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'{{Short description|American film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer}} {{Infobox person | name = William Eubank | image = Eubank-Love-2011-Figur-William-Eubank-Genesis.jpg | alt = William Eubank with camera directing | caption = Eubank on the set of ''Love'' in 2009 | birth_name = William C. Eubank | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|15}} | birth_place = [[Holyoke, Massachusetts|Holyoke]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | other_names = Will Eubank | alma_mater = {{Ubl|[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] (dropped out)|[[Brooks Institute]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|[[Film director]]|[[screenwriter]]|[[cinematographer]]}} | years_active = 2003–present | relatives = [[Carlyle Eubank]] (brother) | agent = [[Creative Artists Agency]]<ref name="variety1">{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=May 9, 2013 |title=Laurence Fishburne Starring In 'The Signal' |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/laurence-fishburne-starring-in-the-signal-1200478814/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=[[Los Angeles]] |access-date=September 15, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="thr1">{{cite news |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=July 28, 2014 |title=Warner Bros. Nabs 'TauTona' Pitch From Team Behind 'The Signal' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-nabs-tautona-pitch-721741 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |location=[[Los Angeles]] |access-date=September 15, 2017 }}</ref> | notable_works = {{Ubl|''[[Love (2011 film)|Love]]''|''[[The Signal (2014 film)|The Signal]]''|''[[Underwater (film)|Underwater]]''}} | signature = William Eubank signature.svg | website = {{URL|www.williameubank.com}} }} '''William Eubank''' (born November 15, 1982) is an American [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], and [[cinematographer]]. On his first feature film, ''[[Love (2011 film)|Love]]'', released in 2011, in addition to directorial and director of photography duties, Eubank also served as [[production designer]].<ref name="variety">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117944550/ |title=Film Reviews: Love |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=February 9, 2011 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> His second feature film, ''[[The Signal (2014 film)|The Signal]]'', premiered at the [[2014 Sundance Film Festival]] and was released in theaters by [[Focus Features]] on June 13, 2014.<ref name="Sundance">{{cite web |url=http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13932/the_signal |title=The Signal - Festival Program - Sundance Institute |date=January 2014 |publisher=[[Sundance Film Festival]] |location=[[Park City, Utah]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121111908/http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13932/the_signal |archive-date=January 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> His third feature film, the science-fiction horror film ''[[Underwater (film)|Underwater]]'', was released in January 2020 by [[20th Century Fox]].<ref name="UnderwaterBudget">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Mike |date=March 16, 2017 |title=Who's filming in New Orleans? Kristen Stewart, Jim Caviezel and more |url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2017/03/whos_filming_in_new_orleans_kr.html |location=[[New Orleans]] |newspaper=[[The Times-Picayune]] |access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="UnderwaterReleaseYear">{{cite news |last1=Wakeman |first1=Scott |date=May 22, 2017 |title=T.J. Miller Compares Underwater To Two Classic James Cameron Films |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1661949/tj-miller-compares-underwater-to-two-classic-james-cameron-films |publisher=CinemaBlend |access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> ==Early life== Eubank was born on November 15, 1982 in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts|Holyoke]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="barbuto">{{cite news |last=Barbuto |first=Dana |date=June 11, 2014 |title=Director Will Eubank ready for the next level with 'The Signal' |url=http://www.sj-r.com/article/20140611/news/140619876 |work=[[The State Journal-Register]] |location=[[Springfield, Illinois]] |access-date=September 15, 2017 }}</ref> His father, Carlyle Eubank II, is a [[Art valuation|fine art consultant]] and former [[appraiser]] for the British [[Art auction|auction house]] [[Christie's]].<ref name="etling">{{cite book |last=Etling |first=William |date=2005 |title=Sideways in Neverland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ofJ-PMPZYXEC&q=%22carlyle+eubank%22&pg=PA160 |location=[[Bloomington, Indiana]] |publisher=[[iUniverse]] |page=160/170 |isbn=9780595806379 }}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=September 2017}} His mother, Patricia Reeder Eubank, is a [[Picture book|children's book]] [[Book illustration|author and illustrator]].