Christian Alvart (born 28 May 1974 in Jugenheim) is a German

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and

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. Prior to working in the film business Christian Alvart worked in various positions, most recently as a senior editor at Filmmagzin X-TRO. In 1999, he made his debut as a film director with the thriller '' Curiosity & the Cat'', for which he also wrote the screenplay. His next film was the thriller ''

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''. Alvart's first English-language film was ''

Case 39 ''Case 39'' is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed by Christian Alvart, and starring Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane. Plot Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) is a social worker living in Oregon who i ...

'', followed by ''

Pandorum ''Pandorum'' is a 2009 German/British science fiction horror film, with elements of Lovecraftian horror and survival adventure. The film was directed by Christian Alvart and produced by Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt and Paul W. S. Anderson, t ...

''. In March 2010, it was announced that Christian Alvart secured the film rights for

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and is working on a live-action adaptation in 3D. Alvart confirmed in a 2017 interview that he was still working on the project.

Filmography

* '' Curiosity & the Cat'' (1999) * ''

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * '' 8 Uhr 28'' (2010) * ' (2013) * ' (2015) * ' (2016) * '' Don't. Get. Out!'' (2018) * '' Cut Off'' (2018) * ''

Dogs of Berlin ''Dogs of Berlin'' is a streaming television series and the second German series produced for Netflix after ''Dark (TV series), Dark''. First pictures of the ongoing production were shown in April 2018, after production started in November 2017. ...

'' (2018) * ' (2019) * ' (2020)

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* 1974 births Mass media people from Hesse Horror film directors Living people People from Darmstadt-Dieburg {{Germany-film-bio-stub