Sylvain White | |
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Born | [1] | 21 December 1971
Alma mater | Pomona College |
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Years active | 1998–present |
Website | WhiteFilmLab.com |
Sylvain White (born 21 December 1971) [1] is a French film director and screenwriter.
White attended Pomona College, graduating in 1998. [2]
He debuted his feature film, Stomp the Yard , at number one in the US. He went on to direct the action comedy The Losers , starring Chris Evans, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana. He wrote and directed the French murder mystery film The Mark of the Angels, starring Gérard Depardieu.
White has also directed episodes on television series such as The Americans , CSI , Hawaii Five-0 , The Following , Person of Interest , Major Crimes and Sleepy Hollow .
Year | Title | Director | Writer |
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2002 | Quiet | Yes | No |
2013 | Bring the Love Back | Yes | Yes |
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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2004 | Trois 3: The Escort | Yes | No | Credited as "Skav One" |
2006 | I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer | Yes | No | Direct-to-video |
2007 | Stomp the Yard | Yes | No | |
2009 | Walled In | No | Yes | |
2010 | The Losers | Yes | No | |
2013 | The Mark of the Angels – Miserere | Yes | Yes | |
2018 | Slender Man | Yes | No | |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2012 | CSI: Miami | 1 episode |
2012–2016 | Hawaii Five-0 | 8 episodes |
2013 | Covert Affairs | 1 episode |
2013–2014 | Person of Interest | 2 episodes |
2014 | The Mentalist | 1 episode |
2014–2015 | The Originals | 2 episodes |
2015 | The Following | 1 episode |
2015–2017 | Major Crimes | 3 episodes |
2015 | Scorpion | 1 episode |
Empire | ||
2016 | Sleepy Hollow | |
Rush Hour | ||
2017 | Lethal Weapon | |
MacGyver | ||
2017–2018 | The Americans | 2 episodes |
2018 | Magnum P.I. | 1 episode |
Station 19 | ||
2019–2021 | The Rookie | 6 episodes |
2019 | Strange Angel | 1 episode |
2020 | Amazing Stories | |
Fargo | 2 episodes | |
2020–2022 | The Umbrella Academy | 3 episodes |
2022 | Billions | 1 episode |
Bel-Air | ||
The Terminal List | 2 episodes | |
Reasonable Doubt | 1 episode | |
2023 | All American: Homecoming | |
Justified: City Primeval | ||
For All Mankind | ||
2023–24 | Fargo | 2 episodes |
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