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David Twohy is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 18 october 1955 at Los Angeles County (USA)

David Twohy

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Birth name David Neil Twohy
Nationality USA
Birth 18 october 1955 (68 years) at Los Angeles County (USA)

David Neil Twohy (born 18 October 1955) is an American film director and screenwriter.

Biography

On lui doit le script du Fugitif avec Harrison Ford, de Waterworld avec Kevin Costner et de À armes égales avec Demi Moore. Il s'est fait connaître en réalisant un film de science-fiction méconnu, The Arrival, avec Charlie Sheen, puis il a connu un premier succès avec Pitch Black (2000), un autre film de science-fiction interprété par Vin Diesel. Il a collaboré avec ce même acteur pour une suite plus ambitieuse, Les Chroniques de Riddick (2004) et a fait le troisième volet Riddick (2013) avec un budget de 38 millions de dollars seulement.

Best films

The Fugitive (1993)
(Story)
Waterworld (1995)
(Writer)
Riddick (2013)
(Director)
G.I. Jane (1997)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel
(4 films)
Ted Field
Ted Field
(5 films)
Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of David Twohy (18 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

Below
Below (2002)
, 1h45
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Ghost films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Bruce Greenwood, Matt Davis, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis
Roles British Captain
Rating60% 3.049153.049153.049153.049153.04915
The USS Tiger Shark is a U.S. Navy submarine on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II in August 1943. She receives orders to pick up survivors spotted adrift by a British PBY Catalina patrol plane. She retrieves three survivors – the British nurse Claire Paige (Olivia Williams) and two men, one of them wounded – from the British hospital ship Fort James, which had been sunk two days earlier; one of the survivors blames the sinking on a German U-boat that he briefly saw on the surface just before the Fort James suffered a torpedo hit. As they pick up the survivors, the crew of the Tiger Shark spots a German warship bearing down on them. The submarine has several encounters with the German warship and suffers damage from depth charges in the process. Later, the commanding officer of the Tiger Shark, Lieutenant Brice (Bruce Greenwood), discovers that the wounded survivor is actually a German prisoner-of-war, Bernard Schillings (Jonathan Hartman). Brice confronts him because he thinks Schillings has been making noises to betray the Tiger Shark‍ '​s position to the German warship. Brice shoots Schillings dead when the German panics and grabs a scalpel to defend himself.

