NYFA / ALUMNI / FILMMAKING / ALLAN UNGAR
Allan Ungar
FILMMAKER | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | SCREENWRITER
Graduated from NYFA LA Campus in 2006
Allan Ungar is a Canadian director and producer, best known for his work on the hit crime drama Bandit (2022), starring Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, and Mel Gibson. The film debuted at #1 on Paramount Plus and Apple TV, earning praise for Ungar’s direction and Duhamel’s career-best performance. It was Redbox’s most-watched original film of 2022.
Ungar is also known for writing and directing the live-action Uncharted: Live Action Fan Film (2018), starring Nathan Fillion, which went viral with nearly 12M views after its Comic-Con debut. He also directed the Netflix action-thriller Gridlocked, starring Dominic Purcell, Stephen Lang, and Danny Glover.
As a producer, he is known for the psychological thriller Sympathy for the Devil (2023), starring Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman. Ungar is also developing an adaptation of the best-selling video game Death Stranding alongside Hideo Kojima and Hammerstone Studios, and is producing a series based on Ubisoft’s Driver franchise. He is the writer, director and producer of London Calling which will be released in 2025.
Allan Ungar talks with NYFA
Related
Content
NYFA Filmmaking Grad Allan Ungar To Direct Upcoming Thriller “Decoy”
NYFA filmmaking alumnus Allan Ungar will direct feature thriller “Decoy,” blazing his path in the action film genre. “Decoy” follows the success of Ungar’s film “Gridlocked,” which has found distribution…
TIFF 2017 Highlights NYFA Alumni Film Work Including “Pahuna,” “Waru,” and “Decoy”
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a seminal event of the film industry’s calendar, and is in full swing this year from Sept. 7-17. Celebrities, filmmakers, producers, critics, and…