Kevin VanHook
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Kevin VanHook (born 24 June 1965) is a film-maker who began his career in storytelling as a comic book artist and writer. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. In comics, he is best known for his work on Bloodshot from Valiant Comics. He also wrote the Flash Gordon comic strip in the 1990s.
In 1996, he made his first short film, Drifter. In 1998, he began filming Frost: Portrait of a Vampire while founding a visual effects company, VanHook Studios. Frost was completed in 2001 and released on DVD in 2003, where it became the 18th highest grossing DVD premiere that year.
In 2002, VanHook Studios merged with Film Roman, the animation company best known for animating The Simpsons TV series. During his stint as a visual effects artist and supervisor, VanHook has worked on such films as Miss Congeniality, Hart's War, Daredevil, I, Robot and many others.
Film Roman was acquired by IDT Corporation, an international telephone company expanding into entertainment in 2003. After IDT acquired Anchor Bay Entertainment, a leading DVD distributor, VanHook created a new film for IDT, The Fallen Ones starring Casper Van Dien and Robert Wagner. This was followed by Voodoo Moon an action-horror film packed with genre stars like Eric Mabius, Charisma Carpenter, Jeffrey Combs and Dee Wallace-Stone.
Summer of 2006 saw IDT Entertainment being acquired by Starz Media, a division of Liberty.
As of 2006, VanHook, along with producing partner Karen Bailey, is creating a series of films designed for Sci Fi Channel. Recent films by Kevin include, "Slayer" and, "Death Row," AKA "Haunted Prison." These films are available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
