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Sylvain White

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Sylvain White
Filmmaker Sylvain White was born and raised in Paris, France. At 18 he attended the university of La Sorbonne then earned a scholarship to go to film school in Los Angeles. After graduating with honors in both film production and media studies, a series of award-winning short films led him to direct a spectrum of music videos and commercials in the US, Europe and Japan.

Sylvain debuted his smash feature hit Stomp the Yard at number one in the US for Sony. He went on to direct the explosive Warner Bros. action comedy The Losers, starring Chris Evans, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana. He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed French murder mystery The Mark of The Angels, starring Gérard Depardieu, and followed by directing the theatrical summer horror hit Slender Man for Sony.

Sylvain also directs numerous television series such as Fargo, The Umbrella Academy, For All Mankind, Invasion, Billions, Justified, The Americans, The Terminal List, Amazing Stories, etc.
BornDecember 21, 1971
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    Known for

    Stomp the Yard (2007)
    Stomp the Yard
    5.4
    • Director
    • 2007
    Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldaña, Óscar Jaenada, and Columbus Short in The Losers (2010)
    The Losers
    6.2
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2010
    Gérard Depardieu and JoeyStarr in The Mark of the Angels - Miserere (2013)
    The Mark of the Angels - Miserere
    5.7
    • Director
    • 2013
    Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in The Americans (2013)
    The Americans
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director



    • For All Mankind
      • Director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2019



    • Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, and Allison Tolman in Fargo (2014)
      Fargo
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2023
    • For All Mankind (2019)
      For All Mankind
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
      Billions
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2023
    • Timothy Olyphant in Justified: City Primeval (2023)
      Justified: City Primeval
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Rhoyle Ivy King, GeffriMaya, Kelly Jenrette, Peyton 'Alex' Smith, Mitchell Edwards, Sylvester Powell, and Camille Hyde in All American: Homecoming (2022)
      All American: Homecoming
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Reasonable Doubt (2022)
      Reasonable Doubt
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Chris Pratt in The Terminal List (2022)
      The Terminal List
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Elliot Page, Robert Sheehan, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Aidan Gallagher, and Emmy Raver-Lampman in The Umbrella Academy (2019)
      The Umbrella Academy
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2022
    • Jabari Banks, Jimmy Akingbola, Cassandra Freeman, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, and Olly Sholotan in Bel-Air (2022)
      Bel-Air
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • The Rookie (2018)
      The Rookie
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2021
    • Amazing Stories (2020)
      Amazing Stories
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, and Jack Reynor in Strange Angel (2018)
      Strange Angel
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Station 19 (2018)
      Station 19
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Slender Man (2018)
      Slender Man
      3.3
      • Director
      • 2018

    Writer



    • HeeJun Feat. Pusha T: Bring the Love Back
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Gérard Depardieu and JoeyStarr in The Mark of the Angels - Miserere (2013)
      The Mark of the Angels - Miserere
      5.7
      • collaboration
      • 2013
    • Chris Brown: Fine China (2013)
      Chris Brown: Fine China
      6.5
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Mischa Barton in Walled In (2009)
      Walled In
      4.7
      • written by
      • 2009

    Producer



    • Milla Jovovich in Faces in the Crowd (2011)
      Faces in the Crowd
      5.7
      • associate producer
      • 2011

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    • Alternative name
      • Skav One
    • Born
      • December 21, 1971
      • Paris, France
    • Spouse
      • Meena Payne? - present

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