Christian Alvart (born 28 May 1974 in Jugenheim) is a German

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and

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. Prior to working in the film business, Christian Alvart worked in various positions, most recently as a senior editor at Filmmagzin X-TRO. In 1999, he made his debut as a film director with the thriller '' Curiosity & the Cat'', for which he also wrote the screenplay. His next film was the thriller ''

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''. Alvart's first English-language film was ''

Case 39 ''Case 39'' is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed by Christian Alvart, and starring Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper, and Ian McShane. The film revolves around a social worker who attempts to protect a little gi ...

'', followed by ''

Pandorum ''Pandorum'' is a 2009 science fiction horror film directed by Christian Alvart, produced by Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt and Paul W. S. Anderson (the latter two through their Impact Pictures banner), and starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foste ...

''. In March 2010, it was announced that Christian Alvart secured the film rights for

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and was working on a live-action adaptation in 3D. Alvart confirmed in a 2017 interview that he was still working on the project.

Filmography

* '' Curiosity & the Cat'' (1999) * ''

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * ' (2010) * '' Wolff - Kampf im Revier'' (2012) (TV movie) * ' (2013) * ' (2015) * '' Tschiller: Off Duty'' (2016) * '' Don't. Get. Out!'' (2018) * '' Cut Off'' (2018) * '' Dogs of Berlin'' (2018) (10-episode TV series) * ' (2019) * ''

Sløborn Sløborn (titled ''The Island'' in English release) is an apocalyptic German-Danish television series produced by Syrreal Entertainment, ZDF, Tobis Film, and Nordisk Film. It consists of 3 seasons and 20 total episodes released between July 2020 ...

'' (2020-2024) (3-season TV series, directed 16 of 20 episodes) * ' (2022) (8-episode TV series, directed 4 episodes) * ' (2024) (8-episode TV series)

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* German film directors 1974 births Mass media people from Hesse German horror film directors Living people People from Darmstadt-Dieburg German television show creators {{Germany-film-bio-stub