Greg Pak

Greg Pak

Pak at an October 2012 signing for
Doctor Strange: Season One at
Midtown Comics in Manhattan.
Born Greg Pak
(1968-08-23) August 23, 1968
Dallas, Texas
United States
Residence New York City, New York
United States
Nationality American
Education New York University
Oxford
Yale University
Occupation Writer, comics creator, director
Employer DC Comics
Marvel Comics
Known for Action Comics
Batman/Superman
Planet Hulk
World War Hulk
Incredible Hercules
Storm
Awards Rhodes Scholar
Website Official website

Greg Pak is an American film director and comic book writer, known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including X-Treme X-Men and several titles featuring the Hulk.[1]

Early life

Pak was born in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Hillcrest High School.[2] He studied political science at Yale University, where he wrote for the campus humor magazine, The Yale Record,[3][4] and was a member of the Purple Crayon improvisational group. In 1991 he went to study history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar with the intent of becoming a politician. He then entered New York University's graduate film program.[3][5][6][7]

Career

His New York University (NYU) student film, Fighting Grandpa, about his Korean grandparents, won the Gold Medal at the 25th Student Academy Awards. His short film "Asian Pride Porn", starring playwright David Henry Hwang and director Michael Kang, was licensed to Atom Films. Pak's feature film Robot Stories won 35 film festival awards. He collected his critically acclaimed screenplays in the recent book Robot Stories & More Screenplays, whose foreword was written by David Henry Hwang, and which has been used in college classes in writing, film, and Asian American studies.

Pak frequently writes for Marvel Comics, starting in September 2004 and signing an exclusive deal with them in July 2005.[8] He has worked on such titles as Warlock,[9] Phoenix: Endsong,[10] Phoenix: Warsong,[11] Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Dynamite Entertainment's spin-off series based on the Sci-Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica.

2000s projects include Incredible Hercules,[12][13][14] World War Hulk: Warbound and Skaar: Son of Hulk,[15] all spinning-off from World War Hulk, as well as Magneto: Testament[16] and War Machine.[17][18][19] Pak is one of the featured contributors to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.[20]

Richard Lui, Jeff Yang, Greg Pak, Erin Quinn at a panel discussion for the new show Fresh off the Boat

In June 2013, Pak began writing Batman/Superman for DC Comics.[1] In November 2013, he began writing Action Comics with issue number 25.[21]

Filmography

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

DC Comics

Other publishers

References

Inline citations

  1. 1 2 Truitt, Brian (February 21, 2013). "'Batman/Superman' showcases meeting of DC Comics icons". USA Today.
  2. ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (February 2013). "Dallas native (and DISD grad) Greg Pak tapped to write DC Comics' new 'Batman/Superman'". Dallas Morning News.
  3. 1 2 "Greg Pak: You Wouldn't Like Him When He's Angry". NPR. July 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ The Yale Record. New Haven: Yale Record. Spring, 1990. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "25 NEW FACESOF INDIE FILM 2003". Filmmaker. Summer 2003
  6. ↑ Evans, William (August 13, 2014). "The Carcosa Interview: Greg Pak". The Nerds of Color.
  7. ↑ "RHODES SCHOLARS SELECTED FOR 1991". The New York Times. December 10, 1990
  8. ↑ Tramountanas, George A. (July 11, 2005). "Greg Pak Makes His Marvel - Signs Exclusively With Publisher". Comic Book Resources.
  9. ↑ Weiland, Jonah (July 18, 2004). Warlock Stories: Greg Pak talks "Warlock". Comic Book Resources.
  10. ↑ Weiland, Jonah (August 20, 2004). Greg Pak talks 'X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong'"., Comic Book Resources.
  11. ↑ Singh, Arune (June 2, 2006). "It's Not Over Till She Sings: Greg Pak Talks 'X-Men: Phoenix- Warsong'". Comic Book Resources.
  12. ↑ Richards, Dave (March 17, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part I -Pak & Van Lente talk Hercules' Past". Comic Book Resources
  13. ↑ Richards, Dave (March 20, 2008). "GREEK WEEK Part IV- Pak & Van Lente on Herc's Past & Future". Comic Book Resources.
  14. ↑ Richards, Dave (September 4, 2008). "Love, Olympian Style: Pak & Van Lente talk 'Incredible Hercules'". Comic Book Resources.
  15. ↑ Richards, Dave (June 10, 2008). "Hulk Slash! Pak talks 'Skaar: Son of Hulk'". Comic Book Resources.
  16. ↑ Richards, Dave (May 31, 2008). "WW Philly: Pak talks 'Magneto: Testament'". Comic Book Resources.
  17. ↑ Brady, Matt (July 25, 2008). SDCC '08 - Pak & Rosemann Talk War Machine. Newsarama.
  18. ↑ Richards, Dave (July 25, 2008). "CCI: Pak, Rosemann on 'War Machine'". Comic Book Resources.
  19. ↑ Brady, Matt (November 10, 2008). "Greasing the Gears: Greg Pak Talks 'War Machine'". Newsarama.
  20. ↑ Secret Identities. The New Press. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  21. ↑ Phegley, Kiel (June 24, 2014). "Greg Pak & Aaron Kuder Take Over 'Action Comics'". Comic Book Resources.
  22. ↑ Goldstein, Hilary (March 21, 2005). "Marvel Nemesis Unveiled". IGN.

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