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David Hackl is a Actor, Director, Second Unit Director and Production Design Canadien born on 7 february 1973 at Toronto (Canada)

David Hackl

David Hackl
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Birth name David Hackl
Nationality Canada
Birth 7 february 1973 (51 years) at Toronto (Canada)

David Hackl (born February 7, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film director and production designer.

Biography

Il a été le chef décorateur de Saw II, Saw III et Saw IV. Il devait réaliser Saw IV, cependant, Darren Lynn Bousman est revenu en tant que réalisateur. David Hackl a réalisé Saw V. On a d'abord signalé que Hackl dirigerait Saw V et Saw VI puis Saw VII. Il a été rapporté plus tard que Hackl ne réaliserait que Saw V et que Saw VI et Saw VII seront dirigés par Kevin Greutert, monteur des cinq premiers films.

Dans Saw V, le grand piège final (ou test final), a été conçu par un jeune garçon, qui avait 7 ans quand il l'a dessiné, et qui n'est autre que Sean Hackl, le fils de David Hackl. Ces pièges sont décrits comme les plus terrifiants et dérangeants de toute la série de films.

Best films

Saw III (2006)
(Second Unit Director)
Saw II (2005)
(Production Design)
Saw IV (2007)
(Production Design)

Usually with

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Filmography of David Hackl (10 films)

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Actor

Why Horror?
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors John Carpenter, Eli Roth, Alexandre Aja, Rodrigo Gudiño, Simon Barrett, George A. Romero
Roles Self
Rating61% 3.097863.097863.097863.097863.09786
The documentary follows horror movie fan and journalist Tal Zimerman as he tries to look at the reasons why people enjoy the horror genre. The genre is globally popular and is present in a wide variety of formats such as films, books, music, graphic novels, artwork, and video games, yet reactions to it can sometimes be polarized and in some instances Tal feels that the genre's fans are misunderstood. At the same time, Tal is conflicted over how he can be "disturbed by gruesome imagery showcased in the news, but thrives on blood and guts found in movies, books, music, graphic novels and video games" and as such sets out to try to find how horror affects his mind. For his research Tal interviews several different people, from genre filmmakers and writers to scientists and psychologists, to uncover why people enjoy horror and how perception, traditions, and beliefs help impact how horror is perceived and displayed in various countries and globally as a whole.

Director

Life on the Line, 1h37
Directed by David Hackl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors John Travolta, Kate Bosworth, Sharon Stone, Gil Bellows, Devon Sawa, Julie Benz
Rating52% 2.6111152.6111152.6111152.6111152.611115
Beau est électricien spécialisé en lignes haute-tension. Une énorme tempête s'abat sur sa région, et il va devoir prendre des risques pour réparer les lignes et sauver sa famille.
Into the Grizzly Maze, 1h34
Directed by David Hackl
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors James Marsden, Thomas Jane, Billy Bob Thornton, Piper Perabo, Scott Glenn, Adam Beach
Rating53% 2.6518852.6518852.6518852.6518852.651885
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
Saw V
Saw V (2008)
, 1h32
Directed by David Hackl
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Julie Benz
Rating58% 2.9044452.9044452.9044452.9044452.904445
Convicted murderer Seth Baxter wakes up chained to a table beneath a pendulum blade. A videotape informs him that he can release himself by crushing his hands between two presses. He does so, but the blade still swings down and cuts him in half as someone watches through a hole in the wall. In the meatpacking plant, FBI Agent Peter Strahm guns down Jeff Denlon and is locked in the sickroom. He discovers a hidden exit with a microcassette recorder, which urges him to stay in the sickroom. He ignores it and is attacked in the tunnel by a pig-masked figure, waking up with his head sealed in a box which quickly fills with water; he survives by performing a tracheotomy using his pen. Outside, Detective Mark Hoffman delivers Corbett Denlon to the police and claims they are the only survivors, and is shocked when Strahm is also brought out alive.

Director

Saw III
Saw III (2006)
, 1h48
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Kim Roberts, Dina Meyer
Roles Second Unit Director
Rating62% 3.1020253.1020253.1020253.1020253.102025
After Amanda Young seals him in the bathroom, Eric Matthews escapes his shackle by breaking his foot with a toilet tank cover. Six months later, he is still missing. A SWAT team led by Lieutenant Daniel Rigg discovers the site of a Jigsaw game in which the victim, Troy, had to escape a bomb by ripping chains from his body. Rigg calls Detectives Mark Hoffman and Allison Kerry, who is guilt-ridden over Matthews' disappearance, to the scene. Kerry points out that the door was welded shut, breaking Jigsaw's modus operandi of giving his victims a chance to escape. She is abducted from her home that night while reviewing Troy's tape and awakens in a harness that is hooked into her ribs. She manages to retrieve the key from a suspended beaker of acid and unlocking it before the timer expires, but it tears her rib cage apart anyway, killing her.

