David Karlak

David Karlak is an American director and writer, known for short films, The Candidate and Rise.

David Karlak
David Karlak in late 2016
Born
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
OccupationFilm director
Websitehttp://www.davidkarlak.com/

Biography

David Karlak is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California.[1] In 2010 Karlak directed the short film The Candidate that went on to make the Viewfinder List in 2011.[2] Following The Candidate, Karlak sold an original sci-fi pitch to Warner Brothers titled Rise with Roy Lee producing,[3] and then a second original pitch titled Outliers to 20th Century Fox with Peter Chernin producing.[4] Karlak is attached to direct both films. In recent years, Karlak has been exploring the use of virtual reality to tell narratives, having directed a virtual reality experience set in the world of Rise[5] which premiered it at the Storyscapes series at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014.[6]

Karlak most recently has been working with 20th Century Fox to direct two virtual reality experiences for Ridley Scott's film Alien: Covenant.[7][8][9][10] The first experience, Alien: Covenant In Utero premiered April 26, 2017 for Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.[11]

On March 3, 2017, Deadline Hollywood reported that Filmula's Johnny Lin and Cross Creek's Brian Oliver acquired the feature film rights to Rise from Warner Brothers with Karlak attached to direct.[12][13][14] Rise is about a dystopian future where robots are targeted for elimination after they develop emotional symmetry to humans and a revolutionary war for their survival begins. Anton Yelchin starred in the short, which was based on a screenplay Karlak penned with writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (the Saw series).

Filmography

As director
  • The Candidate (short, 2011)
  • Rise (virtual reality experience, 2014)
  • Rise (short, 2016)
  • Alien: Covenant In Utero (virtual reality experience, 2017)

As writer
  • Rise (story by, 2018)
gollark: Here is the webm version. Ironically, the metadata on the GIF says it was made using a video to GIF converter.
gollark: I should convert it to webm for efficiency, hold on.
gollark: Like this.
gollark: Steal someone's house?
gollark: Ah yes, "free" univerßity.

References
  1. "// about". DAVID KARLAK. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. Jr, Mike Fleming; Jr, Mike Fleming (2011-12-09). "Best 2011 Short Films, Ads, Music Videos?". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. Team, The Deadline (2011-12-13). "Warner Bros Buys Action/Sci-Fi Pitch 'Rise' For Roy Lee & Underground". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. "Fox Acquires 'Outliers' Pitch for Peter Chernin to Produce (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  5. "I Lived Through a Robot Insurrection in Virtual Reality - Motherboard". Motherboard. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  6. "How a Virtual Reality Demo Showed Us the Future of Movies | Movie News | Movies.com". Movies.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  7. Lieberman, David (2017-01-03). "Fox Plans Virtual Reality Experience For 'Alien: Covenant'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  8. Roettgers, Janko (2017-01-03). "Ridley Scott, Fox Innovation Lab Team Up for 'Alien: Covenant' Virtual Reality Experience". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  9. "Alien: Covenant is getting its own virtual reality experience". The Verge. 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  10. Kamen, Matt. "Alien: Covenant is getting a VR spin-off". WIRED UK. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  11. Erbland, Kate. "Alien: Covenant Births New Virtual Reality Experience With In Utero for Oculus - Watch". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  12. Busch, Anita (2017-03-04). "Filmula's Johnny Lin & Brian Oliver Acquire Rights To 'Rise' From Warner Bros". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  13. "Sci-Fi Short Film 'Rise' Getting Feature Adaptation (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  14. McNary, Dave (2017-03-04). "Anton Yelchin's Sci-Fi Short 'Rise' Being Developed Into Feature-Length Movie". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
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