Tibor Takács (director)

Tibor Takács
Born	(1954-09-11) September 11, 1954 Budapest, Hungary
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, writer
Years active	1978–present

Tibor Takács (born September 11, 1954 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian director, noted for directing The Gate (1987) and its sequel, The Gate II: Trespassers. He was the recording engineer behind Toronto punk band The Viletones's recording sessions in the spring of 1977 and producer of the Cardboard Brains, "White EP" (1977) and the Cardboard Brains "Black EP" (1978). Cardboard Brains were also featured in the "Last Pogo" punk documentary by Colin Brunton. Takacs collaborated with Canadian author and filmmaker Peter Vronsky during the 1970s as a cinematographer and art director on some of his films.

Selected directorial filmography

• Metal Messiah (1978)
• The Gate (1987)
• I, Madman (1989)
• The Gate II: Trespassers (1990)
• Tropical Heat (1991) TV Series
• Red Shoe Diaries

• "Double Dare" (1992) TV Episode
• "Borders of Salt" (1994) TV Episode

• The Outer Limits

• "Blood Brothers" (1995) TV Episode
• "White Light Fever" (1995) TV Episode
• "The Voyage Home" (1995) TV Episode
• "I, Robot" (1995) TV Episode
• "If These Walls Could Talk" (1995) TV Episode

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) Showtime original movie
• Sabotage (1996)
• Redline (1997) aka Deathline aka Armageddon
• Earth: Final Conflict

• "Pandora's Box"(1998) TV Episode
• "If You Could Read My Mind"(1998) TV Episode

• Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998) (TV)
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

• "Through a Dark Circle" (1999) TV Episode
• "The People vs. Eric Draven" (1999) TV Episode

• The Black Hole (TV)
• Ice Spiders (2007)
• Lies & Illusions (2009)
• Spiders 3D (2013)

External links

• Tibor Takács at IMDb
• Interview on Iconsoffright.com