Jaume Collet-Serra Biography

Fast Facts

• His half-minute short for AOL was featured in the Saatchi & Saatchi new directors' showcase at Cannes
• Graduated from Columbia College in Los Angeles
• Began working as a music video and TV commercial editor for companies including Playstation, Budweiser and Verizon
• His interest in American movies while living in Barcelona inspired him to become a filmmaker
• Moved to Los Angeles with limited resources and only a basic knowledge of the English language at the age of 18 because he was determined to become a film director
• Decided to do a music video for his graduation project instead of a film short, and shot a music video for a local band that caught the eye of production companies and earned him a job as a music video director before he graduated
• Worked as an editor on the side while completing college
• Often uses surreal, dark imagery, a style that garnered him enough notice to get him hired as the director for "House of Wax․"
• Best known for directing the films "Orphan" and 2005's "House of Wax․"
• Such directors as David Fincher, Spike Jonze and Mark Romanek served as his influences