Joseph Kosinski

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Joseph Kosinski at Comic-Con 2010

Joseph Kosinski (born May 3, 1974 ) is an American director .

Life

Kosinski grew up in Marshalltown , Iowa , from 1979 to 1992 .

After graduating from school, he studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University , where a professor recommended that he start studying architecture . He then moved to the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University .

From 2004 he directed various commercials, including for Nike , Chevrolet , BMW and computer games such as Halo 3 and Gears of War . It was through this work that the film producer Sean Bailey became aware of him and convinced Disney to let Kosinski produce a teaser for the planned sequel to the 1982 science fiction film Tron . The screening of the short film entitled TR2N at Comic Con 2008 received outstanding reviews. In 2010 the feature film Tron: Legacy was released , which received a lot of praise for the visual design, but was also criticized for the thin plot. Even so, the film was financially successful with a worldwide box office of over $ 400 million.

In April 2013, Kosinski's second feature film, Oblivion , appeared in which Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman played the leading roles. The script was based on a graphic novel written in 2005 by Kosinski and Arvid Nelson .

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Joseph Kosinski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Cyberspace Gamble at nytimes.com, accessed April 1, 2013
  2. ↑ The building of a legacy ( Memento of the original from October 20, 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. at timesrepublican.com, accessed April 1, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.timesrepublican.com
  3. ↑ Tron: Legacy at boxofficemojo.com, accessed April 1, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Kosinski, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1974