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Colin and Greg Strause
Colin and Greg Strause grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. The brothers began experimenting with visual effects in their early teens. In 1995, they moved to Los Angeles and started working on the special effects for "The X-Files."
From there they moved on to big-budget hits such as The Nutty Professor, Volcano, and the iceberg sequence of the Academy Award-winning Titanic.
The brothers then broke into the music video and commercial arena, handling the special effects for artists such as U2, Britney Spears, and Aerosmith as well as spots for Nike, Jeep, and Pepsi.
In 2000, they won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction for the Red Hot Chili Pepper's video, "Californication." This led Colin and Greg to start directing under the moniker "The Brothers Strause," and their Linkin Park clip "Crawling" was nominated for Best Direction and Best Rock Video at the 2001 VMA's.
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Other artists they have directed for include A Perfect Circle, Nickelback, Disturbed, and Staind. Their visual effects company [Hydraulx] is at the forefront of the Industry delivering ground-breaking work on the blockbusters Fantastic Four, Terminator 3, and The Day After Tomorrow.
The Brothers have recently directed spots for Coca Cola, Ford, The United States Marine Corps, Toyota, Universal Studios and Sony PlayStation's "God of War."
Their latest music video for A Perfect Circle's "Passive" marked their second collaboration with the band. The video was shot almost entirely with thermal cameras and featured on the Constantine soundtrack and DVD.
Reference: IMDB.com
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Skyline
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Cast: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins
In the sci-fi thriller Skyline, strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.
Skyline is directed and produced by the Brothers Strause (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem), whose company Hydraulx has provided visual effects for Avatar, Iron Man, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and 300.
Official Site: iamrogue.com/skyline
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Skyline Poster
Source: shocktillyoudrop.com
Check out the new official poster, click the source link above for a larger view.
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