Gregory Dark
| Gregory Dark | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gregory Hippolyte Brown July 12, 1957 Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, writer |
Gregory Dark (born Gregory Hippolyte Brown on July 12, 1957 in Los Angeles) is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter. Dark is one of the few adult filmmakers to successfully transition into mainstream Hollywood film-making. He has also been credited as Alexander Hippolyte, as Gregory Brown, and as The Dark Brothers.
Dark began his career as a fine artist of both paintings and conceptual art and installations. After graduating with an MFA from Stanford University, he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies in film at New York University.
From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, Dark directed hardcore and softcore adult films. His work from this period influenced the current "Alt porn" genre. Dark directed or produced more than 30 action films and erotic thrillers as head of production for Axis Films, a B movie company, from 1987 to 1995. Dark's erotic thrillers in the early 1990s such as Animal Instincts I and II, Body of Influence, and Mirror Images II featured Shannon Whirry in various stages of undress. In 1994, he directed the film Stranger by Night, starring Steven Bauer.
Dark's films of this period won him accolades such as "the Steven Spielberg of the soft-core set" and "the Martin Scorsese of the erotic thriller".
Dark then became a sought-after music video director who has directed more than 150 clips, helming videos for popular recording artists. He has been nominated for and won several MTV Video Music Awards as well as awards from BET and Billboard for his music video work.
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