Education
After graduating with an Master of Fine Arts from Stanford University, he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies in film at New York University.
director painter film producer
After graduating with an Master of Fine Arts from Stanford University, he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies in film at New York University.
Dark is one of the few adult filmmakers to successfully transition into mainstream Hollywood film-making. He has also been credited as Alexander Hippolyte, as Gregory Brown, and as The Dark Brothers. Dark began his career as a fine artist of both paintings and conceptual art and installations.
From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, Dark directed hardcore and softcore adult films.
His work from this period influenced the current "Alternate porn" genre. Dark 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.
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 1994, he directed the film Stranger by Night, starring Steven Bauer.
Dark"s first major motion picture, horror film See Number Evil, was released nationwide on May 19, 2006, for WWE Films and Lions Gate Entertainment.
lieutenant was directed by Dark, written by Dan Madigan, produced by Joel Simon, and starred professional wrestler Kane. See Number Evil grossed more than $40 million. In 2008 Dark directed the independent film Little Fish, Strange Pond, starring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Callum Blue, Zach Galifianakis, Liza Weil, and Paul Adelstein, which was retitled to Frenemy for its December 2010 Digital Video Disc release.
During 2009, Dark directed An Evening With Stephen Lynch, a concert film starring comedian and musician Stephen Lynch.