Art

Outlander
Outlander (2008)
, 1h55
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age
Actors Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Aidan Devine
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.1014753.1014753.1014753.1014753.101475
A spacecraft crashes in a lake in Vendel-era Norway. On board is an alien monster, the Moorwen, and the "outlander", Kainan, who activates a distress signal and sets out to trace the Moorwen, which had stowed away on his ship and caused the crash.
Saw IV
Saw IV (2007)
, 1h33
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent, Justin Louis
Roles Production Design
Rating59% 2.952912.952912.952912.952912.95291
During John Kramer's autopsy, a wax-coated microcassette is found in his stomach. Detective Mark Hoffman is called in and learns from it that he will still be tested and, despite Kramer's death, the games will continue. In a mausoleum, two men awaken chained at the neck to a winch. One's eyes are sewn shut, as is the other's mouth, making communication impossible. In a blind panic, the blinded man activates the winch and attacks the muted man, who kills him and frees himself with the key on the other collar.
Saw III
Saw III (2006)
, 1h48
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Kim Roberts, Dina Meyer
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.1020253.1020253.1020253.1020253.102025
After Amanda Young seals him in the bathroom, Eric Matthews escapes his shackle by breaking his foot with a toilet tank cover. Six months later, he is still missing. A SWAT team led by Lieutenant Daniel Rigg discovers the site of a Jigsaw game in which the victim, Troy, had to escape a bomb by ripping chains from his body. Rigg calls Detectives Mark Hoffman and Allison Kerry, who is guilt-ridden over Matthews' disappearance, to the scene. Kerry points out that the door was welded shut, breaking Jigsaw's modus operandi of giving his victims a chance to escape. She is abducted from her home that night while reviewing Troy's tape and awakens in a harness that is hooked into her ribs. She manages to retrieve the key from a suspended beaker of acid and unlocking it before the timer expires, but it tears her rib cage apart anyway, killing her.
Saw II
Saw II (2005)
, 1h33
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G., Glenn Plummer, Beverley Mitchell, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier
Roles Production Design
Rating65% 3.299913.299913.299913.299913.29991
Informant Michael Marks wakes up to find a spike-filled mask locked around his neck. A videotape informs him that he has sixty seconds to remove his eye with the scalpel and retrieve the key, but he cannot bring himself to do so and is killed when the mask closes. Detective Eric Matthews, is called to the scene by Detective Allison Kerry when a message for him is found. Although he is initially reluctant to join the case, Eric joins Kerry and Sergeant Daniel Rigg in leading a SWAT team to an old factory. There they find the John Kramer, The Jigsaw Killer, who he is weak from cancer, and several computer monitors showing eight people trapped in a house. Among them are Amanda Young, Jigsaw's only known survivor, and Eric's estranged son Daniel. A nerve agent filling the house will kill them within two hours, but John assures Eric he will get Daniel back if Eric talks with John until the game is complete. At Kerry's urging, Eric reluctantly agrees in order to buy time for the police tech team to arrive and trace the video signal.
Zebra Lounge, 1h33
Directed by Kari Skogland
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Kristy Swanson, Stephen Baldwin, Brandy Ledford, Cameron Daddo, Daniel Magder, Vince Corazza
Roles Production Design
Rating47% 2.353812.353812.353812.353812.35381
Alan and Wendy Barnet are stuck in a marital rut and decide to answer an ad they find in a Swinging magazine. The couple meets with Jack and Louise Bauer at the Zebra Lounge. The Bauers are a pair of experienced swingers who help the Barnets fulfill their sexual fantasies. However, Alan and Wendy soon realize that the Bauers are not who they seem to be.
Jerry and Tom, 1h47
Directed by Saul Rubinek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Ted Danson, Charles Durning, William H. Macy
Roles Production Design
Rating64% 3.246023.246023.246023.246023.24602
Hit men Tom and Jerry wait in a Chicago bar for the go-ahead to kill Stanley. Anxious to get the hit done, Jerry suggests they perform the hit immediately; Tom refuses, and Stanley entertains them with jokes. As the phone rings, the film shifts to a flashback set ten years earlier, in 1984. Jerry, a youth employed at Billy's used car dealership, joins Tom as he walks with Karl. Karl describes how a local gangster bit off the nose of Karl's nephew. Disturbed by the audaciousness and brutality of the attack, Tom promises to look into the issue. However, Karl becomes spooked when they enter Tom's car, and Karl begins bargaining with Tom, to Jerry's confusion. Tom agrees that the two are friends with a long history but strangles Karl after an apology. Jerry throws up but insists that he is otherwise fine.