Josh Trank

Birth Name:

Joshua Benjamin Trank

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Director, Writer, Editor, Actor, Assistant director, Producer

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

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