Director

Riddick
Riddick (2013)
, 1h59
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollá, Nolan Gerard Funk, Bokeem Woodbine
Rating63% 3.1989253.1989253.1989253.1989253.198925
Five years after Kyra's death, Riddick has become increasingly uneasy in his role as Lord Marshall of the Necromonger fleet. His refusal to swear into the Necromonger faith has caused dissent among his subjects and assassination attempts by his subordinate commanders. Riddick strikes a deal with Commander Vaako: the location of Furya and a ship to take him there, in exchange for Vaako becoming the next Lord Marshall, so that he can achieve what he calls transcendence. Led by Vaako's aide, Krone, Riddick and a group of Necromongers arrive on a desolate planet. Recognizing that it is not Furya, Riddick kills most of his escort when they attempt to assassinate him. In the chaos, Krone causes a landslide and buries Riddick alive.
A Perfect Getaway, 1h37
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Steve Zahn, Marley Shelton, Chris Hemsworth
Rating64% 3.2485453.2485453.2485453.2485453.248545
A young mild-mannered American couple, Cliff (Zahn) and Cydney (Jovovich), are celebrating their marriage by hiking to a remote beach in Hawaii while on their honeymoon. On their way, they see two hitchhikers, Cleo (Shelton) and Kale (Chris Hemsworth). They offer the pair a ride but change their minds when the two seem possibly dangerous.
The Chronicles of Riddick, 1h59
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Karl Urban, Judi Dench, Thandie Newton, Nick Chinlund, Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos
Rating65% 3.2993453.2993453.2993453.2993453.299345
After escaping the dark planet, Richard B. Riddick has been in hiding for five years, evading most of the bounty hunters and mercenaries that are set to capture him because of his high price on his head. His latest hideout is a Planet U.V., a world lit only by ultraviolet light.
Below
Below (2002)
, 1h45
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Ghost films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Bruce Greenwood, Matt Davis, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis
Rating60% 3.049153.049153.049153.049153.04915
The USS Tiger Shark is a U.S. Navy submarine on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II in August 1943. She receives orders to pick up survivors spotted adrift by a British PBY Catalina patrol plane. She retrieves three survivors – the British nurse Claire Paige (Olivia Williams) and two men, one of them wounded – from the British hospital ship Fort James, which had been sunk two days earlier; one of the survivors blames the sinking on a German U-boat that he briefly saw on the surface just before the Fort James suffered a torpedo hit. As they pick up the survivors, the crew of the Tiger Shark spots a German warship bearing down on them. The submarine has several encounters with the German warship and suffers damage from depth charges in the process. Later, the commanding officer of the Tiger Shark, Lieutenant Brice (Bruce Greenwood), discovers that the wounded survivor is actually a German prisoner-of-war, Bernard Schillings (Jonathan Hartman). Brice confronts him because he thinks Schillings has been making noises to betray the Tiger Shark‍ '​s position to the German warship. Brice shoots Schillings dead when the German panics and grabs a scalpel to defend himself.
Pitch Black, 1h49
Directed by David Twohy, Carolynne Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Keith David
Rating69% 3.498323.498323.498323.498323.49832
In the distant future, the civilian transport ship Hunter-Gratzner passes near a desert planet while on autopilot with its crew and passengers in cryostasis chambers. The passengers mostly consist of nomadic settlers who are relocating to other planets, a Muslim priest who goes by the title "Imam", with his followers traveling to New Mecca, a young boy named Jack, a pair of Bushwhackers named Shazza and Zeke, a merchant named Paris, and a law enforcement officer, William J. Johns, who is transporting a notorious criminal, Richard B. Riddick, who is chained in a special chamber and is the only one awake while in cryostasis. Riddick has illegally surgically-modified eyes, called Shiners, that give him extra-sensitive vision that allows him to see in the dark.
The Arrival, 1h55
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films
Actors Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, Theresa Polo, David Villalpando
Rating61% 3.0980253.0980253.0980253.0980253.098025
The Film opens with climatologist Ilana Green (Lindsay Crouse) examining a poppy field and remarking that it "shouldn't be here". We then see that the poppy field is in the middle of the Arctic.
Timescape
Timescape (1992)
, 1h39
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Jeff Daniels, Ariana Richards, Marilyn Lightstone, George Murdock, Nicholas Guest, Robert Colbert
Rating63% 3.199033.199033.199033.199033.19903
Haunted by the death of his wife, Ben Wilson (Jeff Daniels), has recently returned to his hometown and purchased an old guest house on the outskirts of town, which he is renovating with his young daughter Hillary (Ariana Richards). When local bus driver Oscar arrives with a tour group from "South California", the group's leader insists on renting out the rooms at the guest house, pointedly rejecting Ben's suggestion that they could stay at his friends' large hotel in the middle of town. Ben soon begins to note their peculiar behaviour, manner and dress. Oscar points out the fact that, while they purport to be tourists, they do not carry cameras or take photographs. Shortly after they settle into their rooms, another stranger, Quish (David Wells), arrives to join them, and Ben notices the odd fact that Quish's clothes have a fine covering of ash.

