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Glenn Standring is a New Zealand scriptwriter and movie director, working in the horror and fantasy genres.

Standring studied film at the Ilam School of Fine Arts, and got a first class honours degree in Archaeology from The University of Otago in Dunedin. Later he moved to Wellington and began to direct comedy for television. Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the

His first feature film as writer/director was the low-budget success The Irrefutable Truth about Demons (2000)^[1], which was nominated for best film awards at fantasy film festivals in Portugal and Spain^[2]. The movie was retitled simply The Truth about Demons in many countries. Set largely after dark, Demons follows a rationalist university lecturer (played by New Zealand actor Karl Urban) as he attempts to escape the attentions of a satanic cult. Karl-Heinz Urban (born June 7, 1972) is a New Zealand Actor. He is best known for playing Éomer in the second and third

Standring's second film remains one of the most expensive New Zealand films set on its home turf (as opposed to being filmed there, but set in another locale, a la The Lord of the Rings). The Lord of the Rings is an epic Perfect Creature, released in 2007, is an ambitious horror/thriller set in an alternative universe New Zealand that incorporates elements of past history and fantasy. Perfect Creature is a New Zealand made horror / Thriller film written and directed by Glenn Standring and starring Saffron Burrows In this world vampires are protectors of mankind, rather than the enemy. Though many New Zealand actors appear in the cast, most of Perfect Creature's lead actors are from Great Britain, including Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows. Dougray Scott (born 25 November 1965) is a Scottish television and film actor Saffron Dominique Burrows (born October 21, 1972) is an English actress and former Fashion model. In 2005 key theatrical rights to the film sold to distributors 20th Century Fox at a reportedly record price for a New Zealand film ^[3], creating expectations it might join the relatively small list of Kiwi movies to get wide release in North American cinemas. Perfect Creature later saw a theatrical release in some countries, but in the United States was ultimately released direct to video in 2007 ^[4]. Perfect Creature is a New Zealand made horror / Thriller film written and directed by Glenn Standring and starring Saffron Burrows

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