From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Sandy Collora born August 8 1968 is an American film director and design artist best known for the independent short film Batman Dead End Collora was born in Brooklyn New York After freelance assignments in comic books and gaming magazines at age 17 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams in Hollywood In 1988 after Collora landed a job at Stan Winston Studios on Leviathan he became known as a creature designer and sculptor eventually going on to work with Arnold Kopelson Rick Baker and Rob Bottin Collora spent the next decade in concept design sculpting storyboarding and art direction on major motion pictures He designed the logo for Jurassic Park and his designs can be seen in Men in Black Dogma The Arrival The Crow and Predator 2 He made his directorial debut in 1999 with the short film Solomon Bernsteins Bathroom 1999 also saw the birth of his toy development studio and independent production company Montauk Films Collora burst into the limelight with his 2003 short film Batman Dead End intended to act as a directors demonstration reel After premiering the film at the San Diego Comic Con it became an internet sensation and was downloaded more than 600000 times in the first week Director Kevin Smith called it possibly the truest best Batman movie ever made Collora filmed a similar project 2004s Worlds Finest with much of the same cast and crew As of 2009 Collora is preparing to release his first feature film Hunter Prey Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandy Collora licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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