Josh Trank Biography

Fast Facts

• Met screenwriter Max Landis when they were both teenagers, but didn't actually get to know him until they ran into each other years later and decided to collaborate on a film
• Quote: "Nobody starts out evil--we know that․ It's life circumstances that lead them to that․"
• Quote: "You can learn a lot from watching meaningless, quiet moments in somebody's life․"
• A film writer and director, his first feature film "Chronicle" catapulted him into the spotlight
• Became one of the youngest directors to open a movie at number one in the U․S․ box office as he was only 27 when "Chronicle" came out
• Stated that one of his favorite movies is "Fast Times at Ridgemont High․"
• To prepare the actors in "Chronicle" to play 17-year-old friends, he put them up in a house in South Africa for two weeks with an Xbox, a Playstation and a bunch of games
• According to an interview in "Complex," he is a huge fan of "District 9․"
• Admitted to playing a lot of third-person action video games, and used some of the cinematic techniques in "Chronicle․"
• Originally conceived of his breakout film "Chronicle" as a series of web shorts