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Brian King (writer)

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Brian King
Occupation(s)Writer, director
Years active1999-present

Matthew "Brian King" is an American screenwriter[1] and director known for writing Haunter,[2] Night Train,[3] and Cypher.[4] He was nominated in 2014 for Best Screenplay at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.[5]

Career

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In an interview for King's film Haunter, director Vincenzo Natali discussed how grateful he is to King after working with him on both Haunter and Cypher. "Out of the blue I came across my friend Brian King’s script for what was then called Company Man. Ultimately it was named Cypher. And then that came together very quickly. It took maybe...I don’t know, it was another 6-8 months and we were shooting the movie. And almost an identical thing happened with Haunter because I had these sort of long-standing, very ambitious projects, High Rise and Neuromancer that I’d been trying to do after Splice. And, invariably, it takes a long time. So, in the interim, Brian came up with this new script, entirely his creation. And I really loved it. We put it together in probably about the same time period, like eight months or less and we were shooting. So Brian keeps saving my ass. That’s how it works."[6]

Filmography

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Writer

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Year Title Notes
2001 The Day the World Ended TV movie
2002 Cypher
2009 Night Train
2013 Haunter

Director

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Year Title Notes
1999 This Is Harry Lehman[7]
2009 Night Train

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Title Result
2012 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Screenplay Haunter Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "A Day in the Life of a Ghost". The New York Times. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ Joe Leydon (22 March 2013). "Film Review: 'Haunter'". Variety. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ^ Corey Danna. "Film Review: Night Train (2009)". HNN - Horrornews.net - Official News Site. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Cypher (2002) Movie Review". beyondhollywood.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Never mind Oscar, here's the 2014 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!". FANGORIA®. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Vincenzo Natali 'Haunter' Interview". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  7. ^ "This is Harry Lehman".
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