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Robert Neil Eggers
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Robert Eggers
Active -
2008 - 2022
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Born -
Jul 7, 1983 in Lee, New Hampshire, United States
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Genres -
Horror
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Mystery
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Drama
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As a kid, he liked to dress up in costumes and go to school as Abraham Lincoln, Captain Hook or a superhero.
Directed his high school's play of Nosferatu.
In 2001, moved to New York to study at an acting conservatory.
Started his career in theater productions working as a director and designer.
His childhood visits to the Plimoth Plantation inspired his first screenplay, The Witch (2015).
His first film, The Witch (2015), earned ten times more than its budget at the box office.
Co-wrote the screenplay for his second film, The Lighthouse (2019), with his brother Max.