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Greg and Colin Strause
Greg (l.) and Colin Strause
BornGreg: (1975-01-16) January 16, 1975 (age 49)
Colin: (1976-11-08) November 8, 1976 (age 47)
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
Other namesThe Brothers Strause
Occupation(s)Film directors, producers

Greg and Colin Strause, known professionally as The Brothers Strause, are American film directors, producers and special effects artists. They are known for directing the 2007 film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and the 2010 film Skyline. The brother duo are also founders of Hydraulx, a special effects company.[1][2]

Life and career

They began experimenting with visual effects in their early teens using Amiga computers.[3] In 1995, they moved to Los Angeles and started working on the special effects for films such as The Nutty Professor (1996) and The X-Files. In 1996, they formed a digital effects company with partners Edson Williams and Mat Beck that was called Pixel Envy, which they worked on until 2002.

They began working on big-budget films such as Volcano and the iceberg sequence of James Cameron's Academy Award-winning Titanic. They shifted again and began working on music videos and commercials, handling the special effects for artists such as U2, Britney Spears, Godsmack, Tool, Powerman 5000 and Aerosmith as well as spots for Nike, Jeep and Pepsi.

In 2000, Colin won an

Abandoned Pools. Their music video for A Perfect Circle's "Passive" marked their second collaboration with the band. The video was shot almost entirely with thermal cameras[4] and featured on the Constantine
soundtrack and DVD.

The Strause's have performed special effects work on such films as

BAFTA
).

The Brothers have directed spots for

Sony PlayStation's God of War
.

The Brothers Strause made their film directing debut by directing Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, a sequel to Paul W. S. Anderson's Alien vs. Predator. The film was released on Christmas 2007 to extremely negative reviews.

In the fall of 2008, the Brothers directed 50 Cent's music video "Get Up" as well as commercials for Pennzoil and Shell, in addition to supplying some visual effects for Avatar.[5]

In 2010, the Brothers directed and produced the science fiction thriller

Sony Pictures Entertainment filed a lawsuit against the brothers and Hydralux, who had been hired to provide visual effects for Battle: Los Angeles. Sony alleged that they had used time and resources meant for Battle: Los Angeles, and instead used them on Skyline, which was accused of being too similar by Sony. However, Sony dropped the lawsuit in 2011, shortly before Skyline's home video debut, satisfied that their concerns about the competing film proved to be unfounded.[7]

Filmography

Short films

  • Mute (2003)
  • 16mm Mystery (2004)

Feature films

Year Title Director Producer
2007 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Yes No
2010 Skyline Yes Yes
2017 Beyond Skyline No Yes
2020 Skylines No Yes

Executive producers

Videography

References

  1. ^ "Greg Strause - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times". The New York Times. 2008-01-02. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  2. ^ "Colin Strause - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 2009-08-21. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  3. ^ "Digital dreamin'". Forbes.
  4. ^ "A Perfect Circle in Hell". MVWire. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  5. ^ "Two More See Terrifying Bright Light in 'Skyline'". Bloody-disgusting.com. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  6. ^ "Skyline". Rotten Tomatoes. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  7. ^ "After $35M Opening, Sony Admits Skyline Didn't Steal from Battle: Los Angeles". 19 March 2011.

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