1. Robert Houston Eggers was born on July 7,1983 and is an American filmmaker who has written and directed The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, and Nosferatu.
16 Facts About Robert Eggers
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Robert Houston Eggers was born in New York City on July 7,1983.
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Robert Eggers gained an interest in designing, directing, and theatre while there, and would additionally show an interest in filmmaking by directing and designing short films.
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Robert Eggers began his career as a designer and director of theatre productions in New York before transitioning to working in film.
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Robert Eggers wrote and directed the horror film The Witch in his feature film directorial debut, and it premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival before A24 acquired it.
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Robert Eggers' next film, The Lighthouse, was a period piece and received critical acclaim.
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Robert Eggers directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother, Max, and it stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe.
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In July 2015, it was reported that Robert Eggers would write and direct a remake of the silent film Nosferatu.
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Robert Eggers credited this as the event that inspired him to pursue a career in filmmaking.
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Robert Eggers eventually opted to delay his version of the film, going on to direct The Lighthouse and The Northman first.
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Robert Eggers was at one point developing a miniseries based on the life of Grigori Rasputin.
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Robert Eggers has developed a medieval film called The Knight, which has yet to be produced.
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Additionally, Robert Eggers had started writing an "Elizabethan" script and expressed interest in making a Western.
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One of the major traits of films directed by Robert Eggers is their "strict attention to detail".
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Robert Eggers stated in a Rotten Tomatoes interview that he is not interested in making films set in the contemporary era, claiming that the idea of photographing modern technology disgusts him.
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Robert Eggers is married to clinical psychologist Alexandra Shaker, whom he has known since childhood.