<ref name="syvj">{{cite news |last=Truax |first=SaraLloyd |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Award-winning author creates art |url=http://www.syvjournal.com/archive/8/41/7297/ |work=The Santa Ynez Valley Journal |location=[[Santa Ynez Valley]] |access-date=September 15, 2017 }}</ref> The second of four siblings, Eubank has one older sister and two younger brothers, and grew up in the [[Santa Ynez Valley]], a [[Santa Ynez Valley AVA|noted wine-producing region]] north of [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="pecom">{{cite web |url=http://www.patriciaeubank.com/bio/ |title=Bio - Patricia Eubank |date=July 8, 2015 |website=Patricia Eubank, Illustrator |access-date=September 15, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="sbindy">{{cite magazine |last=Palladino |first=D.J. |date=February 2, 2011 |title=Angels & Airwaves Present Love: How Will Eubank Made a Sci-Fi Film in His Own Santa Ynez Valley Backyard |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2011/feb/02/angels-airwaves-present-emloveem/ |magazine=[[Santa Barbara Independent]] |location=[[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] |publisher=Joe Cole |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> Growing up he was inspired by his grandfather, a former [[Naval Aviation Photographic Unit|US Navy cinematographer]]; from the stories he would tell, Eubank decided he wanted to either attend the [[United States Naval Academy]] or become a cinematographer, eventually settling on the latter.<ref name="barbuto"/><ref name="IndieWire">{{cite news |last=Gupta |first=Shipra |date=June 13, 2014 |title=Spend Less Using Slow Motion (and Other Filmmaking Hacks) from 'The Signal' Director William Eubank |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/spend-less-using-slow-motion-and-other-filmmaking-hacks-from-the-signal-director-william-eubank-25349/ |work=[[IndieWire]] |location=[[Los Angeles]] |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> Like filmmakers [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[David Lynch]], Eubank grew up involved in [[Scouting]] and is an [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]].<ref name="FilmStage">{{cite interview |last=Raup |first=Jordan |title=William Eubank Talks 'The Signal,' Editing With David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick Influences, and More |url=https://thefilmstage.com/features/william-eubank-talks-the-signal-editing-with-david-lynch-stanley-kubrick-influences-and-more/ |publisher=The Film Stage |location=[[New York City]] |date=June 12, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="ScreenPicks">{{cite interview |last=Wilson |first=Samantha |interviewer= |title=Interview: William Eubank, Director and Cowriter of 'The Signal' |url=http://screenpicks.com/2014/06/interview-william-eubank-director-cowriter-signal/ |publisher=ScreenPicks |location=[[New York City]] |date=June 13, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> When Eubank was young, he had an interesting experience with the [[verisimilitude (fiction)|verisimilitude]] of cinema. At the time that he first watched the 1974 film ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]'', set in the year 1937, Eubank was unaware that it was a [[historical drama|period piece]], assuming it to have been made contemporaneously in 1937. When he found out it had been made almost four decades after the era it depicted, Eubank came to a realization about film's power.<ref name="sdr">{{cite interview |last=Marks |first=Scott |title=Interview with director William Eubank |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpgfWLAdAx0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/IpgfWLAdAx0 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|publisher=[[San Diego Reader]] |location=[[San Diego]] |date=June 10, 2014 |access-date=September 16, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ==Career== ===Panavision=== Eubank began accepting jobs as a director or cinematographer at age 18. A number of Eubank's early works featured the use of in-camera [[Cinematography#Frame rate selection|speed 'ramping']]. As a cinematographer and [[camera operator]], Eubank was hired by the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] to film fights in this style.<ref name="self">{{cite web |url=http://www.williameubank.com/about.html |title=About William Eubank |author=Eubank, William |date= |work=artist portfolio |publisher= |accessdate=2009-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105133702/http://www.williameubank.com/about.html |archive-date=2009-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eubank never worked on [[Advertisement film|commercials]] but did release reels and camera tests.