Gary Shore is an

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film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his directorial debut film ''

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''. He has also directed commercials for a number of well-known brands including Gatorade, Adidas, and UGG.

Early life

Shore was born in 1981 in Artane,

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, and graduated in 2006 from the National Film School.

Career

Shore attended the National Film School in Dublin, Ireland. He graduated in 2006 winning the Royal Television Society Award for Best Student Drama for his short film, ''The Draft'' which he wrote, directed, and produced. Also in 2006, the Cannes International Advertising Festival nominated Shore for the prestigious Young Director Award. In 2009, he produced a faux film trailer, a science-fiction horror short film, ''The Cup of Tears''. This short led to a bidding war in 2010 resulting in a deal with

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to develop a feature version. In October 2012, Shore and fellow producer Jonathan Loughran founded a production company named ArtCastle Productions with offices in

and

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. Later, Shore and his company were signed by the

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. In 2014, Shore made his feature film directorial debut with the action fantasy-horror film ''

'' based on the character

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. The film starred

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and

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, and was scripted by

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. It was released on October 10, 2014 by

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and grossed over $215 million. Also in 2014, Shore directed three sixty-second advertisements promoting the best-selling

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'' Game of War: Fire Age'' featuring supermodel

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reprising her in-game role as the goddess Athena. Shore directed the "St. Patrick's Day" segment in the XYZ Films' anthology film '' Holidays'' in July 2015, which was also produced through ArtCastle. The segment stars

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. He has also directed commercials for several large brands including Gatorade, Adidas, and UGG.

Future or canceled projects

On 18 May 2011 Universal and

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acquired the feature film rights to remake ''Phasma ex Machina''. In August 2011, Shore was hired by Universal to direct ''Our House'', a remake of the 2010 independent thriller film ''

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'', or ''Phasma Ex Machina'', with Nathan Parker attached to write the script. By January 2016, Shore had left the project and was replaced by

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. They are also working together on a feature-length version of ''The Cup of Tears''. In June 2014, Shore was reportedly hired to direct ''Gods and Men''. In November 2016, Shore was set to direct an historical epic film titled ''The Great Game'' for Cross Creek Pictures from an original screenplay by Bryan McMullin.

Personal life

Shore married his long time friend Ciara Cullen in October 2014.

Filmography

Short films Feature films

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shore, Gary Living people Irish film directors Irish film producers Irish screenwriters 1981 births Film people from Dublin (city) Alumni of IADT Television commercial directors