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Unfriended
''Unfriended'' is a 2014 computer screen supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The first feature film to be entirely set on a computer screen, it is produced in the so-called Screenlife format. The film stars Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, and Courtney Halverson as high school students in a Skype conversation which is haunted by a student, played by Heather Sossaman, who was bullied and committed suicide. The film is told almost entirely through a screencast of a MacBook. The film premiered at the Fantasia Festival on July 20, 2014, and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on April 17, 2015. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a massive box-office success, grossing $62 million against a $1 million budget. A sequel, '' Unfriended: Dark Web'', was released in 2018. Plot High school student Laura Barns committed suicide by gunshot after an ano ...
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Screenlife (film Format)
Screenlife or computer screen film is a genre of visual storytelling where all the events are shown on a computer, tablet or smartphone screen. It became popular in the 2010s with the growing impact of the Internet. According to Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian-Kazakh director and producer, a computer screen film should take place on one specific screen, never move outside of the screen, the camerawork should resemble the behavior of the device's camera, all the action should take place in real time, without any visible transitions and all the sounds should originate from the computer. There have, however, also been movies that switch between screens and still categorized as screenlife. After producing one of the first mainstream feature-length computer screen films, ''Unfriended,'' in 2014, Bekmambetov popularized screenlife as a narrative device in film. Features Screenlife video displays only a desktop of a computer or smartphone and actions of the main character on this devic ...
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Screenlife
Screenlife or computer screen film is a genre of visual storytelling where all the events are shown on a computer, tablet or smartphone screen. It became popular in the 2010s with the growing impact of the Internet. According to Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian-Kazakh director and producer, a computer screen film should take place on one specific screen, never move outside of the screen, the camerawork should resemble the behavior of the device's camera, all the action should take place in real time, without any visible transitions and all the sounds should originate from the computer. There have, however, also been movies that switch between screens and still categorized as screenlife. After producing one of the first mainstream feature-length computer screen films, ''Unfriended,'' in 2014, Bekmambetov popularized screenlife as a narrative device in film. Features Screenlife video displays only a desktop of a computer or smartphone and actions of the main character on this devic ...
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Levan Gabriadze
Levan "Leo" Gabriadze ( ka, ლევან რევაზის ძე გაბრიაძე, ''Levan Revazis dze Gabriadze''; russian: Лева́н Рева́зович Габриа́дзе, ''Levan Revazovich Gabriadze''; born 16 November 1969) is a Georgian-Russian actor and film director. He is best known for directing the 2014 horror film ''Unfriended''. Biography Gabriadze was born in Tbilisi, then part of the Soviet Georgia. His father, Revaz Gabriadze, was an actor, writer and director. By age 12, Leo was already working in his father's productions. At age 17 he was invited to star in one of the main roles of the film ''Kin-dza-dza!''. He graduated from the workshop of Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, specialized in acting and set design. He served in the Soviet Army, Air Defense Forces with the rank of private, post of a fireman. In 1990 he entered the University of California (UCLA) (Los Angeles) in the Faculty of Design and Animation. In 2000 he m ...
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Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (, ; ; born June 25, 1961) is a Russian-Kazakhstan, Kazakh film Film director, director, Film producer, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic ''Night Watch (2004 film), Night Watch'' (2004) and action thriller ''Wanted (2008 film), Wanted'' (2008), as well as for pioneering Screenlife (film format), Screenlife films: ''Unfriended'' (2015), ''Searching (film), Searching'' (2018) and ''Profile (2018 film), Profile'' (2021). He founded Baselevs, a production company that earned a spot among the 2021 World's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video, according to Fast Company. Early life Bekmambetov was born on 25 June 1961, in the city of Atyrau, formerly known as Guriev. His father, Nuruakhit Bekmambetov, worked in management positions with the energy supplier GuryevEnergo. As Timur recollects, he was chief power engineer of Western Kazakhstan. His mother, Mira Bogoslovskaya, was deputy editor leading the ...
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Shelley Hennig
Shelley Catherine Hennig (born January 2, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Teen Choice Award and two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Prior to pursuing an acting career, Hennig competed in beauty pageants and won the Miss Teen USA 2004 competition. She landed her first major role as Stephanie Johnson on the soap opera '' Days of Our Lives'' (2007–2011, 2017) and went on to appear in The CW supernatural teen drama '' The Secret Circle'' (2011–2012). She gained further prominence for portraying Malia Tate on the MTV supernatural drama series ''Teen Wolf'' (2014–2017) and has appeared in the films ''Ouija'' (2014), ''Unfriended'' (2014), and '' When We First Met'' (2018). Early life Hennig was born in Metairie, Louisiana, on January 2, 1987, the daughter of Cathy Distefano Gosset and Glenn H. Hennig Sr. She lived in St. Rose, Louisiana, and later moved to Destrehan, Louisiana. Three years before she won the Mi ...
