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My Take
Brian Yuzna is a name horror fans say with real affection, and I get why. He cut his teeth producing for Stuart Gordon on Re-Animator and From Beyond, two films that defined a gloriously gooey strain of 1980s genre cinema, before stepping behind the camera himself with Society in 1989, a satirical body-horror gut-punch that still gets quoted. What I respect is that he treated horror as a place for ideas, not just gore, even when the gore was the selling point. Born in Manila, he became a steady force in the science-fiction and horror world rather than chasing mainstream respectability, and that consistency is its own kind of achievement.
Overview
Brian Yuzna (born August 30, 1949) is an American film producer, director, and writer. He is best known for his work in the science fiction and horror film genres. Yuzna began his career as a producer for several films by director Stuart Gordon, such as Re-Animator (1985) and From Beyond (1986), before making his directorial debut with the satirical body horror film Society (1989).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brian Yuzna
- Name (Japanese)
- ブライアン・ユズナ
- Reading
- ぶらいあん・ゆずな
- Born
- August 30, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Manila, Philippines
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / film producer / screenwriter / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Time Machine Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.