Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker and production designer. He directed Hansel & Gretel, The Tell-Tale Heart, Brothers, The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman and Nosferatu and will direct the upcoming Werwulf, Labyrinth 2 and A Christmas Carol.
He also wrote Hansel & Gretel, The Tell-Tale Heart, Brothers, The Witch and Nosferatu and will write A Christmas Carol. He co-wrote The Lighthouse with his brother Max Eggers and The Northman and Werwulf with Sjón, with whom he will also write Labyrinth 2.
He was also a producer of The Lighthouse, The Northman, Nosferatu, Werwulf and A Christmas Carol and a production designer and a costume designer in Hansel & Gretel and The Tell-Tale Heart.
He also wrote the song "Monday Morning" for The Lighthouse.
He also wrote The Witch Screenplay Book and co-wrote The Lighthouse Screenplay Book with his brother Max.
He also developed a film called The Knight, which was ultimately not produced, and is currently developing a television miniseries based on the life of Grigori Rasputin.
Influences and style[]
Eggers has cited the 1922 German Expressionist horror film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror and 1983 documentary From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as his biggest influences, films that inspired him to become a filmmaker.[1] In a 2014 interview with Filmmaker, Eggers described fairytales, folktales, comparative religion and mythology as his primary interests;[2] his films are characterized, unsurprisingly, by their folkloric, mythological, and historical elements.
Trivia[]
- Robert Eggers is the son of Kelly Eggers, the grandson of Robert Houston, the stepson of Walter Eggers, the half-brother of Max Eggers and Sam Eggers, the husband of Alexandra Shaker and the father of Houston Eggers.
- Robert Eggers has named The Passion of Joan of Arc, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, Andrei Rublev, Persona, The Elephant Man, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apocalypse Now, Seven Samurai and Fitzcarraldo among his favorite films.[3]
References[]
- ↑ The Movies That Changed My Life: 'The Witch' Director Robert Eggers (2016-02-26).
- ↑ Rizov, Vadim (2014-07-17). Robert Eggers | Filmmaker Magazine (en-US).
- ↑ Robert Eggers’ Favorite Movies: 10 Films the Director Recommends – IndieWire
