David Karlak

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David Karlak
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Occupation Film director
Website http://www.davidkarlak.com/

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

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Biography

David Karlak is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. [1] [ self-published source ] 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

As writer

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  2. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2011-12-09). "Best 2011 Short Films, Ads, Music Videos?". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. ↑ "Warner Bros Buys Action/Sci-Fi Pitch 'Rise' For Roy Lee & Underground". Deadline Hollywood. 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. ↑ "Fox Acquires 'Outliers' Pitch for Peter Chernin to Produce (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
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