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Renee Olstead
Renee Olstead (born June 18, 1989) is an American actress and singer. Active since childhood as an actress, she is best known for her roles on the CBS sitcom '' Still Standing'' and on the ABC Family drama ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' as Madison Cooperstein. In addition, she has recorded four studio albums, primarily of jazz music. Early life Olstead was born in Kingwood, Texas, to Christopher Eric Olstead and Rebecca Lynn Jeffries. Olstead is of Norwegian ancestry. She also attended Centre Stage theatrical school and is mentioned on their website's list of alumni. Career As a child actress, she made films and commercials from age eight onwards. From 2002 to 2006, she appeared in the TV sitcom '' Still Standing'' as middle sister Lauren Miller. Olstead was presented with the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy) - Supporting Young Actress for ''Still Standing'' in 2002. She also had a small part in the 2004 film '' 13 Going on 30''. She ...
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Bazelevs Company
Bazelevs is a US-based production company founded by Hollywood director and producer Timur Bekmambetov. The company has been producing films such as '' Night Watch'', '' Day Watch'', '' Wanted'', '' The Darkest Hour'', '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' and ''Hardcore Henry''. The company was involved in producing the animated film '' 9'', which was nominated for Best Animated Film in 2010 at the Producers Guild of America Awards 2009. In the summer of 2010 in Moscow, they filmed the Russo-American projects '' The Darkest Hour'', in cooperation with 20th Century Fox, New Regency, Summit Entertainment and '' Kikoriki. Team Invincible'' in cooperation with Columbia Pictures, in the United States with Bekmambetov as a producer. In 2015, the company have since released films in a new format titled "Screenlife" which each film is shot in the point-of-view of computer screens and smartphones. The first couple films released in that genre are ''Unfriended'', '' Unfriended: Dark Web ...
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Blumhouse Productions
Blumhouse Productions (; also known as BH Productions or simply BH) is an American film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum. It is known mainly for producing horror films, such as ''Paranormal Activity'', ''Insidious'', ''The Purge'', ''Split'', ''Get Out'', ''Happy Death Day'', '' Halloween'', '' Us'', ''The Invisible Man'', '' Freaky'' and ''The Black Phone''. It has also produced drama films, such as ''Whiplash'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'', which both earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ''Get Out'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'' won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. It has worked with directors such as Leigh Whannell, Jordan Peele, Scott Derrickson, Christopher Landon, James Wan, Mike Flanagan, James DeMonaco, Damien Chazelle, and M. Night Shyamalan. Most of Blumhouse's theatrically-released films since 2014 are owned and distributed by Universal Pictures as part of a 10-year ...
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Moses Storm
Moses Jacob Storm (born May 6, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States) is an American writer, actor, and comedian, who has appeared in film, television and radio. Early life Moses Storm was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as one of five children of missionary parents. Storm and his siblings were raised by their religious parents on a converted Greyhound bus after he reached the age of two. Moses was mostly homeschooled by his mother. From a young age, he watched Conan O'Brien by recording the episodes over Christian learning video tapes. Storm attended one semester of community college for video production but diverged from the course. Upon recognising his skill as a performer, he moved to Los Angeles and took a cleaning job. He claims that he then became a comedian when he realised he was "good at nothing else." Career Comedy Storm is an alumnus of the UCB Theatre and currently hosts a live program called ''Trifecta'' alongside Ify Nwadiwe and Christian Spicer at the UCB The ...
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Will Peltz
William Peltz (born May 30, 1986) is an American actor, who is best known for his roles in ''Unfriended'' '' Men, Women & Children'' and ''Manifest''. Early life Peltz was born in New York City, the son of Nelson Peltz, a billionaire businessman. Peltz's father is of Austrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent, while his mother has German, Welsh, and English ancestry. Peltz celebrated his becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Among his siblings are actress Nicola Peltz and ice hockey defenceman Brad Peltz. He has seven siblings, and two half-siblings from his father's previous marriages. Peltz played hockey in his youth, advancing to Tier III Junior hockey with the New Jersey Hitmen. Career Peltz became interested in acting while reading scripts with his sister Nicola. In 2009, he moved to Los Angeles and secured his first roles in film productions. In 2014, he had his first major role in Jason Reitman's drama '' Men, Women & Children''. That same year, he starred in the horror film ''Unfrien ...
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Jacob Wysocki
Jacob Wysocki (born June 20, 1990) is an American actor and comedian. Life and career Wysocki became interested in acting while still in high school. During these years, he also performed with ComedySportz and started to act in school plays. Afterwards he was cast as ''Dante Piznarski'' in the ABC Family drama series ''Huge''. He took his first leading role in 2011 alongside John C. Reilly in the dramedy ''Terri''.'Terri' star Jacob Wysocki asks, 'Why me?'
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Courtney Halverson
Courtney Halverson (born June 14, 1989) is an American actress. Life and career Halverson was born in Orange County, California and graduated from high school at the age of 15. She has been nominated twice for a Young Artist Award, once in 2006 for ''A Distant Shore'' and again in 2007 for ''Sleepwalk''. She also starred in the thriller films '' Leprechaun's Revenge'', '' The Hammer'' and ''Unfriended ''Unfriended'' is a 2014 computer screen supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The first feature film to be entirely set on a computer screen, it is produced in the so-called Screenlife format. T ...''. Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Halverson, Courtney 1989 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Orange County, California American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people ...
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