Scriptwriter

Riddick
Riddick (2013)
, 1h59
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollá, Nolan Gerard Funk, Bokeem Woodbine
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.1989253.1989253.1989253.1989253.198925
Five years after Kyra's death, Riddick has become increasingly uneasy in his role as Lord Marshall of the Necromonger fleet. His refusal to swear into the Necromonger faith has caused dissent among his subjects and assassination attempts by his subordinate commanders. Riddick strikes a deal with Commander Vaako: the location of Furya and a ship to take him there, in exchange for Vaako becoming the next Lord Marshall, so that he can achieve what he calls transcendence. Led by Vaako's aide, Krone, Riddick and a group of Necromongers arrive on a desolate planet. Recognizing that it is not Furya, Riddick kills most of his escort when they attempt to assassinate him. In the chaos, Krone causes a landslide and buries Riddick alive.
A Perfect Getaway, 1h37
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Steve Zahn, Marley Shelton, Chris Hemsworth
Rating64% 3.2485453.2485453.2485453.2485453.248545
A young mild-mannered American couple, Cliff (Zahn) and Cydney (Jovovich), are celebrating their marriage by hiking to a remote beach in Hawaii while on their honeymoon. On their way, they see two hitchhikers, Cleo (Shelton) and Kale (Chris Hemsworth). They offer the pair a ride but change their minds when the two seem possibly dangerous.
The Chronicles of Riddick, 1h59
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Karl Urban, Judi Dench, Thandie Newton, Nick Chinlund, Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2993453.2993453.2993453.2993453.299345
After escaping the dark planet, Richard B. Riddick has been in hiding for five years, evading most of the bounty hunters and mercenaries that are set to capture him because of his high price on his head. His latest hideout is a Planet U.V., a world lit only by ultraviolet light.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, 35minutes
Directed by Peter Chung
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Vin Diesel, Rhiana Griffith, Keith David, Nick Chinlund, Tress MacNeille, Roger L. Jackson
Roles Author
Rating65% 3.292013.292013.292013.292013.29201
Shortly after escaping the planet from Pitch Black, Riddick, Jack, and the Imam are picked up by a Mercenary spacecraft. Although Riddick attempts to conceal his identity from the mercenaries by impersonating William J. Johns (in Pitch Black) over the intercom, they quickly voice-print and identify him.
Below
Below (2002)
, 1h45
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Ghost films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Bruce Greenwood, Matt Davis, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis
Rating60% 3.049153.049153.049153.049153.04915
The USS Tiger Shark is a U.S. Navy submarine on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II in August 1943. She receives orders to pick up survivors spotted adrift by a British PBY Catalina patrol plane. She retrieves three survivors – the British nurse Claire Paige (Olivia Williams) and two men, one of them wounded – from the British hospital ship Fort James, which had been sunk two days earlier; one of the survivors blames the sinking on a German U-boat that he briefly saw on the surface just before the Fort James suffered a torpedo hit. As they pick up the survivors, the crew of the Tiger Shark spots a German warship bearing down on them. The submarine has several encounters with the German warship and suffers damage from depth charges in the process. Later, the commanding officer of the Tiger Shark, Lieutenant Brice (Bruce Greenwood), discovers that the wounded survivor is actually a German prisoner-of-war, Bernard Schillings (Jonathan Hartman). Brice confronts him because he thinks Schillings has been making noises to betray the Tiger Shark‍ '​s position to the German warship. Brice shoots Schillings dead when the German panics and grabs a scalpel to defend himself.
Impostor
Impostor (2001)
, 1h38
Directed by Gary Fleder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Guinee, Mekhi Phifer
Rating61% 3.050033.050033.050033.050033.05003
The movie takes place in the year 2079. Forty-five years earlier, Earth was attacked by a hostile and implacable alien civilization from Alpha Centauri. Force shield domes are put in place to protect cities, and a totalitarian global military government is established to effect the war and the survival of humans. The Centaurians have never been physically seen.
Pitch Black, 1h49
Directed by David Twohy, Carolynne Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Keith David
Rating69% 3.498323.498323.498323.498323.49832
In the distant future, the civilian transport ship Hunter-Gratzner passes near a desert planet while on autopilot with its crew and passengers in cryostasis chambers. The passengers mostly consist of nomadic settlers who are relocating to other planets, a Muslim priest who goes by the title "Imam", with his followers traveling to New Mecca, a young boy named Jack, a pair of Bushwhackers named Shazza and Zeke, a merchant named Paris, and a law enforcement officer, William J. Johns, who is transporting a notorious criminal, Richard B. Riddick, who is chained in a special chamber and is the only one awake while in cryostasis. Riddick has illegally surgically-modified eyes, called Shiners, that give him extra-sensitive vision that allows him to see in the dark.