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David Snyder is a Associate Producer, Second Unit Director and Production Design American born on 1 january 1944 at Buffalo (USA)
David L. Snyder est un chef décorateur de télévision et de cinéma américain, né le 22 septembre 1944 à Buffalo, dans l'état de New York.
Sa carrière prend un tournant avec la 50e cérémonie des Oscars (en 1978), pour laquelle il est nommé directeur artistique adjoint. Universal Pictures le nomme ensuite directeur artistique pour les films Buck Rogers au XXV siècle et Battlestar Galactica, notamment.
En 1982, il est nommé pour l'Oscar des meilleurs décors pour son travail sur le film Blade Runner de Ridley Scott.
Il est marié à l'actrice Terry Finn depuis le 1er août 1990.
(2000)
(Second Unit Director)
(1986)
(Production Design)
(1993)
(Production Design)
(1982)
(Art Direction)
(1985)
(Art Direction)
(1984)
(Production Design)
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David Snyder s'intéresse très tôt au domaine cinématographique. Il effectue ses études au lycée technique. Ses débuts dans le métier sont marqués par différents travaux : concepteur architectural, concepteur de jouets, ou encore musicien.Sa carrière prend un tournant avec la 50e cérémonie des Oscars (en 1978), pour laquelle il est nommé directeur artistique adjoint. Universal Pictures le nomme ensuite directeur artistique pour les films Buck Rogers au XXV siècle et Battlestar Galactica, notamment.
En 1982, il est nommé pour l'Oscar des meilleurs décors pour son travail sur le film Blade Runner de Ridley Scott.
Il est marié à l'actrice Terry Finn depuis le 1er août 1990.
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(2000)(Second Unit Director)
(1986)(Production Design)
(1993)(Production Design)
(1982)(Art Direction)
(1985)(Art Direction)
(1984)(Production Design)
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, 1h26Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Leslie Stefanson
Roles Production Designer
Rating35%
A director by the name of Alan Smithee has been allowed to direct Trio, a big-budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg and Jackie Chan. The studio recuts the film, and when Smithee sees the results (which he describes as being "worse than Showgirls"), he wants to disown the film. However, since his name is also the pseudonym used by Hollywood when someone does not want to have their name attached to a bad film, he steals the film and flees, threatening to destroy the film by burning it.
Cold Dog Soup (1990)
, 1h27Directed by Alan Metter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christine Harnos, Sheree North, Nancy Kwan, Dante Basco
Roles Associate Producer
Rating56%
Randy Quaid plays a zen taxi driver whose passenger is trying to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper. The driver is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and the one-gloved heroine becomes more interested in him than in her date.
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The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
, 1h39Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Gangster films
Actors Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
Roles Second Unit Director
Rating66%
Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry) is a Quebec dentist from Chicago, trapped in a miserable marriage to the daughter of his late ex-partner. His wife Sophie (Rosanna Arquette) and mother-in-law (Carmen Ferlan) hate him, and his deceased father-in-law has saddled him with a lot of debt. He can't divorce his wife because her father embezzled from the dental practice, and he has nothing but debt if they separate. As the movie opens, Sophie tells Oz she needs $5000, but won't say what for.
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, 1h31Directed by Tommy O'Haver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about religion
Actors Melissa Leo, Josh Lucas, Brandon Mychal Smith, Michael Chernus, Rory Cochrane, Vincent Kartheiser
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
Le film retrace l'enquête policière sur la disparition et le meurtre en 1995 de Madalyn Murray O'Hair, la leader de l'association American Atheists, qui visait à séparer le pouvoir de l'Église de celui de l'État.
Crave (2012)
, 1h53Directed by Charles de Lauzirika
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Ron Perlman, Edward Furlong, Tonya Cornelisse, Richard Speight Jr.
Roles Production Design
Rating52%
Aiden (Josh Lawson) is an underpaid and lonely freelance crime scene photographer that copes with the world around him by imagining himself as a hero that saves the day. His world is turned upside down when he meets Virginia (Emma Lung), who breathes new life into his daily routine and gives him a new sense of confidence. This gives him the courage to make his daydreams into a reality, which comes with some negative repercussions as Aiden's sense of justice might be considered warped.
Mostly Ghostly (2008)
, 1h38Directed by Richard Correll
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films, Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Sterling Beaumon, Madison Pettis, Luke Benward, Brian Stepanek, David DeLuise, Kim Rhodes
Roles Production Design
Rating50%
Max Doyle (Sterling Beaumon) is an 11-year-old whose love of performing magic disappoints his father (David DeLuise) and draws ridicule from his older brother, Colin (Adam Hicks). While doing laundry in the basement, Max hears voices. While investigating the source of the sound, he sees a hand come out of the wall. A hidden tunnel behind the wall happens to harbor the evil Phears (Brian Stepanek) and his cadre of ghosts. Phears is intent on freeing himself and his minions from the world of ghosts to inhabit the physical world but will be able to do so only on Halloween.
