collection and she appeared as a featured guest on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation to discuss issues of girlhood and modernity. In 2000 she won Bertelsmann's World of Expression Award for her short story "Losing It."
At Harvard University, she earned her B.A. with honors in Painting and Literature and continued to distinguish herself as an artist, playwright, and theater director. She wrote and directed two full-length plays -- Stopover and The Passion Sell (co-directed with Geordie Broadwater) -- and three short plays -- Amy's Roadside, The Impossibles, and The Minute Kings. She also co-directed a production of Macbeth: The Puppet Shakespeare for which she designed and sculpted twenty-two clay puppets. Her comic strip, Whiz Kids, which debuted in her high school newspaper, ran in the Harvard Crimson over two years. Seth MacFarlane, writing in Noise magazine, praised its artistry and Doonesbury rhythms. In Cambridge her paintings and sculptures were regularly featured in student exhibitions and she graduated with the David McCord Prize for Excellence in the Arts.
After her graduation in 2004, she moved back to New York City where she began to work professionally as an artist and writer. She assisted with story development on One Rat Short (Short-listed for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film), and wrote and workshopped her new play, Madrigal's Dome, at the Manhattan Theater Club. She also served as a graphic designer for several ad and promotional campaigns and as a set designer for the second season of the Babel Theater Project.
In 2006, she entered the MFA film program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her thesis film, The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting, premiered at Sundance in 2011. Since then, her short films have screened at Sundance, Tribeca and SXSW, as well as international film festivals around the world.- Director
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Kevin Kopacka is an Austrian / Sri Lankan painter and director.
He grew up in Graz, Austria and moved to Berlin, Germany in 2006. In 2007 he started his studies of Fine Art at the University of Arts, Berlin in the class of the Japanese artist Leiko Ikemura. He graduated as Master Student in 2012.
His work often deals with paranormal and metaphysical elements.- Director
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Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy was born on 8 February 1983 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and writer, known for Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite (2015), The Bride (2017) and Dark Spell (2021).- Producer
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Kyle Patrick Alvarez was born on 19 May 1983 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Easier with Practice (2009) and C.O.G. (2013).- Director
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Christopher De Maria was born on 19 August 1982 in Staten Island, New York, USA. Christopher is a director and writer, known for Inconvenience (2008), Sound of Blood and American Zombieland (2020).- Director
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Isaac Madge was born on 6th July, 1996 in Bath, Somerset, England. He has spent his career working primarily in video for theatre productions. Theatre credits include 'The Lehman Trilogy' at the National Theatre and 'All About Eve' at The Noel Coward Theatre.
Isaac has also worked on a number of feature films, short films, documentaries and music videos but continues to work primarily in live performance.- Director
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Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a film-maker at the tender age of 6 years when he and a friend made a Batman movie. He continued making films as a child before attending Wesleyan University, where he majored in film. After graduation, Benh spent a summer in Prague working with a prominent animation artist. Returning to the U.S., he worked in a private school in Manhattan helping elementary students create short films.- Writer
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The Vicious Brothers is the writing, directing collaboration between brothers Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz. Their debut feature film, "Grave Encounters", made on a shoe string budget had its world premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and has since become a cult hit worldwide. Forbes magazine placed it in the top 10 horror movies of 2011-2012. The brothers wrote and produced, but did not direct the sequel Grave Encounters 2 which was released Halloween of 2012. The brother's newest film, 'Extraterrestrial', had its premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and is slated for US release by IFC Midnight in the first quarter of 2015.- Director
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Daryl Wein is an award-winning filmmaker. He is represented by CAA and Rain Management.
He directed "Something from Tiffany's" in 2022 starring Zoey Deutch and Kendrick Sampson for Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine and Amazon Studios.
He co-wrote/co-directed/co-produced/DP'd/edited, "How It Ends"; released by MGM and had its World Premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Olivia Wilde, Helen Hunt, Fred Armisen, Nick Kroll, Lamorne Morris.
His narrative feature film, "White Rabbit", had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 starring Vivian Bang (Swedish Dicks) and Nana Ghana (LA Woman Rising). Daryl was the executive producer of "Band Aid" (IFC Films), starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally and Fred Armisen, which had its World Premiere at Sundance in 2017.
He co-wrote and directed, "Lola Versus", for Fox Searchlight starring Greta Gerwig (Greenberg), Zoe Lister-Jones (Breaking Upwards), Joel Kinnaman (Robocop), Hamish Linklater (The Future), Debra Winger (Terms of Endearment), and Bill Pullman (Independence Day).
His debut narrative feature film, "Breaking Upwards" with Zoe Lister-Jones (Lola Versus), Julie White (Transformers), Peter Friedman (The Savages), Olivia Thirlby (Juno), and Andrea Martin (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), was an official selection in the Narrative Competition at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. IFC Films released the film theatrically and on VOD in 2010.
His political drama "Blueprint" (Deauville Film Festival) was released by The Orchard. His agricultural thriller, "Consumed", starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Griffin Dunne, and Danny Glover can be seen on Netflix and was championed by Erin Brockovich.
In TV, Wein directed for the Golden Globe-winning show "Mozart in the Jungle" for Amazon, as well as digital projects for Vice and Refinery29. His pilot "Awokened" starring David Walton, Michaela Watkins, Jeremy Sisto, Lamorne Morris, Majandra Delfino, Zoe Lister-Jones premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He recently directed for Season 2 of "Single Parents" for ABC.
Wein's feature length documentary, "Sex Positive," won the Grand Jury Prize at the L.A. Outfest Film Fest, and was an official selection at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival, London Film Festival, Boston Independent Film Festival, among thirty other film festivals around the world. Regent Releasing distributed the film theatrically in North America, and the film has been released in 8 foreign countries on broadcast and theatrically, most notably at the BFI in London.
In 2006 Daryl co-wrote and directed, "Unlocked," a short psychological drama starring Olivia Thirlby (Juno) and executive produced by Stephen Daldry (The Reader, Billy Elliot). The film was an Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the Gijon Film Festival in Spain and 20 other film festivals. It was voted one of the "Best Short Films in the World" by Indy Mogul.
He is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.