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Greg Pak is a Actor, Director and Writer American born on 23 august 1968 at New York City (USA)

Greg Pak

Greg Pak
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Nationality USA
Birth 23 august 1968 (55 years) at New York City (USA)

Greg Pak, né le 23 août 1968, est un scénariste de comics, acteur, scénariste, producteur, et réalisateur de films américain.

Biography

Il est métissé de parents coréen et américain.
Étudiant en sciences politiques et en histoire, Greg Pak prend goût à un programme universitaire consacré au cinéma dans lequel il s’est inscrit.

Greg Pak va devenir l’un des hommes les plus récompensés dans l’univers du court-métrage. L’un de ses courts-métrages les plus personnels, Fighting Grandpa (1998, 21 min), dans lequel Greg Pak recherche, en interviewant 3 générations de sa famille, la preuve d’un amour entre ses grands-parents, immigrés coréens, a remporté 20 prix, dont le Student Academy Award.

Deux autres ont provoqué le scandale et demeurent les plus regardés sur le site AtomFilms.com, et s’intitulent Asian Pride Porn (1999) et All Amateur Ecstasy (2001). Tous deux tournent autour du sexe.

Un autre marquera le genre : The Penny Marshall Project, une parodie de Blair Witch, dans laquelle 3 réalisateurs (et pas des moindres : Penny Marshall, Francis Ford Coppola et Akira Kurosawa, interprétés par des comédiens) disparaissent dans les bois alors qu’ils recherchaient une partie perdue de leur personnalité, l’esprit du cinéma indépendant.

Enfin, il écrit et réalise le long métrage à sketchs Robot stories, qui contient quatre histoires centrées sur les relations entre les humains et des bébés ou des ouvriers robots. Tamlyn Tomita, actrice de la série Babylon 5, interprète le rôle d’une mère dans l’une des quatre parties du film. Immense succès critique, le film remporte 35 récompenses dans 75 festivals du cinéma indépendants à travers le monde et obtient des critiques dithyrambiques dans la presse spécialisée comme nationale (New York Times) !

Engagé par Joe Quesada, qui rêve de créer une passerelle entre Marvel Comics et les auteurs hollywoodiens, Greg Pak se retrouve sur une mini-série fin 2004 consacrée à Adam Warlock, le super-héros cosmique, avec des dessins de Charlie Adlard (et des couvertures de J.H. Williams III), avant de se lancer en janvier 2005 sur la mini-série Phoenix : Endsong, avec Greg Land.

En 2005, Pak se retrouve encore à travailler sur un projet très exposé, cette fois-ci l’adaptation et le développement de l’histoire développée pour le jeu vidéo Marvel Némésis : Rise of Imperfects (une dizaine de personnages Marvel contre un savant fou), dessinée par Renato Arlem, sur des couvertures de Jae Lee. Ce travail lui permet de travailler sur une multitude de personnages Marvel (Tornade, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Thing, Elektra, etc.).

Il prend la relève de Neil Gaiman qui s’est désisté pour produire une suite de 1602, intitulée 1602 : New World. Là encore, il joue avec l’univers Marvel sans avoir de souci de cohérence avec la continuité, dans cet énorme Elseworlds Marvel.

Il scénarise actuellement la mini-série Iron Man : House of M, avec des dessins de Pat Lee et fait partie des scénaristes mis en avant par Marvel sous la désignation de "10 Terrific".

Son dernier film, Super Power Blues, se rapproche des comics en racontant l'histoire d'une super-héroïne qui passe son temps à sauver le monde alors qu'elle ne rêve que de dormir avec son petit ami.

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Filmography of Greg Pak (3 films)

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Actor

Robot Stories, 1h25
Directed by Greg Pak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Tim Kang, Sab Shimono, Greg Pak, Cindy Cheung
Roles Archie
Rating59% 2.994942.994942.994942.994942.99494
My Robot Baby A young Marsha hides in the closet from her parents' fighting due to a mistake she has made. Marsha apologizes when her mother finds her in the closet; her mother tells Marsha to never fall in love, get married, and have children. Twenty-five years later, Marsha is married to Ray and they are looking towards adopting a child. After going to an adoption clinic, they apply for an adoption trial where they take care of a robotic baby before they can adopt a human child. Marsha begins to struggle when she is alone to take care of the robot baby, as she becomes flustered with what to do when the baby cries. Marsha brings the robot baby to her father, a handyman, and sees if he can tamper with the electronics of the robot. However, Marsha’s father worries that the doctors of the adoption clinic will detect the alteration of the robot. Nonetheless, Marsha persists on getting the baby reprogrammed and leaves the baby to her father while Marsha goes to work. As Marsha comes home to the robot baby now automated, she attempts to talk to the baby. However, the robot baby goes berserk and attacks Marsha. Marsha finds the robot baby in the closet, then remembers her young self hiding in the closet as her own mother was angry. Marsha then cries and is able to hug her robot baby, finding closure to her past.