Redline (2007)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Nathan Phillips, Nadia Björlin, Jesse Johnson, Angus Macfadyen, Denyce Lawton, Tim Matheson
Roles Production Design
Rating40%
Natasha Martin (Nadia Bjorlin) is a beautiful auto mechanic and aspiring musician who is invited to join music producer Infamous (Eddie Griffin) aboard his private jet en route to Las Vegas in appreciation of her services on his Ford GT. She is also a highly skilled race car driver, but is sometimes haunted by memories of her father's death at a NASCAR race many years ago. Meanwhile, on another side of town, Carlo (Nathan Phillips) has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. He meets up with his brother Jason (Jesse Johnson) before heading to Vegas themselves. Carlo is not happy that Jason is living with their mob boss uncle Michael D'Orazio (Angus Macfadyen), whom he always sees as the cause of their family's destruction. Little do they know that Michael has been running an unsuccessful counterfeiting ring and owes millions of dollars to another syndicate led by the "Godfather" (David Dayan Fisher).
Deuces Wild (2002)
, 1h38Directed by Scott Kalvert
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk, Norman Reedus, Max Perlich, Balthazar Getty
Roles Production Design
Rating56%
Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) are brothers and members of the Deuces, a Brooklyn street gang. Ever since the death of their other brother Alphonse "Allie Boy" from a drug overdose at the hands of Marco (Norman Reedus), they keep drugs off their block. This puts them in opposition to the Vipers, another local gang headed by Marco who want to sell drugs in the neighborhood. On the eve of Marco's return from a three-year stint in prison, a gang war seems imminent. Marco plans revenge against Leon, whom he believes ratted him out to the police.
The One (2001)
, 1h35Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, Carla Gugino, James Morrison, Dylan Bruno
Roles Production Design
Rating59%
Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li), once an officer of the "Multiverse Authority" (MVA) that polices interdimensional travel (via detecting wormholes), seeks to hunt down all variations of himself in alternate universes. By killing all 124 of his other selves (becoming the last version) and absorbing their life energies, he believes he will become an immortal godlike being called "The One". Yulaw is briefly captured by MVA agents Rodecker (Delroy Lindo) and Funsch (Jason Statham), only to escape from captivity during the trial sentencing him to life in the Stygian penal colony in the Hades universe.
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
, 1h39Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Gangster films
Actors Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
Roles Production Design
Rating66%
Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry) is a Quebec dentist from Chicago, trapped in a miserable marriage to the daughter of his late ex-partner. His wife Sophie (Rosanna Arquette) and mother-in-law (Carmen Ferlan) hate him, and his deceased father-in-law has saddled him with a lot of debt. He can't divorce his wife because her father embezzled from the dental practice, and he has nothing but debt if they separate. As the movie opens, Sophie tells Oz she needs $5000, but won't say what for.
, 1h26Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Leslie Stefanson
Roles Production Design
Rating35%
A director by the name of Alan Smithee has been allowed to direct Trio, a big-budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg and Jackie Chan. The studio recuts the film, and when Smithee sees the results (which he describes as being "worse than Showgirls"), he wants to disown the film. However, since his name is also the pseudonym used by Hollywood when someone does not want to have their name attached to a bad film, he steals the film and flees, threatening to destroy the film by burning it.
Soldier (1998)
, 1h39Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera
Actors Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Michael Chiklis, Gary Busey, Sean Pertwee
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
In 1996, as part of a new military training program, a group of orphaned infants are selected at birth and raised as highly disciplined soldiers with no understanding of anything but military routine. They are trained to be ruthless professionals, and all those considered to be physically or mentally unworthy are executed. The survivors are turned into ultimate fighting machines, but have no understanding of the outside world.
Vegas Vacation (1997)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn
Roles Production Design
Rating59%
At work, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) has invented a long life food preservative, earning him a large bonus check. Clark announces to his family that he is taking them on vacation. Enthusiasm wanes, however, when Clark says they are headed to Las Vegas, Nevada. His wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) and teenage daughter, Audrey (Marisol Nichols) have their doubts, as Las Vegas is not known for its family-friendly atmosphere, while teenage son Rusty (Ethan Embry) appears to be more eager. Upon travelling to Vegas, they run into the "woman in the Ferrari" (Christie Brinkley) who appeared in the first film. Clark is the only one who sees her, but then notices that she now has a child.
Terminal Velocity (1994)
, 1h42Directed by Deran Sarafian
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Christopher McDonald, Brooke Langton, Melvin Van Peebles
Roles Production Design
Rating54%
A Boeing 747 lands in the middle of a desert. A young Russian woman is tortured by getting dunked in the aquarium of her apartment until she drowns and is left by her two assailants in the shower stall. Skydiving instructor Richard 'Ditch' Brodie (Charlie Sheen) takes on a new client, Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski), who on her first jump does not open her parachute and apparently dies.
Demolition Man (1993)
, 1h55Directed by Marco Brambilla
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Bob Gunton
Roles Production Design
Rating67%
In 1996, psychopathic career criminal Simon Phoenix kidnaps a number of hostages and takes refuge with his gang in an abandoned building. LAPD Sgt. John Spartan uses a thermal scan of the building and finds no trace of the hostages, and leads an unauthorized assault to capture Phoenix. When he is captured, Phoenix sets off a series of explosives that bring down the building, and when the police search the wreckage, they find the corpses of the hostages. Spartan is charged with manslaughter, and he is incarcerated along with Phoenix in the city's new "California Cryo-Penitentiary", where they will be cryogenically frozen. During their time "in deep freeze", they are to be rehabilitated through subconscious conditioning.