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Christophe Gans

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Born in 1960 in Antibes (in the South of France), Christophe Gans became crazy about movies at an early stage. As a teenager, he made a lot of samurai and kung fu super-8 films with his friends. At the end of the seventies, he founded the fanzine "Rhesus Zero" about B-movies. In 1980, he studied at the French cinema school Idhec and directed a short movie called "Silver Slime"... See full bio »

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Christopher Mann's Theatrical Demo Reel -- This reel contains Christopher performing in Film and Television. The clips included are from the following: "The Boundary", "The Wire", "Duplicity", "Law & Order(SVU)", "Michael Clayton", "Cost Of A Soul", "HEROES" and "Law & Order (CI)".

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2013 Beauty and the Beast (post-production)
 
2006 Silent Hill
 
2001 Brotherhood of the Wolf
 
1995 Crying Freeman
 
1993 Necronomicon: Book of Dead (segment "part #1: The Drawned")
 
1981 Silver Slime (short)
 
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2013 Beauty and the Beast (post-production)
 
2001 Brotherhood of the Wolf (adaptation)
 
1995 Crying Freeman (screenplay)
 
1993 Necronomicon: Book of Dead (screenplay / part 1)
 
1981 Silver Slime (short)
 
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2004 House of Voices (producer)
 
2004 L'atelier: l'histoire de la Film Worshop (video documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1981 Silver Slime (short)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1998 I Stand Alone (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
2009 Silent hill: entre deux mondes (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Mémoires du cinéma francais, de la libération à nos jours (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Le pacte des Loups - Christophe Gans par Jean-Pierre Jackson (video short)
Himself
 
2004 J'étais... (video documentary short)
 
2004 Roma Termini (video documentary short)
 
2004 Un monde de mort au fond de leurs regards de pierre (video documentary short)
 
2004 Non risponde più (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Gunmen revisité (video documentary short)
Himself (voice)
 
2001 Le pacte des loups - Les entrailles de la bête (video)
Himself
 
2001 Le pacte des loups - Les coulisses du tournage (TV documentary)
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1982 Ciné parade (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Le fantastique (1982) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Made audio commentaries on French DVD editions of "Crying Freeman" (1995), "Brotherhood of the Wolf" (2002), " Sugata Sanshiro" (1943) and "Crying furîman" (1988).

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I always considered the horror genre as a political genre. I'm born in 1960. I have been raised in the admiration of directors of horror movies that appeared in the'70s, like John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, and these people are still my heroes. They start their work at the moment of Vietnam and it is... See more »

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He founded the cinema magazine "Starfix". See more »

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