Alex Proyas

Alexander "Alex" Proyas (born 23 September 1963) is an Australian filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998), I, Robot (2004), Knowing (2009), and Gods of Egypt (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Proyas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

I, Robot (2004)

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In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Alan Tudyk  •  James Cromwell  •  Bruce Greenwood

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Alan Tudyk  •  James Cromwell  •  Bruce Greenwood

Dark City (1998)

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A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Rufus Sewell  •  William Hurt  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Jennifer Connelly

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Rufus Sewell  •  William Hurt  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Jennifer Connelly

The Crow (1994)

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Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Brandon Lee  •  Rochelle Davis  •  Ernie Hudson  •  Michael Wincott

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Brandon Lee  •  Rochelle Davis  •  Ernie Hudson  •  Michael Wincott

Gods of Egypt (2016)

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Courtney Eaton  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Gerard Butler

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Courtney Eaton  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Gerard Butler

Spirits of the Air • Gremlins of the Clouds (1988)

A religious brother and sister endure alone together in the post-apocalyptic Outback, until the sudden arrival of a stranger who helps them build a crude plane to fly out of the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Michael Lake  •  Melissa Davis  •  Boyd Norman

A religious brother and sister endure alone together in the post-apocalyptic Outback, until the sudden arrival of a stranger who helps them build a crude plane to fly out of the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Michael Lake  •  Melissa Davis  •  Boyd Norman

Book of Dreams: Welcome To Crateland (1994)

Mona relates her dream. Crawling through an apparently endless wooden crate, she encounters diverse characters while the crate itself is moving towards a fiery destruction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Tiffany Powles  •  Steve Ostrow  •  Angela Cockburn  •  Ericka Tucha

Mona relates her dream. Crawling through an apparently endless wooden crate, she encounters diverse characters while the crate itself is moving towards a fiery destruction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Tiffany Powles  •  Steve Ostrow  •  Angela Cockburn  •  Ericka Tucha

Knowing (2009)

Thought provokingSuspensefulDisturbingFuturistic

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Rose Byrne  •  Chandler Canterbury  •  Ben Mendelsohn

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Rose Byrne  •  Chandler Canterbury  •  Ben Mendelsohn

Garage Days (2002)

The story of a young Sydney band trying to get a foothold in the competitive world of rock n' roll. After the band's first gig is a colossal failure, the lead singer takes it upon himself to go out and pursue the most successful rock manager in the country. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Kick Gurry  •  Maya Stange  •  Pia Miranda  •  Russell Dykstra

The story of a young Sydney band trying to get a foothold in the competitive world of rock n' roll. After the band's first gig is a colossal failure, the lead singer takes it upon himself to go out and pursue the most successful rock manager in the country. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Kick Gurry  •  Maya Stange  •  Pia Miranda  •  Russell Dykstra

Strange Residues (1981)

Dreams. What are they? Is it possible they can be used by strange beings from another planet to manipulate man? This man is dreaming. Could it be that at this very moment his dreams are being structured by a beam from outer space?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Colin Tregenza  •  Donald MacDonald

Dreams. What are they? Is it possible they can be used by strange beings from another planet to manipulate man? This man is dreaming. Could it be that at this very moment his dreams are being structured by a beam from outer space?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Colin Tregenza  •  Donald MacDonald

Phobos (2019)

A young woman loses her car one evening, and then can't shake the feeling that something is following her home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Bonnie Ferguson

A young woman loses her car one evening, and then can't shake the feeling that something is following her home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Bonnie Ferguson

Groping (1980)

This short student film by Alex Proyas and Salik Silverstein re-envisions the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder, offering a different explanation for the problem of witness nonintervention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
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This short student film by Alex Proyas and Salik Silverstein re-envisions the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder, offering a different explanation for the problem of witness nonintervention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
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Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey (2006)

