Pascal Laugier

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Pascal Laugier
Pascal Laugier
Born (1971-10-16) 16 October 1971 (age 52)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1993 – present

Pascal Laugier (French: [loʒje]; born 16 October 1971)[1] is a French screenwriter and film director.[2]

Career

Pascal Laugier made his first major mark in the film industry with

making-of" documentaries of the film.[3]

Working with Gans led to Laughier's first feature film with Saint Ange (2004) for producers Richard Grandpierre and Gans. The film impressed Grandpierre enough to let him make another project which would develop into Martyrs (2008).[3]

Following the film's release, the American production company Miramax asked Laugier to create a remake of Hellraiser (1987).[3] Laugier initially agreed and spent four months working on the project but eventually left the film and worked on his English-language debut with The Tall Man (2012).[4] Laugier wanted his Hellraiser to be very serious and explore gay S&M culture, whereas the producers wanted the film to be more commercial and appeal to a teen audience.[5] Following the release of The Tall Man in France, Jason Blum approached Laugier to direct a sequel to the film Sinister (2012). Blum's production company Blumhouse had already produced a remake of Martyrs with Martyrs (2015). Laugier responded that "American studios have the ability to hire us for our original vision only to ultimately insist we just be like everyone else. There can be only one person in control of a film, not ten all with different views. I played that game with Miramax and I had no intention of ever doing it again."[6]

Potential future directing projects include a supernatural thriller entitled Details.[7] Laugier spent two years working on a project which never developed.[6] In that time, he directed Mylène Farmer's music video "City of Love", the teaser of which was released online in December 2015.[8]

Inspired by three films:

Workplace Safety and Health Act" and was fined $40,000 by the province of Manitoba for the incident.[12]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Northlander interviews MARTYRS' Pascal Laugier - and he spills about his HELLRAISER remake!!". Ain't It Cool News. Ain't It Cool, Inc. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. ^ "American 'Martyrs' Remake Has Found Its Director". Bloody-disgusting.com. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Jones 2018, p. 8.
  4. ^ Jones 2018, p. 8-9.
  5. ^ "AICN HORROR talks with writer/director Pascal Laugier about MARTYRS, the HELLRAISER remake, and his new film THE TALL MAN!!!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Jones 2018, p. 9.
  7. ^ "Laugier is 'Details' oriented". Variety.
  8. ^ HOFER, Julien AUTIER, Philippe LEZE, Guillaume DATEZ & Sarah. "Teaser clip". Mylene.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Robb, David (6 March 2018). "Actress Taylor Hickson Sues Producers Over Disfiguring Injury". Deadline.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  11. ^ "Actress Taylor Hickson sues producers of Winnipeg-shot movie after face badly cut during filming". CBC News. March 7, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Winnipeg film company fined $40K for incident that left actress with cuts to neck, face". CBC News. November 27, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2021.

Sources

External links

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