Dark's erotic thrillers in the early 1990s such as Animal Instincts I and II, Body of Influence, and Mirror Images II featured Shannon Whirry in various stages of undress. In the 1980s, Dark, along with Richard Lerner and Wendy Apple, directed and produced Fallen Angels, the seminal documentary about the early Los Angeles porn scene.ĭark directed or produced more than 30 action films and erotic thrillers as head of production for Axis Films, a B movie company, from 1987 to 1995. Sight & Sound the journal of the British Film Institute considered Dark's erotic thrillers groundbreaking films of the genre. His work from this period helped create the current ' alt porn' genre as well as invent the noir-romance genre of the erotic thriller. įrom the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, Dark directed hardcore and Rated R films. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stanford University, he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies in film at New York University. He has also been credited as Alexander Hippolyte, Gregory Hippolyte, Gregory Brown, and as The Dark Brothers.ĭark began his career as a fine artist of both paintings and conceptual art and installations. Dark is an adult filmmaker who transitioned into directing Hollywood movies.
Gregory Dark (born Gregory Hippolyte Brown) is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter.
