Gregory Dark
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Gregory Dark (born Gregory Hippolyte Brown) is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter.[1] Dark is an adult filmmaker who transitioned into directing Hollywood movies. He has also been credited as Alexander Hippolyte, Gregory Hippolyte, Gregory Brown, and as The Dark Brothers.
Early career
Dark began his career as a fine artist of both paintings and conceptual art and installations. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stanford University, he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies in film at New York University.[2]
From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, Dark directed
Dark directed or produced more than 30 action films and erotic thrillers as head of production for Axis Films, a B movie company, from 1987 to 1995. Dark's erotic thrillers in the early 1990s such as Animal Instincts I and II, Body of Influence, and Mirror Images II featured Shannon Whirry in various stages of undress. In 1994, he directed the film Stranger by Night starring Steven Bauer.
Dark's films of this period won him accolades such as "the Steven Spielberg of the soft-core set" and "the Martin Scorsese of the erotic thriller".[3]
Music videos
In 1996, Dark directed the music video for "
Dark directed the music video for "Undercover Funk" by Snoop Dogg featuring Bootsy Collins for the film Undercover Brother. The video featured acting performances by the film's stars Eddie Griffin, who morphs into Snoop Dogg at the beginning of the video, and dancing and lip-synching performances by Neil Patrick Harris and Denise Richards.
Major motion pictures
Dark's first major motion picture, the
In 2008 Dark directed the independent film Little Fish, Strange Pond, which was seen at a number of film festivals. The film starred Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Callum Blue, Zach Galifianakis, Liza Weil, and Paul Adelstein and was retitled Frenemy for its December 2010 Lions Gate Entertainment DVD release. During 2009, Dark directed An Evening With Stephen Lynch, a concert film starring comedian and musician Stephen Lynch.
Selected filmography
As director – Film
- Mirror Images(1992) (as A. Gregory Hippolyte)
- Secret Games (1992) (as Gregory Hippolyte)
- Night Rhythms (1992) (as A. Gregory Hippolyte)
- Animal Instincts (1992) (as A. Gregory Hippolyte)
- Body of Influence (1993) (as Gregory Hippolyte)
- Sins of the Night (1993) (as Gregory Hippolyte)
- Secret Games 2: The Escort (1993) (as Gregory Hippolyte)
- Mirror Images 2 (1993)
- Object of Obsession(1994) (as Gregory H. Brown)
- Animal Instincts 2(1994) (as Gregory Hippolyte)
- Secret Games 3 (1994) (as Gregory Hippolyte)
- Stranger by Night (1994) (as Gregory H. Brown)
- Animal Instincts 3(1996) (as Gregory Hippolyte)
- See No Evil (2006)
- Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009)
Awards
References
- ^ "Filmmaker Gregory Dark, his "Fallen Angels," and the other side of Hollywood". Nightflight.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ Sunderland, Mitchell (August 29, 2018). "Going Into The Gregory Dark". Penthouse. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ISBN 0-253-21836-5.
- ^ "Site Maintenance". mvdbase.com.
- ^ "Cherry Poppin' Daddies Talk About Getting Surreal In New Video". MTV. August 3, 1998. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Ice Cube Videography". Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ^ "Puffy, Stoute Come Together To Announce Source Award Nominees; DMX Leads Pack". MTV. June 22, 1999. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "This Day in Pop: 'From the Bottom of My Broken Heart' music video premieres in 1999". Exhale. December 17, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ Rampton, Mike (December 9, 2016). "Video Breakdown: Linkin Park – One Step Closer". Louder. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Beyond Glamour Lies Drugs, Abuse". el Don News. May 12, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "See No Evil". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ "See No Evil (2006) - Financial Information".
- ^ a b "BEST OF 1993–2002". Retrieved September 20, 2014.
External links
- Gregory Dark at IMDb
- Gregory Dark at the Music Video Database
- "The Devil in Greg Dark", by Tom Junod, Esquire, February 1, 2001