Wayne Kramer (filmmaker)
Wayne Kramer ( born May 26, 1965 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African film producer, director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Wayne Kramer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and emigrated in 1986 to the USA.
In 1992, his first film Blaze country, a horror - thriller starring Mitch Hara, what Kramer wrote the screenplay and directed himself appeared. He grabbed These two activities also for his short film Crossing Over. In the film about immigrants to the United States Jacqueline Obradors was as Miryea front of the camera. Kramer wrote the original screenplay for the psychological thriller Mindhunters ( Director: Renny Harlin ) but sold it to 20th Century Fox. The film was commissioned by 20th Century Fox in Dimension Films in order, while the screenplay but was rewritten.
His breakthrough as a director, Wayne Kramer celebrated with the drama The Cooler - Everything to love, with William H. Macy in the lead role. The Supporting Actor Alec Baldwin and Maria Bello received several awards and nominations also at the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. The film itself won a Golden Trailer Award. Kramer himself received as a director in 2003, nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, for a Crystal Globe at the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, for a price of Deauville Film Festival and the Golden Spike Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid. Along with Frank Hannah, both of which were nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for screenwriters, but left empty-handed.
In 2006 he has directed the action thriller Running Scared with Paul Walker and Cameron Bright in the lead roles and Vera Farmiga, Karel Roden and Chazz Palminteri in the supporting roles. For Crossing Over from 2009 Kramer wrote the screenplay and directed again. He has neuverfilmt his eponymous short film from 1996 in which it is already turning to the legal or illegal immigrants. In the " remake " was Harrison Ford as an official Max Borgan in the field, Ray Liotta as an official Cole Frankle in administrative services and Ashley Judd as his wife and attorney Denise Frankle front of the camera. Alice Eve as Australian immigrant and Jim Sturgess can be seen as a Jewish immigrant.
2013 was Kramer's directorial Pawn Shop Chronicles, in which, among other things, Elijah Wood, Paul Walker and Brendan Fraser are seen published.