<ref name="MacGuffin">{{cite web |url=https://macguff.in/macguffin-content/siff-interview-william-eubank-signal/ |title=SIFF Interview - William Eubank - The Signal |last=Fornaciari |first=Spencer |date=June 13, 2014 |website=The MacGuffin: Film and TV Reviews, Interviews, Analysis |publisher=macguff.in |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> Eubank was accepted into [[UCLA]] where he took [[cosmology]] classes that he would later cite as an influence on his films' ideas.<ref name="abcau">{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/movietime/interview-with-william-eubank2c-director-of-love/4233924 |title=Interview with William Eubank, director of Love |author=Rigg, Julie |date=30 August 2012 |work=MovieTime |publisher=[[Radio National|ABC Radio National]] |accessdate=19 May 2014 }}</ref> After attending UCLA for two years, he had not made it into the [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television|film program]], and, impatient, he dropped out and went to work at [[Panavision]] [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills]] as a camera repair technician and [[digital imaging technician]]. Eubank would become a seasoned Panavision employee, staying at the company for the next eight years.<ref name="LAT">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Chris |date=June 14, 2014 |title=William Eubank used ingenuity — and begging — to get 'The Signal' made |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-signal-filmmaker-william-eubank-20140615-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=[[Los Angeles]] |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> Eubank attended the [[Sundance Film Festival]] five times representing Panavision, dreaming of attending as a director. He would meet with his Navy cinematographer grandfather, who lived in Salt Lake City, who insisted Eubank would someday attend with a film.<ref name="fcf">{{cite web |url=http://www.focusfeatures.com/article/finding_the_signal |title=Finding THE SIGNAL: A Q&A with Director William Eubank |author=Woods, Nicole |date=15 April 2014 |work=Q&As |publisher=[[Focus Features]] |accessdate=19 May 2014 }}</ref> While at Sundance and elsewhere, it was Eubank's job to promote and provide support for the Panavised [[Panavision HD-900F|CineAlta F900]], which had singularly moved Hollywood into the digital cinema era with its use in the production of [[George Lucas]]'s 2002 film ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'', the third, and first major, feature film to be released that was shot entirely on a [[24p]] digital camera.<ref name="IndieWire"/><ref name="NYTimes1">{{cite news |last=Zipern |first=Andrew |date=May 13, 2002 |title=Compressed Data; 'Star Wars' Charts Course in Digital Video |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/business/compressed-data-star-wars-charts-course-in-digital-video.html?mcubz=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York City]] |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> Using his position at Panavision, Eubank convinced the Australian cinema product manufacturer [[Blackmagic Design]] to send him an early edition of an [[Serial digital interface|SDI]] [[TV tuner card|capture card]].<ref name="PerriNemiroff">{{cite AV media |people=Perri Nemiroff |others=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Interview: The Signal Director William Eubank |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrrRnVl0kIo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/NrrRnVl0kIo |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=September 16, 2017 |time=03:52 |location=[[New York City]] |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Using this early card and the brand-new [[Serial ATA|eSATA]] drives that had just appeared on the market, Eubank stacked 14 hard drives on top of each other and drilled a hole into a [[Power Mac G4]] in order to create an [[Non-linear editing system|NLE system]] on a personal computer that could directly capture the F900's [[1080p|Full HD 1080p]].<ref name="PerriNemiroff"/> When the working result was seen at Panavision, co-workers agreed a shift was about to occur in the industry. After working at Panavision for some time, Eubank was occasionally given permission to borrow [[Panavision cameras|cameras and lenses]] for his tests. When Panavision eventually tabulated what he had used, they realized he had been given the loan of what would have been multiple million dollars worth of rental fees.<ref name="sdr"/><ref name="LAT"/> Eubank describes his time at Panavision as serving as his film school.<ref name="IndieWire"/> Sent to sets of films like ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]'' and ''[[Superman Returns]]'', Eubank would take a notebook and draw diagrams of where the [[Gaffer (filmmaking)|gaffer]] had placed all the lights and would then go see the film when it came out and compare the on-screen results to his journals.<ref name="LAT"/> Eubank credits Panavision's kindness to him as being essential: "I owe my entire career to those guys".