Directors

For our thriller opening we decided to look into a few different directors which produced different thriller films. We were influenced by three different directors which were David Fincher, Christopher Nolan and Pierre Moral.

Pierre Morel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Morel

We have decided to look in to the director of Pierre Morel as we have analysed the film 'Taken' which he directed.

Pierre Morel was born on the 12th of May, 1964. He is a French film director and cinematographer. He spent a lot of his years in cinema school, where he studied different types of films. He then became a famous director who is mostly known for directing 'Taken', 'District 13' and 'From Paris with Love'.

Christopher Nolan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan

We have decided to look in to Christopher Nolan in more detail as he has directed thriller movies, and our AS coursework is about the thriller genre. We were influenced by him as he has directed the film 'Memento' and we have watched and analysed this film.

Christopher Nolan was born on the 30th July, 1970. He is a British- American film director, screen writer and producer. He has directed many films over the years, but his most popular and well known films are: 'The dark knight trilogy', 'Inception' and also the thriller film 'Memento'.  He was nominated for the BAFTA award for his film 'Inception' and also won AFI awards of 'AFI screen writer of the year' for his film 'Memento'.

David Fincher

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher

We were influenced David Fincher because of his successful films such as: 'SE7EN', which he directed  in 1995. Due to use being influenced by this film for our opening we wanted to research more into the director of this film and see what other films he has done.

David Flincher was born on the 28th August 1962, and is an American film director who is mostly known for his success in thrillers such as 'SE7EN', 'Alien 3' and 'The Game'. He has received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his film 'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button' in 2008 and 'The Social Network' in 2010 made him win the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Director.