Pascal Laugier is a French

France

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 screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

 and film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

.

Career

Laugier is a former assistant to director Christophe Gans

Christophe Gans

Christophe Gans is a French film director, writer, and producer who specializes in horror, fantasy movies and video game adaptations.-Biography:...

, also having directed the making-of

Making-of

In cinema, a making-of, also known as behind-the-scenes, is a documentary film that features the production of a film or television program...

 documentary about Gans's 2001 film Brotherhood of the Wolf

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Brotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French film directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel...

. He has written and directed the fantasy-horror feature films Saint Ange

Saint Ange

Saint Ange, also known as House of Voices is a 2004 French-Romanian horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It is Laugier's feature film debut. -Plot:...

and Martyrs

Martyrs (film)

Martyrs is a 2008 French-Canadian horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It was first screened during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival at the Marché du Film. The film was released in France publicly on 3 September 2008. The U.S. rights for Martyrs were bought by The Weinstein Company, who...

. He was set to direct the remake of Hellraiser

Hellraiser

Hellraiser is a 1987 British and American horror film based upon the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. Hellraiser explores themes of sadomasochism and morality under duress and fear. The film spawned a series of sequels...

but was later taken off the project due to creative differences with the producers. His next upcoming project is the horror film The Tall Man

The Tall Man

The Tall Man may refer to:* The Tall Man , a 2011 horror film* The Tall Man , a 1960s Western television series...

, which will star Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel

Jessica Claire Biel is an American actress, model, and occasional singer. Biel is known for her television role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven...

. Potential future directing projects include a supernatural thriller titled Details.

Filmography

• Saint Ange
  Saint Ange
  Saint Ange, also known as House of Voices is a 2004 French-Romanian horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It is Laugier's feature film debut. -Plot:...
  
  (2004)
• Martyrs
  Martyrs (film)
  Martyrs is a 2008 French-Canadian horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It was first screened during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival at the Marché du Film. The film was released in France publicly on 3 September 2008. The U.S. rights for Martyrs were bought by The Weinstein Company, who...
  
  (2008)
• Tall Man
  The Tall Man (2011 film)
  The Tall Man is an upcoming supernatural thriller. Filming took place in Salmo, British Columbia.-Plot:In the town of Cold Rock, there is a local superstition of a mysterious figure known as the Tall Man; a being who takes away children never to be seen again.After Julia 's son is kidnapped by a...
  
  (2011)

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