Sandy Collora

Sandy Collora (born August 8, 1968) is an American film director and design artist, best known for the independent short film Batman: Dead End.

Career

Collora was born in Brooklyn, New York. After freelance assignments in comic books and gaming magazines, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams in Hollywood at age 17. In 1988, after Collora landed a job at Stan Winston Studios on Leviathan, he became known as a creature designer and sculptor. Collora spent the next decade in concept design, sculpting, storyboarding, and art direction.[1] He designed the logo for Jurassic Park, and his designs can be seen in Men in Black, Dogma, The Arrival, The Crow, and Predator 2.

He made his directorial debut in 1999 with the short film Solomon Bernstein's Bathroom.[2] 1999 also saw the birth of his toy development studio and independent production company Montauk Films. Collora attracted attention with his 2003 short film Batman: Dead End, intended to act as a director's demonstration reel. After premiering the film at the San Diego Comic Con,[3] it became an internet sensation, and was downloaded more than 600,000 times in the first week.[4] Director Kevin Smith called it "possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made".[5] Collora filmed a similar project, 2004's World's Finest, with much of the same cast and crew.[6] In 2010, Collora released his first feature film, Hunter Prey.[7]

Filmography

Director:

References

  1. ↑ Larsen, Peter (November 20, 2004). "Calling on a superhero.". Orange County Register. Knight-Ridder. Retrieved July 19, 2014. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Kit, Zorianna (September 14, 1999). "Solomon Bernstein's Bathroom.". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 19, 2014. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  3. ↑ "Father Geek has a talk with Batman: Dead End Director Sandy Collora". Ain't It Cool News. July 23, 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
  4. ↑ Pethokoukis, James (August 7, 2003). "Finally, a good Batman sequel". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Batman: Dead End". JoBlo.com. January 2, 2004. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
  6. ↑ Hall, Phil (July 13, 2012). "THE BOOTLEG FILES: WORLD’S FINEST". Film Threat. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Road from Batman: Dead End to Hunter Prey". GeekTyrant.com. July 13, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2009.

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