Jonathan Liebesman

Jonathan Liebesman

Nascimento : 1976-09-15, Johannesburg, South Africa

História

Jonathan Liebesman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 15, 1976. He would remain in his home country, studying filmmaking at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, until 1996; that year, he traveled to New York City to visit his cousin who was attending New York University. Soon after the visit, Jonathan enrolled at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. For his student first film, Jonathan turned Roald Dahl's short story Genesis and Catastrophe (2000) into a 8-minute, award-winning short that help him land Hollywood representation; accolades included the 2000 Hollywood Film Festival's Young Filmmaker Award and the Austin Film Festival's Student Short Film Award. Jonathan would make his feature-film debut in 2002 with Darkness Falls (2003), a dark twist on the Tooth Fairy tale that opened at #1 at the box office despite being critically panned. It also served as the big-screen debut for Emma Caulfield Ford, long a fan-favorite as Anya Jenkins on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). Rings (2005), his short film that connected The Ring (2002) and its sequel, was first released as a bonus disc with the re-release of The Ring on DVD. The short caught the attention of Michael Bay and his production company, Platinum Dunes, and soon Jonathan was installed as the director of the company's project The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), a prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), the widely successful remake of the original. Initially announced as the director of the Friday the 13th reboot, Jonathan's next feature would instead be The Killing Room (2009) with Peter Stormare, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Nick Cannon and Shea Whigham. The psychological thriller played the festival circuit before being released on DVD in the United States. A few months before The Killing Room's Sundance world premiere in January 2009, Jonathan was announced as the director of Battle Los Angeles (2011), an alien-invasion film starring Aaron Eckhart and released by Columbia Pictures. The sci-fi/action film was a worldwide hit and put Jonathan in the running for a handful of big-studio pictures. Before Battle LA's release, he had handed the job of directing Odysseus as Warner Bros., though that project remains in development at this time. Instead, Jonathan took the reins for Wrath of the Titans (2012), the sequel to successful but maligned Clash of the Titans (2010).

Perfil

Jonathan Liebesman
Jonathan Liebesman

Filmes

As Tartarugas Ninja
As Tartarugas Ninja
Director
Afetados por uma substância radioativa, um grupo de tartarugas cresce anormalmente, ganha força e conhecimento. Vivendo nos esgotos de Manhattan, quatro jovens tartarugas, treinadas na arte de kung-fu, Leonardo, Rafael, Michelangelo e Donatello, junto com seu sensei, Mestre Splinter, tem que enfrentar o mal que habita cidade.
Fúria de Titãs 2
Fúria de Titãs 2
Director
Dez anos depois de derrotar o Kraken, Perseu vive em paz com seu filho Helios. Mas os Deuses perdem o controle sobre os Titãs, que estão presos. Perseu é chamado novamente, agora para resgatar seu pai, Zeus, vencer os Titãs e salvar a humanidade.
Invasão Mundial: Batalha Los Angeles
Invasão Mundial: Batalha Los Angeles
Director
Durante anos, têm sido documentados vários casos de OVNI’s a pairar nos céus – Buenos Aires, Seoul, França, Alemanha, China. Mas em 2011, surge uma aterradora realidade, quando a Terra é mesmo invadida por forças desconhecidas. A população de todo o Mundo observa a queda das grandes cidades, e Los Angeles torna-se a última esperança para a Humanidade. Cabe ao Marine Michael Nantz e ao seu novo pelotão lutar contra esta catástrofe, enfrentando um inimigo como nunca tinham visto.
Manipulador de Cérebros
Manipulador de Cérebros
Executive Producer
Quatro pessoas se inscrevem em uma pesquisa voltada para a análise de reações psicológicas para descobrir que agora são espécimes de um programa governamental brutal.
Manipulador de Cérebros
Manipulador de Cérebros
Director
Quatro pessoas se inscrevem em uma pesquisa voltada para a análise de reações psicológicas para descobrir que agora são espécimes de um programa governamental brutal.
O Massacre da Serra Elétrica: O Início
O Massacre da Serra Elétrica: O Início
Director
Como numa espécie de terrível premonição, o jovem Thomas Hewitt nasce em parto complicado no chão de um abatedouro no Texas. Depois de um nascimento brutal, ele acaba resgatado pela bizarra Luda Mae e passa a ser criado por uma estranha família formada por personagens como o Xerife Hoyt, Montgomery e Henrietta. Tommy começa então uma vida violenta, repleta de abusos físicos e emocionais, que logo vão alimentar a sua sede de sangue e transformá-lo no mortal Leatherface da série "O Massacre da Serra Elétrica". Conheça a história que deu origem a um dos maiores assassinos da história do cinema, quando um grupo de jovens sai acidentalmente de seu caminho e se aproxima da casa de horrores que os transformaria nas primeiras vítimas de Leatherface. O massacre vai começar!
Círculos
Círculos
Writer
Some time after the events of The Ring, a subculture of people voluntarily watch Samara Morgan's video and wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get before showing it to the next person. They record everything they see and share their experiences on a secret website dedicated to the videotape. No one has ever recorded a day seven.
Círculos
Círculos
Director
Some time after the events of The Ring, a subculture of people voluntarily watch Samara Morgan's video and wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get before showing it to the next person. They record everything they see and share their experiences on a secret website dedicated to the videotape. No one has ever recorded a day seven.
No Cair da Noite
No Cair da Noite
Director
No Maine, os moradores de Darkness Falls são assombrados pelo espírito vingativo de Matilda Dixon, uma senhora assassinada no século XIX por uma multidão enfurecida que acreditava erroneamente que ela fosse uma assassina de crianças.
Genesis and Catastrophe
Genesis and Catastrophe
Director
From IMDB- " In a squalid German hospital, an overworked doctor tends to the difficult childbirth of Karla. We learn that Karla has lost three previous babies, and her husband is pessimistic about the survival of this one. But both Karla and the doctor believe this one will survive unfortunately, it turns out."