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| Born | Gregor Verbinski March 16, 1964 Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States |
Gregor "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director and writer.
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Verbinski was born the third of five children to Vic and Laurette Verbinski in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. His siblings are Janine, Claire, Diane and Steven. His father was of Polish descent and worked as a nuclear physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 1967 the Verbinski family moved to Southern California, where a young Gregor grew up in the town of La Jolla. Gregor was an active Boy Scout and surfed regularly. He went to Torrey Pines Elementary, Muirlands Junior High, and La Jolla High School before attending UCLA Film School. Verbinski graduated with his BFA in Film from UCLA in 1987.
He and his wife Clayton have two children, Anton and Ivan.
His first band was Thelonius Monster, which included drummer Danny Heifetz. He also played in two local bands, The Drivers and The Little Kings – which backed Stiv Bators on "Have Love Will Travel"; the song was included on Bators' compilation album L.A. L.A. – and the all-star band The Cylon Boys Choir.
His first films were a series of 8 mm films called "The Driver Files" circa 1979, when he was a young teen. Although most associate Verbinski with feature films, he started his career directing music videos for bands like Bad Religion, NOFX, 24-7 Spyz and Monster Magnet working at Palomar Pictures. This was not surprising to his friends in Los Angeles, since he also played music for various punk and rock bands including The Little Kings, Bulldozer and the Daredevils, which included then-departed member of Bad Religion Brett Gurewitz.
Verbinski moved from music videos to commercials, where he worked for many brand names including Nike, Coca-Cola, Canon, Skittles and United Airlines.
One of his most famous commercials was for Budweiser, featuring frogs who croak the brand name. For his efforts in commercials, Verbinski won four Clio Awards and one Cannes Advertising Silver Lion.
After completing a short film, The Ritual (which he both wrote and directed), Verbinski made his feature film directing debut with his comedy flick, Mouse Hunt. The film was a hit globally and he soon followed up the success with the action/comedy The Mexican, starring Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt. The film received mixed reviews, and performed modestly at the box-office, earning $68 million domestically which was quite meager considering its star power (it was technically successful due to its moderately low $38 million budget). Verbinski followed it up with the Japanese horror film remake The Ringu (2002), which struck gold globally, grossing well over $200 million worldwide. Verbinski also had a directorial hand in The Time Machine that year, temporarily taking over for an exhausted Simon Wells. Verbinski directed some of the underground Morlock sequences and is given a Thanks to credit in the film.
He then directed the very successful Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl which earned over $600 million at the international box office.
His next film was The Weather Man which starred Nicolas Cage. The film received mixed to positive reviews but was a box office failure.
In March 2005 he started filming the sequels Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The former then became his biggest success so far, becoming the third film ever to gross over $1 billion at the international box office.
His future project will be an adaption of William Monahan's novel Light House: A Trifle, which is a story about an artist running away from the Mafia who hides in a lighthouse, in which kooky characters live. He will also direct Butterfly, about a man trying to drive his wife insane.
Verbinksi was also set to direct a film for Universal based on the video game, BioShock.[1] However he has since been replaced by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo as director, but he will still produce.[2]
He planned also for 2010 an TV series from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, that announced the screenwriter Stephen Susco over Bloody Disgusting.[3]
| Year | Title | Oscar nominations | Oscar wins |
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| 1996 | The Ritual | ||
| 1997 | Mouse Hunt | ||
| 2001 | The Mexican | ||
| 2002 | The Time Machine (uncredited) | ||
| 2002 | The Ring | ||
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 5 | |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | ||
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2 | |
| 2010 | BioShock (Producer)[4] | ||
| 2011 | Rango | ||
| 2011 | Clue |
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