Allan Ungar


Allan Ungar is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for writing and directing the action thriller Gridlocked and the Uncharted Live Action Fan Film.

Career

In 2012, Ungar was hired to write and direct his first feature film Tapped Out, an MMA drama starring Michael Biehn, Anderson Silva, Krzysztof Soszynski and Martin Kove. Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the film on May 27, 2014. Ungar followed up his debut with the old school action thriller, Gridlocked, starring Dominic Purcell, Danny Glover, Stephen Lang, Trish Stratus, and Saul Rubinek. The film had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest where it was sold to Netflix after being well received by audiences. Variety praised it as "brutally and divertingly efficient" while other critics called it an authentic tribute to buddy cop films of the 80s and 90s.
On July 16, 2018, Ungar and Nathan Fillion released a live action short film based on the Naughty Dog franchise Uncharted. The short immediately went viral and received critical acclaim for its witty humor, action, and ability to stay true to the source material. Fans and critics began campaigning for Netflix or YouTube to turn it into a series while referring to it as one of the best adaptations of a video game.
Ungar is currently set to write and direct the action thriller Tenfold with Nicolas Chartier and Voltage Pictures producing. He was also recently attached to direct Decoy with Frank Grillo, Andy Garcia, Carrie Anne Moss, Tyler Posey, and Kat Graham starring.

Filmography