Sandy Collora (born August 8, 1968) is an American
film director and design artist, best known for the independent short film ''
Batman: Dead End''.
Career
Collora was born in
Brooklyn
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,
New York. After freelance assignments in comic books and gaming magazines, he moved to
Los Angeles
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to pursue his dreams in
Hollywood at age 17. In 1988, after Collora landed a job at
Stan Winston Studios on ''
Leviathan
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'', he became known as a creature designer and sculptor. Collora spent the next decade in concept design, sculpting, storyboarding, and art direction. He claims to have designed the logo for ''
Jurassic Park'', and his designs can be seen in ''
Men in Black
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'', ''
Dogma
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'', ''
The Arrival'', ''
The Crow
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'', and ''
Predator 2
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''.
He made his directorial debut in 1999 with the short film ''Solomon Bernstein's Bathroom''. 1999 also saw the birth of his toy development studio and independent production company Montauk Films. Collora attracted attention with his 2003 short film ''
Batman: Dead End'', intended to act as a director's demonstration reel. After premiering the film at the
San Diego Comic Con, it became popular on the Internet, and was downloaded more than 600,000 times in the first week. Director
Kevin Smith
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called it "possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made". Collora filmed a similar project, 2004's ''World's Finest'', with much of the same cast and crew. In 2010, Collora released his first feature film, ''
Hunter Prey''.
In 2015 Collora stated that he was working on a new film entitled ''Shallow Water'' and was seeking to raise $550,000 via
Kickstarter, making it the largest campaign of its type in the horror category.
Filmography
Director:
*''Solomon Bernstein's Bathroom'' (2000)
*''Archangel'' (2002)
*''
Batman: Dead End'' (2003)
*''World's Finest'' (2004)
*''
Hunter Prey'' (2010)
*''Shallow Water'' (2017)
*''The Delray Misunderstood: The Legend of Big Lenny'' (2018)
References
External links
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Film directors from New York City
1968 births
Living people
People from Brooklyn