Bousman, Darren Lynn

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biography of Bousman, Darren Lyn

11 January 1979, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
176 cm

- 'Laura Bousman' (2 January 2009 - present)

- Sharp glasses

- Seamless scene transitions, which are done practically.

- After his directorial debut for _Saw II (2005)_ (qv), he was asked by Mudvayne to direct their next single "Forget to Remember" which happens to be the main song on the _Saw II (2005)_ (qv) soundtrack.

- Went to Full Sail Real World Education in Orlando, Florida. Graduated the Film Degree program in 2001. His thesis film: "Winter Follies", starred film-newcomer 'David Blue (III)' (qv).

- Recently just signed a two picture deal with The Weinstein Company along with his Twisted Pictures producers, 'Gregg Hoffman (I)' (qv), 'Oren Koules' (qv) and 'Mark Burg' (qv).

- His favorite food is pancakes.

- Has 2 pets: a cat named Zoe and a puppy named Chance.

- His favorite television show is _Lost (2001)_ (qv).

- Already signed a contract to direct _Saw II (2005)_ (qv), 2 weeks before the first _Saw (2003)_ (qv) hit theaters.

- Often starts his films with up close shots of objects.

- His favorite film is _The Last House on the Left (1972)_ (qv). He even makes a reference to it in his director debut _Saw II (2005)_ (qv).

- Member of the unofficial "Splat Pack," a term coined by film historian Alan Jones in Total Film magazine for the modern wave of directors making brutally violent horror films. The other "Splat Pack" members are 'Alexandre Aja' (qv), 'Neil Marshall (I)' (qv), 'Greg Mclean' (qv), 'Eli Roth' (qv), 'James Wan' (qv), 'Leigh Whannell' (qv) & 'Rob Zombie' (qv).

- Worked on the set of The X-Files guarding the honey wagon. He was fired due to constantly working on "scripts" on the job. The script at the time was called "The Desperate" which was eventually turned into Saw II.

- Worked as 'Tara Reid' (qv)'s production assistant on the set of _Van Wilder (2002)_ (qv).

- Is the first horror director to ever have his first three major Hollywood films open up at #1. _Saw II (2005)_ (qv), _Saw III (2006)_ (qv) and _Saw IV (2007)_ (qv).

- He admitted to Fangoria that he loves Musicals ranging from "Jesus Christ Superstar" to "Tommy".

- (2004) Director of the music video "So" for the group Static-X.

- (October 2005) Directed the latest music video for Mudvayne entitled 'Forget to Remember'. The song is the lead single from the soundtrack to his debut feature film, Saw II.

- "Widescreen" (Germany), 15 June 2007, Iss. Sonderheft Horror 2007, pg. 42-46, by: Thomas Raab, "Wir haben bisher nur an der Oberfläche gekratzt"

- "Film Threat" (USA), 27 October 2005, by: Michael Ferraro, "Passing the Saw to Darren Lynn Bousman"

- "Rue Morgue" (Canada), May 2006, Iss. 56, pg. 9, by: Tom Murray, "'Dreadlines': Bousman to push gore boundaries with 'Saw III' and 'Wichita'"