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Ilya Viktorovich Naishuller (Russian: Илья Викторович Найшуллер; born November 19, 1983) is a Russian film director and musician. He is known for directing the action films Hardcore Henry (2015) and Nobody (2021). He is also the founder of the film production company Versus Pictures and the indie rock band Biting Elbows.
Life
Naishuller was born in Moscow, the son of a surgeon mother and an oligarch father of Jewish background. From the ages of seven to fourteen he lived in London and attended a private school.
He studied at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and met several filmmakers that he would collaborate with later. Naishuller left school to pursue music. In 2008, he founded the rock band Biting Elbows as lead singer and guitarist. In 2011, he released the EP Dope Fiend Massacre and the debut album Biting Elbows.
In 2011, he directed and edited the music video for The Stampede, a song featured in Dope Fiend Massacre EP. The music video was shot entirely in POV, it also serves as inspiration and build-up for Bad Motherfucker, another music video for the hit single. It was released in 2013, quickly becoming a viral online hit, accumulating over 150 million views. The video caught the attention of Hollywood agents and talents, notably by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
In 2015 Naishuller directed the independent feature film Hardcore, later renamed Hardcore Henry. It stars Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, and Tim Roth. It was produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Inga Vainshtein Smith, and Ekaterina Kononenko. It was filmed entirely in POV as well. Naishuller is credited as screenwriter, director, producer and acted as one of the people playing the titular character. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015 and won the festival's People's Choice Award. It was released theatrically by STXfilms on April 8, 2016. It went on to gross $14.3 million USD, in the US. Simultaneously, a comic book was released titled "Hardcore Akan #1", written by Naishuller, Brian Phillipson, and Will Stewart. It is a prequel to the film and provides the backstory for Akan, a villain in the film.
In 2016, he directed the music video for False Alarm by The Weeknd, it stars Kristine Froseth and Damion Poitier, In 2017, he directed the music video for Kolshchik by Russian rock band Leningrad, it won the Berlin Music Video Awards in 2017, while taking the first place for the "Best Concept" category. He has also directed 3 other music videos for the band, that being Voyage, Ju-Ju, and Tsoi.
In 2021, Naishuller directed Nobody, an American action film written by Derek Kolstad. It stars Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Aleksei Serebryakov, RZA and Christopher Lloyd. It premiered as theaters in the United States were starting to reopen, following the initial COVID-19 outbreak. Nobody debuted at #1 at the US Box Office in its opening weekend.
He directed Heads of State, written by Josh Applebaum, André Nemec, and Harrison Query. It stars Idris Elba, John Cena, and Priyanka Chopra. Heads of State is currently in the post-production process, it is set to release on an unknown date.
Filmography
= Film
=Other works
= Music videos
=References
External links
Official Website for Biting Elbows
Ilya Naishuller at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Nobody (film 2021)
- Hardcore Henry
- Haley Bennett
- I Am Losing Weight
- Peter Safran
- Film di tahun 2016
- Ilya Naishuller
- Hardcore Henry
- Heads of State (film)
- Nobody (2021 film)
- Leningrad (band)
- Biting Elbows
- Young Man (film)
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Hardcore
- Danila Poperechny
