David Hackl is a Canadian

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and

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Life and career

Hackl was the production designer and second unit director for ''

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'', '' Saw III'', and '' Saw IV''; as well as for '' Repo! The Genetic Opera''. He was in talks to direct ''Saw IV'', but Darren Lynn Bousman returned as the director. Later it was reported that Hackl would direct both '' Saw V'' and ''

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'', but eventually he only directed ''Saw V'', while ''Saw VII'' was directed by Kevin Greutert, the editor of all of the '' Saw'' films to date, who also directed '' Saw VI''. Despite negative reviews of the film, his direction in ''Saw V'' has been referred to by ''

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'' as "slick direction". Hackl directed Jeff Reher's speculative script ''

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'' and was set to direct the film adaption of the novel ''The Butcher Bride''.
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Filmography

* ''Mary Silliman's War'' (1994) (art director) * ''Jerry and Tom'' (1998) (production designer) * '' Zebra Lounge'' (2001) (production designer) * ''Club Land'' (2001) (production designer) * ''

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'' (2002) (production designer) * ''The Riverman'' (2004) (production designer) * '' Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story'' (2004) (production designer) * ''

'' (2005) (production designer) * '' Skinwalkers'' (2006) (production designer) * '' Saw III'' (2006) (second unit director/production designer) * '' Saw IV'' (2007) (second unit director/production designer) * '' Repo! The Genetic Opera'' (2008) (second unit director/production designer) * '' Outlander'' (2008) (production designer) * '' Saw V'' (2008) (director) * ''The Fatal Five'' (2009) (actor) * '' Into the Grizzly Maze'' a.k.a. ''Endangered'' a.k.a. ''Red Machine'' (2013) (director) * '' Life on the Line'' (2015) (director) * '' Daughter of the Wolf'' (2019) (director) * '' Dangerous'' (2021) (director)

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* 1963 births Canadian production designers Film directors from Toronto Horror film directors Living people {{Canada-film-director-stub