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Mark Palansky is a Director and Second Unit Director Canadien

Mark Palansky

Mark Palansky
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Birth name Mark Palansky
Nationality Canada
Birth at Toronto (Canada)

Mark Palansky is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He got his start working as an assistant director on titan film productions such as Armageddon and Pearl Harbor. He then worked as a second unit director on The Island and The Amityville Horror.

His directorial debut was a 2001 short film called The Same starring Josh Hartnett. Palansky made his big screen debut in 2006 with the modern day fairytale Penelope, starring Christina Ricci as a young blueblood cursed with a pig snout. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

In October 2009 it was announced that Palanski is set to direct for Sony Pictures Entertainment action-adventure Iron Jack, a project that sparked a bidding war in 2008. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions. George Heller and Jeremy Bell are serving as executive producers. The story takes place in the 1930s and tells of a renowned novelist and his is quest to unearth a legendary treasure. Sony picked up up-and-coming screenwriter Johnny Rosenthal's spec script for $1.25 million against $2 million, beating offers made from CBS Films, MGM and Spyglass. No production schedule was announced for the film.

In a 2008 interview Palanski also revealed that he is working on two other projects with actor Peter Dinklage. The first one, Mendel's Dwarf, is a scientific love story. The second one, based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, is called Hop Frog. It is dark atmospheric revenge tale in the vein of a Grimms' Fairy Tales except it is not really fantastical.

Best films

The Amityville Horror (2005)
(Second Unit Director)

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Filmography of Mark Palansky (3 films)

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Penelope
Penelope (2006)
, 1h41
Directed by Mark Palansky
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Reese Witherspoon, Catherine O'Hara, Nick Frost, Russell Brand
Rating67% 3.3501553.3501553.3501553.3501553.350155
Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci) is a young woman from a wealthy family with all the qualities to make an excellent match for any other well-bred man of her status. What sets her apart is that she has pig-face disorder.
Stories of Lost Souls, 1h30
Directed by Illeana Douglas, Deborra-Lee Furness, Mark Palansky
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Josh Hartnett, Jason Acuña, Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Jacqui Maxwell, William Ash
Rating53% 2.658672.658672.658672.658672.65867
Un film à sketches centré autour de six histoires de conquête et de persévérance : "Standing Room Only" de Deborra-Lee Furness, "A Whole New Day" de William Garcia, "New Year's Eve" de Colin Spector, "Euston Road" de Toa Stappard et "Bangers" de Andrew Upton.

Director

The Amityville Horror, 1h29
Directed by Andrew Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Philip Baker Hall, Jimmy Bennett, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jesse James
Roles Second Unit Director
Rating59% 2.952112.952112.952112.952112.95211
In 1974, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murdered his family at their house in Amityville, New York. He claimed that he was persuaded to kill them by voices he heard in the house. One year later, married couple George (Ryan Reynolds) and Kathy Lutz (Melissa George) move into the house along with the latter's three children from a previous marriage, Billy, Michael and Chelsea. The family soon begins experiencing paranormal events in the house. Chelsea (Chloë Grace Moretz) claims that she befriended a girl named Jodie, a name belonging to one of the murdered DeFeo children. One day the couple decide to go out, and they hire a babysitter to watch the 3 kids. When the babysitter, Lisa (Rachel Nichols), arrives they come to find out that she had previously been hired to babysit the DeFeos.