Antonio Negret Biography

Fast Facts

• Trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter named him one of its "Top Ten Latino Directors to Watch" in 2008
• Graduated Summa cum laude from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television with a minor from the USC School of Theatre
• Quote: "(On the initial idea for his first feature film, "Towards Darkness") "Towards Darkness" initially came about from some real-life kidnappings that happened to my extended family in Colombia․""
• Quote: "(On being asked if Gary and Edmund Entin, the twins who starred in "Seconds Apart," are as eerie as the characters they play) No, they're much nicer in person, thankfully․ I'm really happy with their performance․""
• Quote: "(On casting twins for the lead role in his 2011 film "Seconds Apart") "I remember walking in in the morning and meeting dozens of twins each day․ So many twins! From the beginning, we knew we wanted to find identical twins who could actually act․""
• Quote: "(On being asked how he feels about the 1976 film "Carrie") "I am thrilled to hear you say you love 'Carrie․' It truly is a great film, and we definitely aimed to capture some of its sensibilities while making 'Seconds Apart․'""
• He is a citizen of Colombia and the European Union, and he is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese