Franck Khalfoun
Franck Ange Khalfoun (born March 9, 1968 in Paris , Île-de-France ) is a French - Algerian film director and actor .
Life
Khalfoun was born in Paris to an Algerian and a Frenchwoman. In his hometown he began a career in show business as a dancer at a Parisian theater.
Film career
Khalfoun made his film debut in 1992 when he worked as an assistant director on Alexandre Arcady's crime thriller The Law of the Mafia and played a minor role in the film. Another supporting role followed in 1994 in the French Canal + television production The Eagle and the Horse .
Khalfoun got his first leading role in 2003 in Olias Barco's sports drama Snowboarder as X. In the same year, the role of Jimmy in the French thriller High Tension . The director of the film is Alexandre Aja , son of Alexandre Arcady. While filming, Khalfoun became friends with Aja and his producer Grégory Levasseur . They offered Khalfoun to direct the thriller P2 - Schreie im Parkhaus (2006), and he also wrote the script together with Levasseur.
In 2007, Khalfoun and Aja moved from France to Los Angeles in the United States , where Khalfoun founded the independent theater Godot's Hideaway .
Two years later, Khalfoun left Los Angeles and moved to New York City , where he started a commercial and music video production company. With his production company, he created various album covers as a photographer, including for Busta Rhymes and Erick Sermon .
In late 2009, Khalfoun returned to the director's chair for the second time and directed the crime thriller Wrong Turn at Tahoe with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Harvey Keitel .
After Alexandre Aja received an offer from Dimension Films to direct the remake of Joe Dante's Piranhas , he cast Khalfoun to play Deputy Green.
On August 17, 2011, Khalfoun was hired by Warner Bros. to direct the horror film Alexandre Ajas Maniac . In 2017, the horror film he directed Amityville: The Awakening was released.
Web links
- Franck Khalfoun in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Maniac der Film ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 29, 2012
- ^ Maniac - Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg ( Memento of October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Maniac - Press Booklet - Thimfilm ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d Franck Khalfoun in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ a b c P2 - Writing Studio ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed December 29, 2012
- ^ Franck Khalfoun , accessed December 29, 2012
- ↑ Torino Film Festival - Maniac , accessed December 29, 2012
- ↑ Franck Khalfoun - CinemaReview.com .... Cast / Crew (English), accessed on 29 December 2012
- ↑ In Desperate Need of More Cuba? Wrong Turn At Tahoe Can Help. ( Memento from March 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Maniac - First Images for Remake - Horror Movie Reviews , accessed December 29, 2012
- ^ Franck Khalfoun Remaking Maniac - horror-movies.ca (English), accessed December 29, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Khalfoun, Franck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khalfoun, Franck Ange (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Algerian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , Île-de-France, France |