<ref name="deepestdream1">{{cite interview |last=Srisavasdi |first=Greg |title="The Signal" director William Eubank on Film's Textured Visual Look |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPx2nUGZS7E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/TPx2nUGZS7E |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=June 13, 2014 |work=DeepestDream.com |access-date=September 17, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ===''Love''=== {{Main|Love (2011 film)}} In 2007, Eubank was approached by [[Tom DeLonge]] to create material for the [[alternative rock]] band [[Angels & Airwaves]]. Eubank directed a number of music videos for the band, including the video for the single "Surrender".<ref name="surrender">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzhNXoo6rwE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/FzhNXoo6rwE |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Angels & Airwaves "Surrender" Official Music Video |author=Angels & Airwaves |date=27 May 2013 |work=[[Love: Part Two]] |publisher=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=19 May 2014 |author-link=Angels & Airwaves }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="imvdb">{{cite web |url=https://imvdb.com/n/william-eubank/videography-by-position/dir |title=William Eubank Music Video Credits as Director |author=IMVDb |accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref> Eubank also wrote and directed the feature film ''Love'', commissioned and produced by Angels & Airwaves. The film was inspired by [[Terrence Malick]]'s ''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line]]'' and asks according to Eubank "[W]hat are we, as human beings, going to leave behind when we cease to exist one day...?"<ref name="taxi">{{cite web |url=http://www.popcorntaxi.com.au/2013/06/transcripts/love-director-william-eubank-and-actor-gunner-wright-discuss-the-process-of-movie-making/ |title=Love: director William Eubank and actor Gunner Wright Discuss the Process of Movie-making |author=Hillerstrom, Oscar |date= |work=Popcorn Taxi |publisher=Popcorn Taxi Australia |accessdate=2014-05-19 }}</ref> The emotion the film is titled after, 'love', was described by Eubank as "The ability to feel and find complete communication without words or touch…the ability to find an understanding on nothing but a sense…"<ref name="phil">{{cite web |url=http://www.chrisandphilpresent.co.uk/interview-with-william-eubank-and-gunner-wright-love/ |title=Interview with William Eubank and Gunner Wright (Love) |author=Challis, Chris |date=10 March 2013 |work=Filmmaker Interviews |publisher=Chris and Phil Present |accessdate=19 May 2014 }}</ref> Eubank spent four years working on the film, serving as the film's [[production designer]] and constructing both the [[International Space Station]] and [[American Civil War|Civil War]]-battleground sets for the film in his parents' backyard himself over the course of nine months.<ref name="keyt">{{cite interview |last=Eubank |first=William |subject-link=William Eubank |interviewer=Beth Farnsworth and Ryan Carmel |title=Angels and Airwaves Presents "Love" |publisher =[[KEYT-TV|KEYT]] |location=Santa Barbara, California |date=2011-02-01 |work=KEY News |accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref><ref name="aicn1">{{cite web |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/48144 |title=William Eubank's Indie Sci-Fi Opus LOVE Looks Exciting And New! |author=Beaks |date=2011-01-19 |work=Ain't It Cool News |publisher=Harry Knowles |accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref> Eubank based his building of the ISS set on [[NASA]] photography and [[Vert ramp|skateboard ramp]] designs and his staging of the battle scenes on Civil War paintings.<ref name="taxi"/><ref name="eslf">{{cite web |url=http://www.eatsleeplivefilm.com/interview-william-eubank-director-of-love/ |title=Interview: William Eubank, Director of LOVE|author=McGrath, Jordan |date=6 September 2012 |work=Interviews|publisher=Eat Live Sleep Film |accessdate=19 May 2014 }}</ref> The filming was frequently interrupted by weather and the sounds of frogs and his family's neighbor operating a [[String trimmer|weedwhacker]].<ref name="taxi"/> On February 2, 2011, the film premiered at the [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]]. It later screened at 11 other festivals worldwide, including the [[List of film festivals in Europe#Greece|Athens International Film Festival]], where Eubank won the "Best Director" award. On August 10, 2011, [[National CineMedia]] released the film. ===''The Signal''=== {{Main|The Signal (2014 film)}} While ''Love'' was still being edited, Eubank began writing a second screenplay, ''The Signal''. He collaborated on the script with fellow screenwriters [[David Frigerio]] and his brother, [[Carlyle Eubank]].