Allan Ungar

Allan Ungar is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for writing and directing the action thriller Gridlocked and the Uncharted Live Action Fan Film.

Allan Ungar
Born
Allan Ungar

Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Occupationfilm director, producer, and screenwriter
Years active2006-present
Notable work
Uncharted, Gridlocked

Career

In 2012, Ungar was hired to write and direct his first feature film Tapped Out, an MMA drama starring Michael Biehn, Anderson Silva, Krzysztof Soszynski and Martin Kove.[1] Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the film on May 27, 2014.[2] Ungar followed up his debut with the old school action thriller, Gridlocked, starring Dominic Purcell, Danny Glover, Stephen Lang, Trish Stratus, and Saul Rubinek.[3][4][5] The film had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest where it was sold to Netflix after being well received by audiences. Variety praised it as "brutally and divertingly efficient" while other critics called it an authentic tribute to buddy cop films of the 80s and 90s.

On July 16, 2018, Ungar and Nathan Fillion released a live action short film based on the Naughty Dog franchise Uncharted. The short immediately went viral and received critical acclaim for its witty humor, action, and ability to stay true to the source material. Fans and critics began campaigning for Netflix or YouTube to turn it into a series while referring to it as one of the best adaptations of a video game.[6]

Ungar is currently set to write and direct the action thriller Tenfold with Nicolas Chartier and Voltage Pictures producing.[7] He was also recently attached to direct Decoy with Frank Grillo, Andy Garcia, Carrie Anne Moss, Tyler Posey, and Kat Graham starring.[8]

Filmography
Year Film Notes
2006 Relentless (Short) Director
2008 Annulment (Short) Director
2014 Tapped Out Director/Writer
2015 Gridlocked Director/Co-Writer
2015 The Sound Producer
2018 Uncharted Live Action Fan Film (Short) Director/Co-Writer
2021 Tenfold Director/Writer

References
  1. "Allan Ungar Interview". theactionelite.com. May 27, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  2. Vlessing, Etan (November 4, 2013). "AFM: Lionsgate, Grindstone Take U.S. Rights to Allan Ungar's 'Tapped' (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  3. Vlessing, Etan (June 20, 2014). "Dominic Purcell Replacing Cuba Gooding Jr. in Canadian Indie 'Gridlocked'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  4. Vlessing, Etan (July 2, 2014). "'Dark Angel's' Richard Gunn Joins Canadian Indie 'Gridlocked' (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  5. Vlessing, Etan (July 21, 2014). "Former TV Wrestling Diva Trish Stratus Joins 'Gridlocked'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  6. Stephen, Bijan (July 16, 2018). "Nathan Fillion stars as Nathan Drake in what might be film's only good video game adaptation". theverge.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  7. D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 1, 2018). "Voltage Pictures Acquires Allan Ungar's Spec Script Tenfold". deadline.com. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  8. Kit, Borys (September 7, 2017). "Andy Garcia, Frank Grillo, Tyler Posey to star in Action-Thriller 'Decoy'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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