Corin Hardy is a multi-talented filmmaker, illustrator, sculptor, and writer, renowned for his unique visual style that masterfully blends the macabre, the beautiful, and the epic to create visually stunning results. His creative journey began at the tender age of 12, when he started working as a special FX "monster-maker" in his parents' bike shed, inspired by Ray Harryhausen monster movies and 70's and 80's horror cinema.
Throughout his teenage years, Corin gained valuable film experience by working in various departments, including sculpting, FX, wardrobe, and art, on a range of film, TV, and theatre productions. He even had the opportunity to work on a Royal National Ballet production of "Dracula" and Columbia Pictures' "First Knight".
Corin's formal education took place at Wimbledon School of Art, where he studied theatre design. However, his true passion lay in filmmaking, and he went on to create his award-winning stop-motion short film "Butterfly" (2004),which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival and won the Brussels Animation Festival for best long animated short.
This success led to Corin signing with Academy Films, where he directed a series of short films and music videos for various mainstream and underground bands, including The Prodigy, Keane, Biffy Clyro, Olly Murs, Paolo Nutini, and The Horrible Crowes. His music videos have accumulated over 300 million views and have won numerous awards around the world.
Corin's debut feature film, "The Hallow" (2015),was an intense and accomplished fairy-tale horror movie that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film won international awards for directing, cinematography, and effects, including Best Horror Film at the UK's Empire Film Awards 2016 and five awards at the Los Angeles Scream Fest.
Most recently, Corin has completed his second feature film, "The Nun", the next installment in James Wan's blockbusting "Conjuring Universe" franchise, for New Line/Warner Bros. The film stars Taissa Farmiga and Demian Bichir and is set to be released in the US on September 7th.
