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{{Infobox person
|name = Pascal Laugier
|image = Pascal Laugier.jpg
|caption = Laugier in 2009
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Vallauris]], France
|occupation = Film director, screenwriter
| years_active = 1993{{endash}}present
}}
'''Pascal Laugier''' ({{IPA|fr|paskal loʒje}}; born 16 October 1971)<ref>{{cite web|title=Northlander interviews MARTYRS' Pascal Laugier - and he spills about his HELLRAISER remake!!|url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/39602|work=Ain't It Cool News|publisher=Ain't It Cool, Inc.|accessdate=8 July 2012|date=28 December 2008}}</ref> is a French [[screenwriter]] and [[film director]].<ref>{{cite web|title=American 'Martyrs' Remake Has Found Its Director|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/22430/american-martyrs-remake-has-found-its-director/|website=Bloody-disgusting.com|accessdate=8 July 2012|date=16 November 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
Pascal Laugier made his first major mark in the film industry with [[Christophe Gans]]' film ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]'' (2001). Laugier was a gofer on the set and can briefly be seen playing the assistant to [[Francois Hadji-Lazaro]]'s character. Gans had Laugier direct the "[[making-of]]" documentaries of the film.{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=8}}

Working with Gans led to Laughier's first feature film with ''[[Saint Ange]]'' (2004) for producers [[Richard Grandpierre]] and Gans. The film impressed Grandpierre enough to let him make another project which would develop into ''[[Martyrs (2008 film)|Martyrs]]'' (2008).{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=8}}

Following the film's release, the American production company [[Miramax]] asked Laugier to create a remake of ''[[Hellraiser]]'' (1987).{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=8}}  Laugier initially agreed and spent four months working on the project but eventually left the film and worked on his English-language debut with ''[[The Tall Man (2012 film)|The Tall Man]]'' (2012).{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=8-9}} Laugier wanted his ''Hellraiser'' to be very serious and explore gay S&M culture, whereas the producers wanted the film to be more commercial and appeal to a teen audience.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/58023| title = AICN HORROR talks with writer/director Pascal Laugier about MARTYRS, the HELLRAISER remake, and his new film THE TALL MAN!!!| publisher = Ain't It Cool News|access-date=December 31, 2021}}</ref>
Following the release of ''The Tall Man'' in France, [[Jason Blum]] approached Laugier to direct a sequel to the film ''[[Sinister (film)|Sinister]]'' (2012). Blum's production company Blumhouse had already produced a remake of ''Martyrs'' with ''[[Martyrs (2015 film)|Martyrs]]'' (2015), which Laugier had despised. Laugier responded that "American studios have the ability to hire us for our original vision only to ultimately insist we just be like everyone else. There can be only one person in control of a film, not ten all with different views. I played that game with Miramax and I had no intention of ever doing it again."{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=9}}

Potential future directing projects include a supernatural thriller entitled ''Details''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Laugier is 'Details' oriented | url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996358?refCatId=13|publisher=Variety}}</ref> Laugier spent two years working on a project which never developed.{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=9}} In that time, he directed [[Mylène Farmer]]'s music video "[[Interstellaires|City of Love]]", the teaser of which was released online in December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mylene.net/modules/index.php?r=4&z=4414|title=Teaser clip|first=Julien AUTIER, Philippe LEZE, Guillaume DATEZ & Sarah|last=HOFER|website=Mylene.net|accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref>

Inspired by three films: [[Rob Zombie]]'s ''[[The Lords of Salem (film)|The Lords of Salem]]'' (2012), [[David Robert Mitchell]]'s ''[[It Follows]]'' (2014) and [[S. Craig Zahler]]'s ''[[Bone Tomahawk]]'' (2015) he wrote ''[[Ghostland]]'' (2018).{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=9}} In December 2016, while filming ''[[Ghostland]]'', actress [[Taylor Hickson]] was told by director Laugier to bang her fists against a glass window and was repeatedly told it was safe to do so. The window then shattered and she fell on the glass, severely cutting the left side of her face. The wound required 70 stitches, which left her with permanent scarring.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Robb |title=Actress Taylor Hickson Sues Producers Over Disfiguring Injury |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=6 March 2018 |access-date=13 April 2021 |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/taylor-hickson-injury-lawsuit-ghostland-facial-injury-disfigured-1202312643/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Andrews|first=Travis M.|date=March 9, 2018|title=Taylor Hickson, an up-and-coming actress, was disfigured on a movie set. Now she's suing.|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/09/taylor-hickson-an-up-and-coming-actress-was-disfigured-on-movie-set-now-shes-suing/|access-date=2021-08-06|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=March 7, 2018|title=Actress Taylor Hickson sues producers of Winnipeg-shot movie after face badly cut during filming|work=[[CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/actress-taylor-hickson-sues-ghostland-producers-1.4566419|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref> Subsequently in 2019, the film’s production company, Incident Productions Inc., "pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the safety and welfare of a worker under the [[Workplace Safety and Health Act (Manitoba ministry)|Workplace Safety and Health Act]]" and was fined $40,000 by the province of [[Manitoba]] for the incident.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 27, 2019|title=Winnipeg film company fined $40K for incident that left actress with cuts to neck, face|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/film-company-fined-injury-actress-1.5376358|access-date=August 6, 2021|website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Saint Ange]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Martyrs (2008 film)|Martyrs]]'' (2008)
* ''[[The Tall Man (2012 film)|The Tall Man]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Ghostland]]'' (2018)
* ''{{ill|Ils étaient dix|fr|Ils étaient dix (mini-série)}}'' (2020)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite AV media notes
| last = Jones
| first = Alan
| authorlink = Alan Jones (film critic)
| title = Incident in a Ghostland
| year = 2018
| type = booklet
| publisher = [[Arrow Films|Arrow Video]]
| id = FCD1792}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1052791}}

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