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Christophe Gans is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter born on the 11th of March 1960, who specializes in horror and fantasy. His feature films include Crying Freeman (1995), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), Silent Hill (2006), Beauty and the Beast (2014), and Return to Silent Hill, listed for 2026.
Brotherhood of the Wolf grossed over $70 million in theaters worldwide against a $29 million budget. In the United States it became the sixth-highest-grossing French-language film of all time.
Gans studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in France and graduated in the early 1980s.
Return to Silent Hill is Christophe Gans's third Silent Hill film, announced in October 2022 and based on Silent Hill 2. Gans confirmed the script was complete in a 2022 interview with Jeuxvideo.com, describing it as part of a broader relaunch of the Silent Hill brand alongside new video games. His filmography lists it for 2026.
Gans was initially attached to direct a sequel to the 2006 Silent Hill film but later pulled out of the project. He was replaced by M. J. Bassett.
Gans abandoned an adaptation of the Capcom game Onimusha after several setbacks, and a planned Fantomas film collapsed when Vincent Cassel dropped out. A live-action Corto Maltese film, set to star Tom Hughes and Milla Jovovich, was cancelled in 2020 due to legal problems.