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David R. Ellis has passed away

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Director David R. Ellis has died in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Snakes On A Plane helmer passed away suddenly early this morning Los Angeles-time, Deadline has learned. Ellis was 60 years old. Cause of death is not yet known. Ellis was in South Africa preparing to direct the film KITE. The director’s live-action adaptation of the 1998 Japanese anime was set to reunite Ellis with his Snakes star Samuel L. Jackson. Born in Los Angeles on September 10, 1952, Ellis started out in Hollywood as an actor and then stuntman and stunt coordinator. In 1986, Ellis moved on to second unit directing, helming the action sequences on films such as Waterworld, The Matrix Reloaded and Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. His first directing job was on the Disney film Homeward Bound 2: Lost In San Francisco in 1996. Final Destination 2 followed in 2003, with Cellular in 2004 and Snakes On A Plane in 2006. He went on to direct Asylum in 2008, The Final Destination in 2009 and Shark Night 3D in 2011. Ellis also did second unit directing on the upcoming Winter’s Tale starring Colin Farrell, Will Smith, Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe.
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I wonder how much he made from Snakes on a Plane?

but...

Shark Night was awful, it failed in just about every way possible. From trying to be a genuinely tense horror movie to being a spoof of the genre playing for laughs.
 
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IdreamofHIME said:
I wonder how much he made from Snakes on a Plane?

but...

Shark Night was awful, it failed in just about every way possible. From trying to be a genuinely tense horror movie to being a spoof of the genre playing for laughs.
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Snakes on a Plane bombed (it was predicted to make a ton of money from all the pre-release internet hype) so I doubt too much.
 
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Damn, he was a fun genre filmmaker and made the best Final Destination with #2. He also did a TON of second unit work on Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Matrix and Harry Potter films and much, much more.
 
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I will always remember David R Ellis as the director who had a clause in his contracts that said he would direct a film anywhere..........., as long as it was near a beach where he could surf.

At least he always did it his way.

RIP.
 
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Final Destination 2 was awesome, that crash scene was pretty goddamn amazing at the time, probably still is now. Cellular was also a pretty underrated film I thought, entertaining stuff right there. Shame he passed away so young :(.
 
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For a moment, I thought this thread was going to be about the 343 employee (lybertyboy on gaf)
 
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