Chris Gorak is an American film director who started as an art
director and production designer. He directed the 2006 film Right at
Your Door and the 2011 film The Darkest Hour. Gorak began working in
the film industry in the 1990s as an art director. In the 2000s, he
worked on several films as a production designer before becoming a
film director.Gorak attended Tulane University where he earned an
architecture degree. He changed his career to film and worked as an
art director for directors like David Fincher, the Coen brothers, and
Terry Gilliam. When Gorak worked as production designer on the 2004
film The Clearing, he expressed afterward to its producers interest in
film direction. They challenged him to provide something viable, and
he wrote a script for an intended short film titled Right at Your
Door. He eventually directed the 2006 feature thriller film Right at
Your Door, which he said was reflective of authorities being impotent
in a world after the September 11 attacks. He had initially worried
about his film being too similar to 28 Days Later but found
inspiration in filming on a low budget. After Right at Your Door, he
planned to write and direct a cop drama titled SIS. The film was not
realized, and Gorak instead directed the alien invasion film The
Darkest Hour, released in 2011. In October 2013, Paramount Pictures
bought Gorak's science fiction spec script Attach and began to develop
a film, which Gorak is attached to direct. By February 2017, Attach
was no longer under Paramount, and actor Alex Russell was cast to star
in the film.Gorak is a member of the Art Directors Guild.
director and production designer. He directed the 2006 film Right at
Your Door and the 2011 film The Darkest Hour. Gorak began working in
the film industry in the 1990s as an art director. In the 2000s, he
worked on several films as a production designer before becoming a
film director.Gorak attended Tulane University where he earned an
architecture degree. He changed his career to film and worked as an
art director for directors like David Fincher, the Coen brothers, and
Terry Gilliam. When Gorak worked as production designer on the 2004
film The Clearing, he expressed afterward to its producers interest in
film direction. They challenged him to provide something viable, and
he wrote a script for an intended short film titled Right at Your
Door. He eventually directed the 2006 feature thriller film Right at
Your Door, which he said was reflective of authorities being impotent
in a world after the September 11 attacks. He had initially worried
about his film being too similar to 28 Days Later but found
inspiration in filming on a low budget. After Right at Your Door, he
planned to write and direct a cop drama titled SIS. The film was not
realized, and Gorak instead directed the alien invasion film The
Darkest Hour, released in 2011. In October 2013, Paramount Pictures
bought Gorak's science fiction spec script Attach and began to develop
a film, which Gorak is attached to direct. By February 2017, Attach
was no longer under Paramount, and actor Alex Russell was cast to star
in the film.Gorak is a member of the Art Directors Guild.
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