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Christophe Gans

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Christophe Gans at an event for Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
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", a tribute to Mario Bava. In 1982, he founded the magazine "Starfix" and defended directors like David Cronenberg, Dario Argento, Russel Mulcahy, David Lynch, John Carpenter or Sergio Leone. He decided to make movies and directed one of the three parts of _Necronomicon (1994)_ called "The Drowned", then "Crying Freeman" from the famous Japanese manga. Gans created the video collection "HK" devoted to Hong Kong movies. He worked for two years on a free adaptation of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" but the project failed. In 1999, he was asked to make Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) ("Brotherhood of the Wolf") about the Beast of Gévaudan, an unknown animal who killed more than one hundred people in France at the end of 18th century. The movie was released in January 2001 and was a great success (more than five million people saw it).
BornMarch 11, 1960
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Christophe Gans, Laurie Holden, and Radha Mitchell in Silent Hill (2006)
Christophe Gans in Silent Hill (2006)
Christophe Gans in Silent Hill (2006)
Christophe Gans in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

Known for

Mark Dacascos and Samuel Le Bihan in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf
7.0
  • Director
  • 2001
Crying Freeman (1995)
Crying Freeman
6.4
  • Director
  • 1995
Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux in Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Beauty and the Beast
6.4
  • Director
  • 2014
Radha Mitchell in Silent Hill (2006)
Silent Hill
6.5
  • Director
  • 2006

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Director

  • Untitled Project Zero Movie
    • In Production
  • Return to Silent Hill
    • In Production
  • Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux in Beauty and the Beast (2014)
    Beauty and the Beast
  • Radha Mitchell in Silent Hill (2006)
    Silent Hill
  • Mark Dacascos and Samuel Le Bihan in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
    Brotherhood of the Wolf
  • Crying Freeman (1995)
    Crying Freeman
  • Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)
    Necronomicon: Book of Dead
    • (segment part #1: The Drowned)
  • Silver Slime (1981)
    Silver Slime

Writer

  • Return to Silent Hill
    • In Production
  • Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux in Beauty and the Beast (2014)
    Beauty and the Beast
  • Mark Dacascos and Samuel Le Bihan in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
    Brotherhood of the Wolf
  • Crying Freeman (1995)
    Crying Freeman
  • Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)
    Necronomicon: Book of Dead
    • (part 1)
  • Silver Slime (1981)
    Silver Slime

Producer

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  • Saint Ange (2004)
    Saint Ange
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    • March 11, 1960
    • Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
  • 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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    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Article

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    He was member of the Jury of the 9th Fantastic Film Festival of Gerardmer (France), January 2002.
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    It is important to consider that the horror movies should - like modern art - not have a too obvious meaning. When you watch them it is more important what you feel than what you understand.

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