Sylvain White

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Sylvain White
Sylvain White at WonderCon 2010 2.JPG
White at WonderCon 2010
Born (1971-12-21) 21 December 1971 (age 53) [1]
Alma mater Pomona College
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1998present

Sylvain White (born 21 December 1971) [1] is a French film director and screenwriter.

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Life and career

Filmmaker Sylvain White was born and raised in Paris, France.

At 18 he attended the university of La Sorbonne then earned a scholarship to go to film school in Los Angeles. After graduating with honors in both film production and media studies, a series of award-winning short films led him to direct a spectrum of music videos and commercials in the US, Europe and Japan.

He debuted feature film Stomp the Yard , at number one in the US for Sony. 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 The Mark of the Angels, starring Gérard Depardieu, and followed by directing the theatrical summer horror film Slender Man for Sony.

White has also directed episodes on television series such as Fargo , The Umbrella Academy , For All Mankind , Billions , Justified , The Americans , The Terminal List , Amazing Stories , CSI , Hawaii Five-0 , The Following , Person of Interest , Major Crimes and Sleepy Hollow .

Filmography

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriter
2002QuietYesNo
2013Bring the Love BackYesYes

Films

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2004 Trois 3: The Escort YesNoCredited as "Skav One"
2006 I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer YesNoDirect-to-video
2007 Stomp the Yard YesNo
2009 Walled In NoYes
2010 The Losers YesNo
2013 The Mark of the Angels – Miserere YesYes

Television

YearTitleNotes
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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sylvain White". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 9 February 2023.