Gore Verbinski

Gore Verbinski one of American cinemas most inventive directors who was a punkrock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest 2006 which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of all time 135600000 and grossed over 1 billion dollars worldwide He was born Gregor Verbinski on March 16 1964 in Oak Ridge Tennessee to Laurette Ann McGovern and Victor Vincent Verbinski a nuclear physicist who worked at the Oak Ridge Lab His paternal grandparents were Polish In 1967 the family moved to California and young Gregor grew up near San Diego His biggest influences as a kid were Franz Kafkas Metamorphosis and Black Sabbaths Master of Reality He started his professional career as a guitarist for punkrock bands such as The Daredevils and The Little Kings and also made his first films together with friends After having developed a passion for filmmaking he sold his guitar to buy a Super8mm camera Then Verbinski attended the prestigious UCLA Film School from which he graduated in 1987 with his BFA in Film His first professional directing jobs were music videos for alternative bands such as L7 Bad Religion and Monster Magnet Then he moved to advertising and directed commercials for Nike Canon Skittles United airlines and CocaCola In 1993 he created the renowned Budweiser advertising campaign featuring croaking frogs for which he was awarded the advertising Silver Lion at Cannes and also received four Clio Awards Verbinski made his feature directorial debut with Mousehunt 1997 a remarkably visual cartoonish family comedy His next effort The Mexican 2001 came to a modest result However Verbinski bounced back with a hit thriller The Ring 2002 grossing over 230 million dollars worldwide His biggest directorial success came with the Disney theme park ride based Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 with a brilliant acting ensemble grossing over 650 million dollars and bringing five Oscar nominations and many other awards and nominations Disney ordered two more films which Verbinski shot one after another on location in the Carribean islands for which he had to endure both tetanus and typhoid immunization shots After having survived several hurricanes dealing with sick and injured actors and troubleshooting after numerous technical difficulties of the epicscale project Verbinski delivered He employed the same stellar cast in the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest 2006 and the third installment of the Pirates franchise Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End 2007 Gore Verbinski does not like publicity He has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife and his two sons He resides with his family in Los Angeles California