Gabriel Carrer

Gabriel Carrer
Gabriel Carrer
Born	21 May 1981 (age 43); Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	2004–present
Notable work	The Demolisher (film) (2015); Underbelly (Documentary) (2020); For the Sake of Vicious (film) (2021);
Awards	Silver Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature - "The Demolisher" at the Fantasia International Film Festival

Gabriel Carrer (born May 21, 1981) is a film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a graduate from the School of English and Theatre studies at the University of Guelph and the Suzuki Method. He is known for directing the vigilante genre film The Demolisher (2015) which won the Silver Audience Award at the Fantasia International Film Festival where it had its world premiere, and In the House of Flies (2012) featuring punk rock icon and social commentator Henry Rollins as "The Voice". Other credits include directing the documentary film Underbelly (2019), and the action/siege film For the Sake of Vicious (2021) that premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival, and continued to screen across the world at Sitges Film Festival and London FrightFest Film Festival.

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Career

2003 – 2010

During the span of 7 years, Carrer was hired by Kevin Zinger, a producer and media entrepreneur based in San Diego, California. During this time Carrer travelled in a van, shot and directed nearly 50 music videos across Los Angeles and North America for Zinger's management company Regime72 and record label Suburban Noise Records. Some of the artists included Eyes Set to Kill, Swollen Members, Kottonmouth Kings, Unwritten Law, X-Clan and Hed p.e.

Prior to directing music videos, Carrer made his directorial debut with film director Chad Archibald at the age of twenty-three with their ultra low budget horror film Desperate Souls (2004). The film was later released by Alliance Atlantis (Canada) and Lions Gate Films (U.S). Soon after the release, Carrer and Archibald co-directed another film called Kill (2005), which featured much of the same cast from Desperate Souls. The film was nearly lost due to the digital footage being damaged, but was recovered and had a late release by Troma Entertainment.

The third film Carrer helmed shortly after was entitled If A Tree Falls (2010) written by Ry Barrett. It had it's world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The film was picked up and released internationally by Raven Banner Entertainment.

2010 – 2015

In 2011, Carrer directed the claustrophobic thriller In the House of Flies featuring punk rock icon and social commentator Henry Rollins as "The Voice".

Following the tense thriller, Gabriel wrote and directed The Demolisher (2015). The film won the Silver Audience Award at the Fantasia International Film Festival where it had its world premiere, and won Best Director at the Fantastic Planet Film Festival in Australia. The film also premiered at SITGES, the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

2015 - 2020

Carrer was hired by Executive Producer Brian Greif who produced the acclaimed documentary Saving Banksy (2017) to undertake a new documentary called Underbelly (2019). The Underbelly Project was the world's best-kept urban art secret. The documentary explored the adventure underground of the world's leading urban artists, such as Ron English, Swoon, Faile, Revok, Shepard Fairey and many others. Making late-night trips to an abandoned New York City subway station right below a police station.

In late 2020, Canadian producer Avi Federgreen and Raven Banner Entertainment produced 'For the Sake of Vicious' which was co-directed by Gabriel Carrer and Reese Eveneshen. The film stars Lora Burke from Poor Angles (2017) and Lifechanger (2018), alongside Nick Smyth and Colin Paradine. The film had it's world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, and continued to screen across the world at SITGES International Film Festival, Frightfest UK, Telluride Horror Show, Hardline Film Festival, and Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival. The film was picked up by Epic Pictures and released under its branch Dread Presents for North America.