Timo Rose (born 22 February 1977), also known as King Hannibal, is a German horror and science fiction filmmaker and founder of the production company Sword of Independence Filmworks (later Germaica/Rosecalypse Films and Records).

Films

Rose is best known for his ''Mutation'' trilogy, which involves a toxic chemical created by

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and rediscovered in modern times. The second and third chapters in this film trilogy were re-edited in 2006 into an FX-heavy "special edition" entitled ''Mutation: Annihilation''. A large majority of his earlier FX work was done by German director/effects technician and close friend

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, although Rose currently does most of his own under his "Rosecalypse SFX" banner. Substantially younger than many of his contemporaries, Rose bases much of his filmmaking on the brutality of early

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and Olaf Ittenbach features. In the decade since he began creating films, he has directed more features than any other filmmakers in the German movie scene. Since his 2004 film ''Lord of the Undead'', starring

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, Rose has made it a point to film at least a portion of each of his films in English. Many of his more recent films, such as ''

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'', ''Fearmakers'', and ''Beast'', have been shot primarily in English, with minimal German interspersed throughout.

Inspiration

Rose's films are heavily influenced by modern, hyperkinetic action movies and video games. Some films even go so far as recreating scenes and character profiles from popular horror-themed video games (such as "Goldman" in the ''Mutation'' films, who is directly lifted from the

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shooter ''

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''). His penchant for practical gore effects are extremely reminiscent of the early works of German contemporaries Andreas Schnaas and Olaf Ittenbach.

Music

Rose has released several

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CDs under the stage name King Hannibal and takes part in numerous live performances throughout Germany. His albums, which mix traditional rap with

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have all been successful in Germany's upstart hip hop industry. His latest music project, King and Prinzessa,MyPace profile for Rose's King and Prinzessa project
/ref> was with Magdalena Kalley, his then-girlfriend who had also appeared in several of his films.

Filmography (as director)

* ''The Evil Day'' (1992) * ''Das Letzte Grab'' (1996) * ''Die Rache des Mark S.'' (1997) * ''Mutation'' (1999) * ''Midnight's Calling'' (2000) * ''Psycho Jack'' (2001) * ''Mutation 2 – Generation Dead'' (2001) * ''Rout City'' (2002) * ''Mutation III: Century of the Dead'' (2002) * ''Rigor Mortis – The Final Colours'' (2003) * ''Space Wolf'' (2003) * ''Lord of the Undead'' (2004) * ''The Legend of Moonlight Mountain'' (2005) * ''Mutation: Annihilation'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * ''Fearmakers'' (2008) * ''Beast'' (2008) * ''Game Over'' (2009) * ''Unrated'' (2009) – co-directed with

* ''Karl the Butcher vs Axe'' (2009) – co-directed with Andreas Schnaas * ''Unrated 2 – Scary as hell'' (2011) – co-directed with Andreas Schnaas * ''MemorieZ (2013)''

External links

*
Official message board

Timo Rose
at MySpace
Timo Rose – Rosecalypse Media International

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Timo Film directors from Schleswig-Holstein Living people German male musicians 1977 births People from Pinneberg (district)