Biography

Filmmaker Sylvain White was born and raised in Paris, France. At 18 he attended the university of La Sorbonne then earned a scholarship to go to film school in Los Angeles. After graduating with honors in both film production and media studies, a series of award-winning short films led him to direct a spectrum of music videos and commercials in the US, Europe and Japan.

Sylvain debuted his smash feature hit Stomp the Yard at number one in the US for Sony. He went on to direct the explosive Warner Bros. action comedy The Losers, starring Chris Evans, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana. He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed French murder mystery The Mark of The Angels, starring Gérard Depardieu, and followed by directing the theatrical summer horror hit Slender Man for Sony.

Sylvain also directs numerous television series such as Fargo, The Umbrella Academy, For All Mankind, Invasion, Billions, Justified, The Americans, The Terminal List, Amazing Stories, etc.
- IMDb mini biography by: B. Zidel