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ABCs Of Death (film Series)
The ''ABCs of Death'' film series consists of American-produced multilingual comedy horror anthology films created in independent filmmaking collaboration with various countries; including two limited theatrical releases, and one straight-to-consumer video on demand spin-off film. Created from an original story concept by producer Ant Timpson, the plot centers around a variety of anthological explorations of horror and death. Through the series, writers and directors create a segment centered around one of the letters of the alphabet, with the studios allowing creative freedom to each of the filmmakers once they were assigned their segment (including which word they chose to explore with their given letter). The resulting film series includes a diversity in cultures, languages, content, and subgenres within the horror genre. The film series as a whole has been met with a variety of classifications from film critics; the original film was met with mixed critical reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Timpson
Ant Timpson (born 21 April 1966) is a New Zealand film producer best known for producing ''The ABCs of Death'' series, '' Turbo Kid'', ''Deathgasm'' and ''The Greasy Strangler''. He founded and hosts the 48Hours film contest. Career In 2003, Timpson founded the annual 48Hours film challenge, a New Zealand-based competition where teams of filmmakers create a short film in 48 hours. Taika Waititi and Te Radar won in the festival's first year. The film '' Turbo Kid'' originated as a submission for the "T" segment in '' ABCs of Death''. Though not selected, Timpson was impressed and approached the filmmakers to expand it into a feature. Timpson got Elijah Wood and his production company, SpectreVision, involved in producing ''The Greasy Strangler''. In 2016, he won the British Independent Film Awards Discovery Award. Also in 2016, he won a Saturn Award for Best International Film. In January 2017, it was announced Timpson would produce a new horror anthology, ''The Field Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Sarmiento
Marcel Sarmiento is a film director and writer who has created both comedy and horror films and commercials. He wrote and directed the 2007 comedy '' Heavy Petting'', co-produced and directed the 2008 horror film '' Deadgirl'', and directed a segment ''Vicious Circles'' in '' V/H/S: Viral''. Most recently, he co-wrote, produced and directed the upcoming thriller ''Faceless''. In 2019, he directed ''The Royal'', the true story of Wilkie Mays Aikens, touted from a young age as the next Reggie Jackson, had his career quickly turn disastrous when he fell into drug abuse and was ultimately sentenced to the longest prison time ever given to a professional athlete. He also co-wrote the story and directed ''Totem'', a supernatural horror film was released by Blumhouse Productions for HBO/Cinemax on October 31, 2017. He is set to direct ''The Wildness'' for Bron Studios. He is originally a member of Fox Searchlab, but he signed a deal with Fox Searchlight in 2002. Sarmiento wrote and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake West
Jake West (born 1972) is a British film director, known mostly for his horror films and for a series of documentaries looking at film censorship and interviewing well-known directors, actors and industry figures. Biography West's first feature film was ''Razor Blade Smile'', released in 1998. His second film, released in 2005, was ''Evil Aliens'', described as a 'British slapstick horror-comedy', in the tradition of films such as ''Braindead (film), Braindead'', ''House (1986 film), House'', and ''Evil Dead''. It was the first full-length British horror film to be filmed using Sony HD cameras and contains over a hundred digital effect shots as well as many conventional gory special effects. Following the success of Evil Aliens, West directed a made-for-TV sequel to the 1988 film ''Pumpkinhead (film), Pumpkinhead''. ''Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes'' was co-written by West with Barbara Werner. The film was shot in Romania for the American Sci Fi Channel. His next film ''Doghouse (fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Barrett (filmmaker)
Simon Barrett (born 1978) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter known for his collaborations with Adam Wingard, including ''A Horrible Way to Die'', ''V/H/S'', ''V/H/S/2'', ''You're Next'', and '' The Guest''. He is associated with the mumblecore movement and has worked with director Joe Swanberg several times. Personal life Barrett was born in Columbia, Missouri, in 1978. Career Barrett has performed a number of roles in his films. He attributes this to the low budgets of his early films, in which he and frequent collaborator Adam Wingard were forced to act, as they could not afford to hire anyone else. Barrett credits his acting with informing his screenwriting. Although he said in October 2014 that he is too busy writing to direct, Barrett does not discount directing more projects in the future. Among his early work was writing the 2004 TV film '' Frankenfish'', and collaborating with director Alex Turner as writer on '' Dead Birds'' (2004) and ''Red Sands'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Wingard
Adam Wingard ( ; born December 3, 1982) is an American filmmaker. He has served as a director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer on numerous projects. Following an early career as a member of the mumblecore movement, he became notable for his works in the horror and action genres, especially the films ''You're Next'' (2011), and '' The Guest'' (2014), and the bigger budget franchise films ''Blair Witch'' (2016), '' Death Note'' (2017), and '' Godzilla vs. Kong'' (2021). Life and career Wingard was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and graduated from Full Sail University in 2002. His first feature, the horror comedy ''Home Sick'', starring Bill Moseley and Tiffany Shepis, proved to be a stepping stone to his second feature, the psychotropic ghost story horror film ''Pop Skull''. Made on a total budget of $2,000, ''Pop Skull'' had its international premiere at the Rome Film Festival and its domestic premiere at the AFI Film Festival in 2007. ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène Cattet And Bruno Forzani
