Born in 1960 in Antibes (in the South of France), Christophe Gans became crazy about movies at an early stage. As a teenager, he made a lot of samurai and kung fu super-8 films with his friends. At the end of the seventies, he founded the fanzine "Rhesus Zero" about B-movies. In 1980, he studied at the French cinema school Idhec and directed a ...
I always considered the horror genre as a political genre. I'm born in 1960. I have been raised in the admiration of directors of horror movies that appeared in the'70s, like John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, and these people are still my heroes. They start their work at the moment of Vietnam and it is kind of obvious that there is a link between the problematic situation of America and the start of the work. It is interesting; in France the horror films are not so popular. People go to see them, but not for the same reason. It is more artistic and process. When I saw 'Hostel,' I was absolutely blown away to see the film in a room of young girls and boys, and it was a date movie. You understand that all these people come to this movie to face something that disturbs them in a collective way.
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Everything in horror film is about transgression, and the young audience wants to touch something that is forbidden, and is by function anti-establishment. It is a way for young audiences to express rebellion, and also to deal with very modern fear but in a very playful way, in a very symbolic way. I think it is why horror films have a natural function among the teenage audience; it is a way to express the fact they are not invincible. I have the feeling that is very human, to be young and just to enjoy the thrill of death without any consequences. You can enjoy this thrill, and then two days later be in the Army in Iraq. The death is far when we are here on this side of the world, but the young audience knows we are not so far from the real death.
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In Japan horror film are made for a female audience, so [Ringu] has opened the genre towards the female audience and today the horror genre is very feminine.
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It is important to consider that the horror movies should - like modern art - not have a too obvious meaning. When you watch them it is more important what you feel than what you understand.
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Fact
1
He is interviewed in one of the documentaries of "Fist of Legend" French DVD edition (HK Video).
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He was member of the Jury of the 9th Fantastic Film Festival of Gerardmer (France), January 2002.
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He founded the cinema magazine "Starfix".
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
La belle et la bête
2014
Silent Hill
2006
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001
Crying Freeman
1995
Necronomicon: Book of Dead
1993
segment "part #1: The Drawned"
Silver Slime
1981
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
La belle et la bête
2014
scenario and dialogue
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001
adaptation
Crying Freeman
1995
screenplay
Necronomicon: Book of Dead
1993
screenplay - part 1
Silver Slime
1981
Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
L'atelier: l'histoire de la Film Worshop
2004
Video documentary short producer
Saint Ange
2004
producer
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Silver Slime
1981
Short
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Play Doll
2012
Short thanks
I Stand Alone
1998
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fury of the Demon
2016
Documentary
Himself
Stake Holders: An Appreciation of Jess Franco's 'Count Dracula'
2015
Video short
Himself
Il était une fois la Belle et la Bête
2014
Video documentary
Himself
Rencontres de cinéma
2014
TV Series
Himself
Silent hill: entre deux mondes
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Mémoires du cinéma francais, de la libération à nos jours
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Le pacte des Loups - Christophe Gans par Jean-Pierre Jackson
2005
Video documentary short
Himself
Gunmen revisité
2004
Video documentary short
Himself (voice)
J'étais...
2004
Video documentary short
Non risponde più
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
Roma Termini
2004
Video documentary short
Un monde de mort au fond de leurs regards de pierre
2004
Video documentary short
Le pacte des loups - Les coulisses du tournage
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Le pacte des loups - Les entrailles de la bête
2001
Video
Himself
Le cercle du cinéma
1997
TV Series
Himself
Nulle part ailleurs
1995
TV Series
Himself
Ciné parade
1982
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2001
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
Le pacte des loups (2001)
1996
Audience Award
Sweden Fantastic Film Festival
Crying Freeman (1995)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Audience Award
European Film Awards
La belle et la bête (2014)
2002
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Director
Le pacte des loups (2001)
2002
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Writing
Le pacte des loups (2001)
2002
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)
$700,000
