Jaume Collet-Serra (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈÊ'awmÉ™ kuˈʎɛt
ˈsɛrə]; born 23 March 1974) is a Spanish-American film director and
producer. He is known for directing the horror remake House of Wax
(2005), Disney soccer movie Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), the
psychological horror Orphan (2009), the Liam Neeson action-thrillers
Unknown (2011), Non-Stop (2014), Run All Night (2015) and The Commuter
(2018), and the survival thriller The Shallows (2016).Collet-Serra was
born in Sant Iscle de Vallalta, Catalonia, Spain. Soon after
graduating, he began his career as an editor before moving on to
direct music videos and television commercials for companies such as
Sony, Budweiser, and Verizon.In 2005, Collet-Serra was given an
opportunity to direct his first feature film by producer Joel Silver
(The Matrix). The film, House of Wax, was a remake of the 1953
original of the same name. Despite reviewers giving the film a
negative critical reception, it was a financial success, and starred
Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray and featuring Paris Hilton.
Two years later, Collet-Serra directed Goal II: Living the Dream. The
film, the sequel to Goal!, finds star European soccer player Santiago
Muñez (Kuno Becker) bumped by is agent (Stephen Dillane) from
England's Newcastle United team to Real Madrid's Galácticos. He
reunited with producer Silver for the third film of his career,
Orphan, a 2009 American psychological horror film starring Vera
Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman. The film centres on a
couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious
nine-year-old girl. Orphan was produced by Joel Silver and Susan
Downey of Dark Castle Entertainment and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer
Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. The film received mixed
critical reviews but was a box office success.Collet-Serra then
directed Unknown, a 2011 action thriller starring Liam Neeson, Diane
Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella.
The film is based on the 2003 French novel published in English as Out
of My Head, by Didier Van Cauwelaert. Collet-Serra made his television
directing debut with the ABC pilot The River, a horror drama from
Paranormal Activity writer-director Oren Peli. The show was met with
generally favourable reviews. In December 2012, he began filming for
his next film Non-Stop, which starred Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.
ˈsɛrə]; born 23 March 1974) is a Spanish-American film director and
producer. He is known for directing the horror remake House of Wax
(2005), Disney soccer movie Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), the
psychological horror Orphan (2009), the Liam Neeson action-thrillers
Unknown (2011), Non-Stop (2014), Run All Night (2015) and The Commuter
(2018), and the survival thriller The Shallows (2016).Collet-Serra was
born in Sant Iscle de Vallalta, Catalonia, Spain. Soon after
graduating, he began his career as an editor before moving on to
direct music videos and television commercials for companies such as
Sony, Budweiser, and Verizon.In 2005, Collet-Serra was given an
opportunity to direct his first feature film by producer Joel Silver
(The Matrix). The film, House of Wax, was a remake of the 1953
original of the same name. Despite reviewers giving the film a
negative critical reception, it was a financial success, and starred
Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray and featuring Paris Hilton.
Two years later, Collet-Serra directed Goal II: Living the Dream. The
film, the sequel to Goal!, finds star European soccer player Santiago
Muñez (Kuno Becker) bumped by is agent (Stephen Dillane) from
England's Newcastle United team to Real Madrid's Galácticos. He
reunited with producer Silver for the third film of his career,
Orphan, a 2009 American psychological horror film starring Vera
Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman. The film centres on a
couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious
nine-year-old girl. Orphan was produced by Joel Silver and Susan
Downey of Dark Castle Entertainment and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer
Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. The film received mixed
critical reviews but was a box office success.Collet-Serra then
directed Unknown, a 2011 action thriller starring Liam Neeson, Diane
Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella.
The film is based on the 2003 French novel published in English as Out
of My Head, by Didier Van Cauwelaert. Collet-Serra made his television
directing debut with the ABC pilot The River, a horror drama from
Paranormal Activity writer-director Oren Peli. The show was met with
generally favourable reviews. In December 2012, he began filming for
his next film Non-Stop, which starred Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.
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