TYCOR FILMS BLOG

Director Sylvain White is a good friend who began his career as a short film director.   He is a pristine example of what consistency, hard work and resilience can do for professionals in the film industry who hold strong to their craft and goals.  After working on shorts White transitioned to small movies before directing the blockbuster hit “Stomp the Yard”.  Now he is shooting huge action flicks!

Son of an American professional basketball player and a French flight attendant, Sylvain White was born in France and grew up mostly in Paris. After attending La Sorbonne University for law, he earned a scholarship toPomona College in California, where he graduated with honors in Media Studies. While still in school, Sylvain wrote for and worked with directors such as Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze at Propaganda Films. Upon graduation a series of award-winning short films catapulted him to the forefront of the international market. The 25th Frame and Urban Short Circuit Mind Scrape received numerous awards including The Directors’ Guild of America Short Film Awards. Leveraging on his success with the short film format, he went on to direct a series of groundbreaking music videos in the US, Europe and Japan.

White’s most recent film titled “The Losers” is an explosive action tale of betrayal and revenge.  “The Losers” centers around the members of an elite Special Forces unit sent to the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. But the team–Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar–soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Making good use of the fact that they are now presumed dead, the group goes deep undercover in a dangerous plot to clear their names and even the score with Max. They are joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda, who is more than capable of scoring a few points of her own. Working together, when they’re not arguing amongst themselves, they have to stay one step ahead of the globetrotting Max–a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war for his own benefit. If they can take down Max and save the world at the same time, it’ll be a win-win for the team now known as The Losers.

“The Losers” stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan (”Watchmen”) as Clay; Zoë Saldana (”Avatar,” “Star Trek”) as Aisha; Chris Evans (the “Fantastic Four” films) as Jensen; Idris Elba (”Obsessed”) as Roque; Columbus Short (”Stomp the Yard”) as Pooch; Oscar Jaenada (”Che: Part Two”) as Cougar; and Jason Patric (”In the Valley of Elah”) as Max. Sylvain White (”Stomp the Yard”) directed the film from a screenplay by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt, based upon the comic book series written by Andy Diggle, illustrated by Jock and published by DC Comics/Vertigo. “The Losers” is produced by Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster, with Steve Richards, Andrew Rona, Sarah Aubrey and Stuart Besser serving as executive producers and Richard Mirisch co-producing.

Actor Idris Elba talks candidly about his experience on set and the great chemistry he felt amongst “the ensemble”; crediting the absence of egos as a key element that contributed to the magic that can be seen on screen.  http://www.blackfilm.com/20100423/features/idriselba.shtml

TY WALKER