Documentary covering Tovey's life and career up to his untimely death in 2002. It includes rare and unreleased tracks and live footage of legendary performances, as well as classic songs recorded both under his own name and his alter ego, Fad Gadget. Put together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas  •  Frank Tovey  •  Morgan Tovey Frost
CAST:  Anton Corbijn  •  Martin Gore  •  Dave Gahan  •  Boyd Rice

Documentary covering Tovey's life and career up to his untimely death in 2002. It includes rare and unreleased tracks and live footage of legendary performances, as well as classic songs recorded both under his own name and his alter ego, Fad Gadget. Put together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas  •  Frank Tovey  •  Morgan Tovey Frost
CAST:  Anton Corbijn  •  Martin Gore  •  Dave Gahan  •  Boyd Rice

Strange Nostalgia (2020)

A haunting short film made mostly during the lockdown, employing various remote collaboration techniques. The film explores the themes of memory, past lives and parallel universes through layered montage inspired by movies from the German Expressionist and Noir eras.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Maya Stange  •  Saskia Mahani

A haunting short film made mostly during the lockdown, employing various remote collaboration techniques. The film explores the themes of memory, past lives and parallel universes through layered montage inspired by movies from the German Expressionist and Noir eras.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Maya Stange  •  Saskia Mahani

Book of Dreams: Dream 1 - Frank's Dream (2005)

Alex Proyas' classic hilarious B-grade spoof FRANK'S DREAM. Made sometime around 2002, and not completed until 2005  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Jason Montgomery  •  Warwick Young  •  Simone Kessell

Alex Proyas' classic hilarious B-grade spoof FRANK'S DREAM. Made sometime around 2002, and not completed until 2005  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Jason Montgomery  •  Warwick Young  •  Simone Kessell

Book of Dreams: Dream 7 - Ruben's Dream (1995)

A stressed-out Kafkian man called Ruben retells an embarrassing dream he had. In it, his overbearing mother takes him, naked and embarrassed, to a noirish department store to buy him clothes, a penis and a wife. He looks for a way out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Lech Machiewicz  •  Zika Nester  •  Zika Nester  •  Tony McCabe

A stressed-out Kafkian man called Ruben retells an embarrassing dream he had. In it, his overbearing mother takes him, naked and embarrassed, to a noirish department store to buy him clothes, a penis and a wife. He looks for a way out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Lech Machiewicz  •  Zika Nester  •  Zika Nester  •  Tony McCabe

Un matin partout dans le monde (2000)

An ad for an advertising company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch  •  Wong Kar-wai  •  Alex Proyas  •  Francis Ford Coppola  •  Spike Lee  •  Sofia Coppola  •  Mike Figgis  •  Wim Wenders  •  Glen Goei  •  Roy Andersson  •  Blanca Li  •  Ivan Zachariáš  •  Frédéric Planchon
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An ad for an advertising company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch  •  Wong Kar-wai  •  Alex Proyas  •  Francis Ford Coppola  •  Spike Lee  •  Sofia Coppola  •  Mike Figgis  •  Wim Wenders  •  Glen Goei  •  Roy Andersson  •  Blanca Li  •  Ivan Zachariáš  •  Frédéric Planchon
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Mask of the Evil Apparition (2021)

A young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city, with her twin psychic brothers who try to help her find her way home as she is pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Bonnie Ferguson  •  Alex King  •  Goran D. Kleut  •  Dean Kyrwood

A young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city, with her twin psychic brothers who try to help her find her way home as she is pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Bonnie Ferguson  •  Alex King  •  Goran D. Kleut  •  Dean Kyrwood

Sister Darkness

The 1930s, U.K.-set story follows the newly wed, but unhappy, Alice who stumbles across her doppelganger Isla. Her existence is a mystery seeped in a tale of bloody retribution against her oppressors, a hellish supernatural nightscape and an uprising against the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST: 

The 1930s, U.K.-set story follows the newly wed, but unhappy, Alice who stumbles across her doppelganger Isla. Her existence is a mystery seeped in a tale of bloody retribution against her oppressors, a hellish supernatural nightscape and an uprising against the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
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