<ref name="brotherhood">{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=January 21, 2014 |title=Sundance: Family Ties Behind the Scenes and in the Audience |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/sundance-family-ties-behind-the-scenes-and-in-the-audience/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York City]] |accessdate=September 16, 2017 }}</ref> In an interview, Eubank described his first thoughts for the project: "I'm a big fan of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', of what [[Rod Serling]] used to do as a storyteller, and I always wanted to do one of those – a story with intangibility and strangeness that makes you say, 'What the heck is going on?' I’d been thinking about the concept of an individual thrust into a specific and extreme situation, the true nature of which this person would have to uncover."<ref name="fcf"/> Before production could begin, Eubank worked as [[second unit]] director on the 2013 [[Regency Enterprises|Regency]] film ''[[Broken City (film)|Broken City]]''. Soon after, ''The Signal'' found producers: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of ''[[Insidious (film)|Insidious]]'' and Tyler Davidson of ''[[Take Shelter]]'', and production could begin. Eubank described his main inspirations for the film as filmmakers [[Stanley Kubrick]] and David Lynch, and also said that thematically the films ''[[Pi (film)|Pi]]'', ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'', and ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' were on his mind.<ref name="fcf"/> His visual inspiration was drawn from [[Spaghetti Western]]s, ''[[Man on Fire (2004 film)|Man on Fire]]'', and ''[[Hanna (film)|Hanna]]''.<ref name="MacGuffin"/> Eubank decided to shoot the film in [[Anamorphic format|2.39:1 theatrical anamorphic format]], saying "No other ratio allows you to stare right into an actor’s eyes; the performance can erupt."<ref name="fcf"/> When it came to the film's [[Pace (speed)|pacing]], scale, and [[Internal rhythm|rhythm]], Eubank began with a goal to make the film feel small and then suddenly large, explaining, "I wanted the opening to feel super free, and like a [[road movie]], [and] in a weird way small, so that by the time [I] was going to ramp things up both emotionally [and] technically… it really was going to slowly burn until it got to that sort of firecracker end. I think that that level of contrast within a film is interesting. It's not something I really see that much."<ref name="Olson">{{cite AV media |people=Chris Riley |date=June 13, 2014 |title=Olson Vlog E2: Q&A With 'The Signal' Director Will Eubank |medium=Video |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s3elRm3gQ0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/8s3elRm3gQ0 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=September 16, 2017 |time=01:35 |location=[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |publisher=Olson Communications}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He and David Lanzenberg, the director of photography, chose to leave a [[Diffusion filter|LowCon filter]] on for the entire time to reduce [[Digital cinematography|digital]] [[Acutance|edginess]].<ref name="deepestdream1"/> To cast the film, Eubank met with actors over [[Skype]] from New Mexico, settling on Australian actor [[Brenton Thwaites]], English actor [[Olivia Cooke]], and American actor [[Beau Knapp]]. For props, Eubank worked with [[Legacy Effects]] to design custom pieces. After two years of pre-production, ''The Signal'' began shooting in Albuquerque, where it was occasionally hampered by sandstorms.<ref name="fcf"/> The film's 29 day shoot took place in New Mexico and Ohio. Eubank chose [[Brian Berdan]], an editor who worked on David Lynch's ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'' and ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', to edit the film. Berdan and Eubank had collaborated before, Berdan having edited ''Love''. Eubank described his work with Berdan saying "Brian’s sensibilities are different from mine; on my first film, ''Love'', I realized that Brian had another way of looking at things than I did. I’ve come to appreciate his perspective, his fresh viewpoint, so much."<ref name="fcf"/> While praising the film's "exquisite visual design", ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "ultimately quite silly".<ref name="signalvar">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/sundance-film-review-the-signal-1201076629/ |title=Sundance Film Review: 'The Signal' |author=Berkshire, Geoff |date=29 January 2014 |series=Sundance Reviews |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |accessdate=19 May 2014 }}</ref> ===''Underwater''=== {{Main|Underwater (film)}} In 2016, Eubank began work on the [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Chernin Entertainment]] film ''[[Underwater (film)|Underwater]]''. Eubank's third feature was his largest production so far.