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani are husband-and-wife filmmakers based in Brussels, Belgium. They have worked as a writing and directing team for their entire professional film careers. Their most acclaimed works include ''Amer (film), Amer'' (2009), ''The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears'' (2013), and ''Let the Corpses Tan'' (2017). Career Hélène Cattet, born in 1976 in Paris, and Bruno Forzani, born in the same year in Menton, France, met in Brussels in 1997 and moved there. After developing an interest in filmmaking, the couple directed a number self-produced short films, gaining critical attention in the independent festival circuit. Cattet and Forzani made their full-length debut in 2009 with ''Amer (film), Amer'', an international coproduction between France and Belgium that was described as a Postmodernism, postmodern homage to giallo films. The film received general acclaim from critics and earned the couple a Magritte Award nomination in the category of Magritte Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjong Pisanthanakun
Bangjong Pisanthanakun ( th, บรรจง ปิสัญธนะกูล) is a Thai filmmaker and screenwriter. He saw early success with his first two films, ''Shutter (2004 film), Shutter'' (2004) and ''Alone (2007 film), Alone'' (2007), both horror films that he co-directed and co-wrote with Parkpoom Wongpoom. He also directed the 2013 comedy horror romance film ''Pee Mak'', which became Thailand's highest-grossing film of all time, and the 2021 horror film The Medium (2021 film), ''The Medium'', which was a commercial and critical success in South Korea. In addition to horror films, Bangjong directed the romance films ''Hello Stranger (film), Hello Stranger'' (2010) and ''One Day (2016 film), One Day'' (2016). Education and early career Bangjong Pisanthankun graduated in 1999 from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, where he majored in film. He directed a short film, ''Plae Kao'', which was a finalist for best picture and best screenplay in the Click Radio comedy short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ti West
Timon C. West (born October 5, 1980) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, and occasional actor, best known for his work in horror films. He directed the horror films ''The Roost'' (2005), ''The House of the Devil'' (2009), '' The Innkeepers'' (2011), '' The Sacrament'' (2013), ''X'' and its prequel ''Pearl'' (both 2022), and the Western ''In a Valley of Violence'' (2016). He has also acted in a number of films, mostly in those directed by either himself or Joe Swanberg. Early life West was born in Wilmington, Delaware. His given name Timon was the surname of his maternal grandfather. He was featured in a 2001 fall issue of ''Teen People'' magazine. West attended the School of Visual Arts. Career West's directorial work includes the 2001 short ''The Wicked'', and feature films ''The Roost'' (2005), '' Trigger Man'' (2007), ''The House of the Devil'' (2009), '' The Innkeepers'' (2011), and '' The Sacrament'' (2013). He appeared in 2004's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Tjahjanto
Timo Tjahjanto (; born Timothy Tjahjanto; 4 September 1980) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his works on the horror and action genres. Tjahjanto runs the film production company Merah Production. Apart from directing, producing, and writing his own films, Tjahjanto is also known as one half of The Mo Brothers with friend and fellow filmmaker Kimo Stamboel. The duo received a Citra Award nomination for Best Director in 2016 for ''Headshot'' while Tjahjanto himself won the Maya Award for Best Director in 2019 for ''May the Devil Take You''. Early life Timo received education at the School of Visual Arts in Australia, where he met future collaborator Kimo Stamboel. He began his career in the film industry as a freelance story board artist and photographer. He has cited Alfred Hitchcock's '' Psycho'' and Tommy Lee Wallace's 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's '' It'' as his major influences. Career 2007–2017: Career beginnings, The Mo Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Morgenthaler
Anders Morgenthaler (born 5 December 1972) is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, animator and film director. Biography Morgenthaler is a graduate of Designskolen Kolding and the National Film School of Denmark. Having worked as a TV host on the Danish TV channel DR's children's show ''KatjaKaj og BenteBent'', and directed several music videos, he eventually directed the feature film ''Princess'' in 2006, earning him a ''Nordisk Film Award''. Prior to this, comic strip '' Wulffmorgenthaler'' produced in collaboration with comedian Mikael Wulff, brought attention and success in 2001. A comic strip competition entry named ''Kalzone'', completed few hours before the entry deadline, submitted under the pseudonym ''Pernille Richter Andersson'', led to victory in the competition, and a one-month run in the national newspaper ''Politiken''. The strip became a regular feature on DR's internet culture portal in 2002, and in October 2003 it became a daily newspaper strip in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūdai Yamaguchi
is a Japanese film director who has worked mainly in the comedy and horror genres. He has "made a name for himself by mixing goofy gore with manga-esque escapades and plain utter weirdness". Life and career Yamaguchi was born in 1971 and attended the . After graduation he won a number of awards at independent film festivals. In 2000 he co-wrote (with director Ryuhei Kitamura) the action-horror film '' Versus'' (VERSUS ヴァーサス) starring Tak Sakaguchi. Yamaguchi was also a second-unit director on the movie. He made his debut as a feature film director with '' Battlefield Baseball'' released theatrically in July 2003. This horror-sports-comedy again starred Tak Sakaguchi and the film won the Grand Prize at the 14th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in February 2003. Yamaguchi was a guest at the festival. He followed this in 2004 with ''Babaa Zone'', a compilation of five short skits in collaboration with manga artist Gatarō Man. In late 2004, Yamaguchi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hell'', for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular setting. ''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. ''Jidaigeki'' films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight", though chambara is more accurately a subgenre of ''jidaigeki''. ''Jidaigeki'' rely on an established set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines. Types Many ''jidaigeki'' take place in Edo, the military capital. Others show the adventures of people wandering from place to place. The long-running television series ''Zenigata Heiji'' and ''Abarenbō Shōgun'' typify the Edo ''jidaigeki''. ''Mito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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