Alexander "Alex" Proyas (born 23 September 1963) is an Australian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing The Crow, Dark City, I, Robot and Knowing.
Proyas was born to Greek parents in Egypt and moved to Sydney, Australia when he was 3. At 17 he went to film school and began directing music videos. He moved to Los Angeles in the United States to further his career, working on MTV music videos and TV commercials.
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Alexander "Alex" Proyas (born 23 September 1963) is an Australian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing The Crow, Dark City, I, Robot and Knowing.
Proyas was born to Greek parents in Egypt and moved to Sydney, Australia when he was 3. At 17 he went to film school and began directing music videos. He moved to Los Angeles in the United States to further his career, working on MTV music videos and TV commercials.
Proyas' first feature film was the independent science fiction thriller Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds, which was nominated for two Australian Film Institute awards in 1988, for costume design and production design. and which won a Special Prize at the 1990 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival Next, Proyas directed the 1994 fantasy thriller The Crow starring Brandon Lee. Lee was killed in an accident during filming, only eight days before the completion of the film in March 1993. After Lee's death, Proyas and his producers decided to...
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