Nationality British Name Abner Pastoll | Role Film director | |
Born February 12, 1982 (age 42) ( 1982-02-12 ) Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation Film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer Movies Me or the Dog, Homicide: Division B, A Great Mistake Similar People Edward Hogg, Martin Clunes, Edward Peel, Tim Downie | ||
Film 4 frightfest road games interviews abner pastoll andrew simpson jos phine de la baume
Abner Pastoll (born 12 February 1982) is a British-South African film director, screenwriter, and editor, born in South Africa, where his family used to own a two-screen cinema.
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- Film 4 frightfest road games interviews abner pastoll andrew simpson jos phine de la baume
- Film4 frightfest 2015 abner pastoll andrew simpson barbara crampton jose phine de la baume
- Background
- Career
- References
Film4 frightfest 2015 abner pastoll andrew simpson barbara crampton jose phine de la baume
Background
Abner started making films at the age of 4, inspired primarily by his family's cinema, and his father's film and video equipment. He originally thought he wanted to become an actor, but soon discovered he preferred being behind the camera. He grew up in London.
Career
His directorial work includes Getaway Driver (2017), Road Games (2015) and Me or the Dog (2011) starring Edward Hogg. He is co-founder of production company February Films, which he runs with producer Junyoung Jang (co-producer of Korean film The Host).
In the summer of 2014, he shot the France-UK co-production Road Games (aka Fausse Route), starring Andrew Simpson, Joséphine de La Baume, Frédéric Pierrot and genre legend Barbara Crampton. The film has been described as a 'taut Euro thriller',. It world premiered in August 2015 at FrightFest in London, and was released theatrically in the US on March 4, 2016 by IFC Films to an overall positive reaction. Bloody Disgusting called it “a wonderful thriller; a layered character-driven narrative with great writing and equally-great tension – a very pleasant surprise.” The film currently retains an 82% Fresh position on Rotten Tomatoes.
On March 9, 2017 it was announced on Deadline Hollywood that Abner would direct the crime-thriller A Good Woman Is Hard to Find from a script by Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Ronan Blaney, and starring Sarah Bolger. Filming is to take place later in the year of 2017.
His project following that has been described as a "kick-ass, sarcastic" action-thriller set in the Arizona desert.