Rob Savage

Rob Savage
Rob Savage
	Savage at JDIFF 2013
Born	July 1992 (age 31); Shrewsbury, England
Occupation	Filmmaker

Rob Savage (born 1992) is an English filmmaker. Initially gaining attention at the age of 19 when he wrote, directed, produced, and edited the low-budget romantic drama film Strings (2012), he later became more widely known for his work in horror films and has since co-written and directed Host (2020), co-written and directed Dashcam (2021), and directed The Boogeyman (2023).

Early life

Savage was born in Shrewsbury in July 1992.^[1] When he was a child, his father showed him the animated action film Akira (1988), which inspired him to abandon his goal of becoming a comic book illustrator in favour of a career as a filmmaker.^[1] His first venture into filmmaking was a 20-minute short he created at the age of 13, which depicted a young boy experiencing inner turmoil when his online girlfriend requests a picture of his penis.^[1]

Career

Savage began his career by making short films and commercials.^[1] He is the founder of the film production company BOO-URNS, which he named after a joke in the 1995 Simpsons episode "A Star Is Burns".^[2] He made his debut when he wrote, directed, produced, and edited the low-budget drama film Strings (2012), which won the Raindance Award at the British Independent Film Awards and received praise for its high quality despite Savage being just 19 years old when it was released.^[3] In 2016, he revealed he was working a horror film titled Seaholme, but the film was never made.^[4]

Savage had his breakthrough when he co-wrote, directed, and produced the horror film Host (2020) for Shudder.^[5] After the success of Host, it was announced that Savage had signed on to direct an untitled Sam Raimi-produced film based on an original idea by Savage and his Host co-writer Jed Shepherd.^[6] He also signed on to direct an untitled female-centric horror film taking place in a prison, which was described as "The Conjuring behind bars". The film will be released by StudioCanal and is written by Savage and Shepherd.^[7] Savage signed a three-picture deal with Blumhouse Productions, with the first release from that deal coming when Savage directed the horror film Dashcam (2021), which he co-wrote with Shepherd and their Host co-writer Gemma Hurley.^[8]^[9]

Savage directed The Boogeyman (2023), based on a short story by Stephen King.^[10] His next projects include directing a horror film adaptation of Night of the Ghoul for 20th Century Studios^[11] and a TV adaptation of Jason Arnopp's The Last Days of Jack Sparks.^[12]^[13]In 2023 he also participated in Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival.

Influences

In a 2011 interview, Savage named Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski as his favourite at the time, calling Kieślowski's film Three Colours: Blue (1993) a "completely revelatory experience".^[1] In the same interview, he said that 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is "indisputably the best film ever made" but named his personal top five films at the time as Three Colours Blue, Evil Dead II (1987), Akira (1988), The Limey (1999), and Requiem (2006).^[1] In a 2022 interview, he said that his three favourite horror films are Evil Dead II, The Innocents (1961), and Lake Mungo (2008).^[14]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Cinematographer	Editor
2012	Strings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Host	Yes	Yes	Executive	No	No
2021	Dashcam	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
2023	The Boogeyman	Yes	No	No	No	No

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Cinematographer	Editor
2009	Sex Scene	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2010	Act	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2011	Sit in Silence	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Polaroid	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Touching from a Distance	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2012	Sticks and Stones	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Assessment	No	No	No	Yes	No
	I Am	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Who Killed the Bear?	No	No	No	Yes	No
2014	Valentine	No	No	No	Yes	No
2014	Healey's House	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2015	Absence	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2016	Dawn of the Deaf	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2017	Salt	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2018	True Horror	Yes	Yes	Episode: "Ghost in the Wall"
2019	Britannia	Yes	No	3 episodes
2020	Soulmates	Yes	No	2 episodes

References

External links

Rob Savage at IMDb
Rob Savage at Rotten Tomatoes

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