<ref name="UnderwaterBudget"/> From a script by [[Black List (survey)|Black List]] screenwriter Brian Duffield, ''Underwater'' follows a crew of deep-sea researchers who must navigate across the ocean floor after their station is destroyed. Eubank cast [[Kristen Stewart]] and ''[[Game of Thrones]]''-actress [[Jessica Henwick]] in the lead roles. The film also features ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]''-star [[T. J. Miller]], [[Vincent Cassel]], [[John Gallagher Jr.]], and [[Gunner Wright]], who worked with Eubank previously on ''Love''. Eubank chose [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrin]] cinematographer [[Bojan Bazelli]] to lens the movie. The film began shooting in March 2017 in [[New Orleans]] and completed principal photography on May 28, 2017. It was edited by Brian Berdan, who also edited Eubank's first two films. ''Underwater'' was released to theatres on January 10, 2020. The film received largely negative reviews attaining a rotten score of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/underwater_2020|title=Underwater}}</ref> With Time Out calling it 'The Abyss'-lite <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/underwater|title = Underwater review}}</ref> and Rolling Stone describing it as 'A brazen knockoff that wants to be 'Alien'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/underwater-movie-review-kristen-stewart-935128/|title = 'Underwater' Review: Poor Kristen Stewart, Stuck in a Soggy 'Alien' Rip-Off|date = 8 January 2020}}</ref> ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! width="65"| [[Film director|Director]] ! width="65"| [[Screenwriter|Writer]] ! Notes |- | 2011 | ''[[Love (2011 film)|Love]]'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | Also cinematographer and [[production designer]] |- | 2014 | ''[[The Signal (2014 film)|The Signal]]'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |- | 2020 | ''[[Underwater (film)|Underwater]]'' |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- |2021 |''[[Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin]]'' |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- | rowspan="2" |{{Hs|2020}}TBA | ''TauTona''<ref name="thr1"/> |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |- | ''World Breaker''<ref name="wbkr">{{cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Warners Bros. Lands Period Action Pic 'World Breaker' from 'Signal' Director |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/warners-bros-lands-period-action-pic-world-breakers-from-signal-director-1201337002/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=[[Los Angeles]] |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |} ===As cinematographer=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Notes |- | 2006 | ''Hooked'' |rowspan=4| Short film |- | 2007 | ''First.'' |- | 2008 | ''Knowing'' |- | 2009 | ''How to Make a Dollarbill in Brooklyn'' |- | rowspan="4"| 2010 | ''Wreckage'' | |- | ''[[Caught in the Crossfire]]'' | |- | ''[[Level 26: Dark Prophecy]]'' | |- | ''Bashert'' | Short film |- | rowspan="2"| 2011 | ''[[House of the Rising Sun (film)|House of the Rising Sun]]'' | |- | ''Z'' | Short film |- | rowspan="3" | 2012 | ''[[Crave (film)|Crave]]'' | |- | ''Awakening World'' | |- | ''Yellow'' |[[Second unit|Second Unit DP]] |- |} ===Other works=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2004 | ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]'' | [[Digital imaging technician|Panavision camera technician]] | Uncredited |- | rowspan="2"| 2005 | ''Keeper of the Past'' |rowspan=2| [[Digital imaging technician|HD technician]] | |- | ''[[Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)|Fun with Dick and Jane]]'' | Uncredited |- | rowspan="2"| 2006 | ''Dust of Life'' | Editor and producer | |- | ''[[Superman Returns]]'' | [[Digital imaging technician]] | Uncredited |- | 2012 | ''[[Broken City (film)|Broken City]]'' | [[Second unit|Second Unit Director]] | |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} {{wikiquote}} * {{official website|http://www.williameubank.com/}} * {{IMDb name|1827931}} * [https://variety.com/t/will-eubank/ William Eubank] at ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' {{William Eubank}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eubank, William}} [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:21st-century American screenwriters]] [[Category:American cinematographers]] [[Category:American male screenwriters]] [[Category:American music video directors]] [[Category:American speculative fiction artists]] [[Category:Brooks Institute alumni]] [[Category:Film directors from California]] [[Category:Film directors from Massachusetts]] [[Category:People from Holyoke, Massachusetts]] [[Category:People from Santa Barbara, California]] [[Category:Science fiction fans]] [[Category:Science fiction film directors]] [[Category:Screenwriters from California]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Massachusetts]] [[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]] [[Category:21st-century American male writers]]'