David R. Ellis
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| David R. Ellis |
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| Born |
| September 8, 1952 Santa Monica, California |
| Occupation |
| Film director, former stuntman |
| Career milestones |
| Final Destination 2 (2003) Cellular (2004) Snakes on a Plane (2006) |
David Richard Ellis (born September 8, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American film director and a former stuntman.
[edit] Biography
He began his career in the film industry as a supporting actor in juvenile roles; his big screen debut was in the 1975 Kurt Russell film The Strongest Man in the World. One year later, he switched to stunts in the film Baby Blue Marine and worked from then on as a stuntman. His next career move came in 1981 with the promotion to stunt coordinator. After a successful five years in this position, he worked from 1986 on as an assistant director or Second Assistant Director, in charge of action sequences from films such as Matrix Revolutions and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
In 1996, he made his debut as a director with the family film Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco. He attained more attention as director of his next film, Final Destination 2, the continuation of the financially successful Final Destination series. He will also be directing the fourth film, which involves a high-speed race car crash where an object will fly into the stands killing some of the audience members.
His next work as director, the thriller Cellular, was a moderate success at the box office, which Ellis attributed to competition from Resident Evil and bad marketing.
In 2006, his next film appeared, the thriller Snakes on a Plane, which gained unusual hype on the Internet.
[edit] Filmography as director
- Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
- Final Destination 2 (2003)
- Cellular (2004)
- Snakes on a Plane (2006)
- Asylum (2007)
- Dead of Night (2008)
- Final Destination 4 (announced, November 2007)
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