Sandy Collora
1968 (57 лет)Sandy Collora (born August 8, 1968) is an American film director and design artist, best known for the independent short film Batman: Dead End.
Collora was born in Brooklyn, New York. After freelance assignments in comic books and gaming magazines, at age 17 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams in Hollywood.
In 1988, after Collora landed a job at Stan Winston Studios on Leviathan, he became known as a creature designer and sculptor, eventually going on to work with Arnold Kopelson, Rick Baker, and Rob Bottin. Collora spent the next decade in concept design, sculpting, storyboarding, and art direction on major motion pictures. 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. 1999 also saw the birth of his toy development studio and independent production company Montauk Films.
Collora burst into the limelight 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, it became an internet sensation, and was downloaded more than 600,000 times in the first week. Director Kevin Smith called it "“possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made".
Collora filmed a similar project, 2004's World's Finest, with much of the same cast and crew.
As of 2009, Collora is preparing to release his first feature film, Hunter Prey.
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Batman: Dead End
Sandy Collora
Clark Bartram, Andrew Koenig
The Joker has escaped from Arkham and Batman must once again bring him in - once and for all. Unfortunately for the bat, there is something even more sinister than the Joker waiting in the alley for the dark knight detective.
Batman: Dead End
Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End Story
Eric Dow
Sandy Collora, Clark Bartram
Director and Writer Eric Dow ("Honor in the Valley of Tears") brings us his second documentary as he goes behind the scenes of the fan fiction short film, "Batman: Dead End." In the winter of 2003 commercial director Sandy Collora and some of his friends set out to make a low-budget short film for his demo reel. What they wound up actually doing was making one of the most elaborate, most watched, most talked about and most controversial short films ever made: Batman Dead End. Considering the amount of press and admiration Batman: Dead End garnered,
Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End Story
Backyard Blockbusters
John E. Hudgens
James Cawley, Sandy Collora
For years, people have been making home movies, many times using pop culture properties that they may not own, but love. In recent years, these types of projects have come to be known as "fanfilms". Backyard Blockbusters looks at the history and influence of the fanfilm genre, as well as the copyright and fair use problems these films create, featuring highlights from and interviews with the creators of many popular films.
Backyard Blockbusters
Hunter Prey
Sandy Collora
Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Clark Bartram
The Prometheus has dropped out of orbit. Communications and life support systems are down. Situation Critical: Status of Crew and Prisoner unknown. With orders to catch their Alien Prisoner alive the surviving crew of the spaceship Prometheus pursue a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with their escaped prisoner on a deserted and barren planet. But, who is the hunter and who is its prey?
Hunter Prey
