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Andrew Dominik is a Director, Scriptwriter and Art Direction Australien born on 7 october 1967 at Wellington (Nouvelle zelande)

Andrew Dominik

Andrew Dominik
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Nationality Australie
Birth 7 october 1967 (57 years) at Wellington (Nouvelle zelande)

Andrew Dominik (born October 7, 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed the films Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Killing Them Softly.

Biography

À l'âge de 2 ans, Andrew Dominik et sa famille quittent la Nouvelle-Zélande et s'installent en Australie.

Il étudie à la Swinburne Film School de Melbourne dont il est diplômé en 1988.

Il débute tardivement sa carrière cinématographique avec la réalisation, en 2000, du film Chopper, bien accueilli par la critique, qui retrace la vie du célèbre criminel australien Mark Brandon Read (Chopper Read ), également auteur à succès, rappeur. Eric Bana tient le rôle vedette et ce film propulse sa carrière internationale.

Réalisateur peu prolifique, il faut attendre l'année 2007 pour la livraison de son deuxième film L'Assassinat de Jesse James par le lâche Robert Ford, un western dramatique et stylisé, avec Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck.

Il retrouve Brad Pitt en 2012 avec Cogan: Killing Them Softly, présenté en compétition pour la Palme d'or au Festival de Cannes 2012.

Best films

Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly
(2012)
(Director) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(2007)
(Director)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Andrew Dominik (4 films)

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Director

Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly (2012)
, 1h44
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Jeu, Mafia films, Poker, Gangster films
Actors Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn
Rating61% 3.0988053.0988053.0988053.0988053.098805
In the fall of 2008, amidst both the American financial crisis and the presidential election campaign, a man named Johnny "Squirrel" Amato (Vincent Curatola) plans to rob an illegitimate poker game. He enlists Frankie (Scoot McNairy), a former business associate, and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), a heroin addicted Australian expatriate who is stealing purebred dogs for money, to perform the robbery. Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta), the proprietor of a poker ring, is revealed to have previously orchestrated an inside job by paying two men to rob his own illegal poker room. He holds up under rough questioning by the hitman Dillon (Sam Shepard), though later he openly admits his involvement to various criminal figures and suffers no retaliation. Squirrel anticipates that the Mafia will automatically blame Markie for the heist.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
, 2h39
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Western
Themes Assassinat, Films about families, Jesse James, Gangster films
Actors Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Lee Renner, Ted Levine
Rating74% 3.7468153.7468153.7468153.7468153.746815
Young, starstruck Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) seeks out Jesse James (Brad Pitt) when the James gang is planning a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri, making unsuccessful attempts to join the gang with the help of his older brother Charley (Sam Rockwell), already a member. The train turns out to be carrying only a fraction of the money originally thought, and Frank James (Sam Shepard) tells Charley Ford that this robbery would be the last the James brothers would commit, and that the gang "gave up their nightridin' for good." Jesse returns home to Kansas City, bringing the Fords, Dick Liddil (Paul Schneider) and his cousin, Wood Hite (Jeremy Renner). Jesse sends Charley, Wood and Dick away, but insists that Bob stay. He wanted the younger man just for his help in moving furniture to a new home in St. Joseph. Bob becomes more admiring of James before being sent back to his sister's farmhouse, where he rejoins his brother Charley, Hite, and Liddil.
Chopper
Chopper (2000)
, 1h34
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films
Actors Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Kate Beahan, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Fletcher Humphrys
Rating70% 3.5481353.5481353.5481353.5481353.548135
In and out of jail since he was 16, Melbourne standover man Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for kidnapping a supreme court judge to get his childhood friend, Jimmy Loughnan (Simon Lyndon), out of the notorious H Division of maximum security Pentridge Prison. To become leader of the division, he ignites a power struggle which gains him more enemies than admirers. Eventually, even his gang turn their backs on him and Loughnan stabs him several times in a failed assassination attempt. Chopper voluntarily has his ears cut off by a fellow inmate in order to be transferred out of the H Division; this also gains him recognition in and out of the prison.

Scriptwriter

Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly (2012)
, 1h44
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Jeu, Mafia films, Poker, Gangster films
Actors Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn
Rating61% 3.0988053.0988053.0988053.0988053.098805
In the fall of 2008, amidst both the American financial crisis and the presidential election campaign, a man named Johnny "Squirrel" Amato (Vincent Curatola) plans to rob an illegitimate poker game. He enlists Frankie (Scoot McNairy), a former business associate, and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), a heroin addicted Australian expatriate who is stealing purebred dogs for money, to perform the robbery. Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta), the proprietor of a poker ring, is revealed to have previously orchestrated an inside job by paying two men to rob his own illegal poker room. He holds up under rough questioning by the hitman Dillon (Sam Shepard), though later he openly admits his involvement to various criminal figures and suffers no retaliation. Squirrel anticipates that the Mafia will automatically blame Markie for the heist.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
, 2h39
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Western
Themes Assassinat, Films about families, Jesse James, Gangster films
Actors Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Lee Renner, Ted Levine
Rating74% 3.7468153.7468153.7468153.7468153.746815
Young, starstruck Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) seeks out Jesse James (Brad Pitt) when the James gang is planning a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri, making unsuccessful attempts to join the gang with the help of his older brother Charley (Sam Rockwell), already a member. The train turns out to be carrying only a fraction of the money originally thought, and Frank James (Sam Shepard) tells Charley Ford that this robbery would be the last the James brothers would commit, and that the gang "gave up their nightridin' for good." Jesse returns home to Kansas City, bringing the Fords, Dick Liddil (Paul Schneider) and his cousin, Wood Hite (Jeremy Renner). Jesse sends Charley, Wood and Dick away, but insists that Bob stay. He wanted the younger man just for his help in moving furniture to a new home in St. Joseph. Bob becomes more admiring of James before being sent back to his sister's farmhouse, where he rejoins his brother Charley, Hite, and Liddil.
Chopper
Chopper (2000)
, 1h34
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films
Actors Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Kate Beahan, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Fletcher Humphrys
Roles Adaptation
Rating70% 3.5481353.5481353.5481353.5481353.548135
In and out of jail since he was 16, Melbourne standover man Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for kidnapping a supreme court judge to get his childhood friend, Jimmy Loughnan (Simon Lyndon), out of the notorious H Division of maximum security Pentridge Prison. To become leader of the division, he ignites a power struggle which gains him more enemies than admirers. Eventually, even his gang turn their backs on him and Loughnan stabs him several times in a failed assassination attempt. Chopper voluntarily has his ears cut off by a fellow inmate in order to be transferred out of the H Division; this also gains him recognition in and out of the prison.

Art

Chopper
Chopper (2000)
, 1h34
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films
Actors Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Kate Beahan, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Fletcher Humphrys
Roles Art Direction
Rating70% 3.5481353.5481353.5481353.5481353.548135
In and out of jail since he was 16, Melbourne standover man Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for kidnapping a supreme court judge to get his childhood friend, Jimmy Loughnan (Simon Lyndon), out of the notorious H Division of maximum security Pentridge Prison. To become leader of the division, he ignites a power struggle which gains him more enemies than admirers. Eventually, even his gang turn their backs on him and Loughnan stabs him several times in a failed assassination attempt. Chopper voluntarily has his ears cut off by a fellow inmate in order to be transferred out of the H Division; this also gains him recognition in and out of the prison.