Director

Robot Stories, 1h25
Directed by Greg Pak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Tim Kang, Sab Shimono, Greg Pak, Cindy Cheung
Rating59% 2.994942.994942.994942.994942.99494
My Robot Baby A young Marsha hides in the closet from her parents' fighting due to a mistake she has made. Marsha apologizes when her mother finds her in the closet; her mother tells Marsha to never fall in love, get married, and have children. Twenty-five years later, Marsha is married to Ray and they are looking towards adopting a child. After going to an adoption clinic, they apply for an adoption trial where they take care of a robotic baby before they can adopt a human child. Marsha begins to struggle when she is alone to take care of the robot baby, as she becomes flustered with what to do when the baby cries. Marsha brings the robot baby to her father, a handyman, and sees if he can tamper with the electronics of the robot. However, Marsha’s father worries that the doctors of the adoption clinic will detect the alteration of the robot. Nonetheless, Marsha persists on getting the baby reprogrammed and leaves the baby to her father while Marsha goes to work. As Marsha comes home to the robot baby now automated, she attempts to talk to the baby. However, the robot baby goes berserk and attacks Marsha. Marsha finds the robot baby in the closet, then remembers her young self hiding in the closet as her own mother was angry. Marsha then cries and is able to hug her robot baby, finding closure to her past.
Po Mo Knock Knock
Directed by Greg Pak

Two lovers, Knock Knock (Ball) and Who's There (Stiles) confront their difficulties communicating with each other by telling knock knock jokes. Rather than being puns, as knock knock jokes in the usual sense, the jokes are intended to invoke a sense of postmodern thought, for example, "Knock knock", "Who's there?", "Not only not no one, not even not he" (a parody of "Postmodernism is not only what it is not, it's not even not that", apparently heard by one of Ball's friends in a literary theory class).

Scriptwriter

Planet Hulk, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Hulk (comics) films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Rick D. Wasserman, Lisa Ann Beley, Mark Hildreth, Liam O'Brien, Kevin Michael Richardson, Samuel Vincent
Roles Comic Book
Rating68% 3.402863.402863.402863.402863.40286
The Hulk's allies the Avengers decide he is too dangerous to remain on Earth, so they put him in a shuttle and attempt to send him to a peaceful world. He awakens on board the shuttle before it arrives at its intended destination. When he goes into a fit of rage, breaking his restraints, he also causes enough damage to veer it off course, resulting in a crash on the planet Sakaar. Imperial guards appear and attach an obedience disk to the Hulk, allowing them to communicate. The Hulk is imprisoned with Hiroim, Korg, Miek, Elloe Kaifi, Lavin Skee, an Android, and a few hived natives.
Robot Stories, 1h25
Directed by Greg Pak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Tim Kang, Sab Shimono, Greg Pak, Cindy Cheung
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.994942.994942.994942.994942.99494
My Robot Baby A young Marsha hides in the closet from her parents' fighting due to a mistake she has made. Marsha apologizes when her mother finds her in the closet; her mother tells Marsha to never fall in love, get married, and have children. Twenty-five years later, Marsha is married to Ray and they are looking towards adopting a child. After going to an adoption clinic, they apply for an adoption trial where they take care of a robotic baby before they can adopt a human child. Marsha begins to struggle when she is alone to take care of the robot baby, as she becomes flustered with what to do when the baby cries. Marsha brings the robot baby to her father, a handyman, and sees if he can tamper with the electronics of the robot. However, Marsha’s father worries that the doctors of the adoption clinic will detect the alteration of the robot. Nonetheless, Marsha persists on getting the baby reprogrammed and leaves the baby to her father while Marsha goes to work. As Marsha comes home to the robot baby now automated, she attempts to talk to the baby. However, the robot baby goes berserk and attacks Marsha. Marsha finds the robot baby in the closet, then remembers her young self hiding in the closet as her own mother was angry. Marsha then cries and is able to hug her robot baby, finding closure to her past.