Saw II Released with Full Sail Graduate Making Mainstream Directorial Debut  10/25/05

Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) October 27, 2005 -- Full Sail Real World Education would like to congratulate 2001 Film Graduate, Darren Lynn Bousman, who is making his first mainstream directorial debut with "Saw II," the highly anticipated sequel to the original film success, "Saw," which was released late 2004.

"Saw" has been hailed as one of the most disquieting horror films in decades. With great critical acclaim and mass appeal, "Saw" drew in over $100 million dollars worldwide. Now after recently completing post-production, Bousman and Lions Gate Films (LGF) will release "Saw II" on October 28, 2005.

The initial shooting of "Saw II" was done in Toronto, Canada and it is Bousman’s third film serving as director, however it is his first major studio picture. Dave Franko, Program Director for the Full Sail Film Department said, “For Darren to reach this level of success as quickly as he did is something all Full Sail students can aspire to and achieve. We couldn’t be happier to have Darren as a part of the Full Sail alumni.”

Bousman has previous experience with directing independent features such as "Butterfly Dreams" (2000) and "Identity Lost" (2001). He has also directed a music video for nu-metal act Static-X and worked on the crew of "National Lampoon’s Van Wilder." "Saw II" will be Bousman’s first major screenplay credit, which he shares with co-writer, Leigh Wannel, who wrote and created the original "Saw" film.

“You can’t deny Darren’s talent when you see his work, but when a company like LGF places their trust in him, it truly validates his success,” Franko added.

For more than 25 years, Full Sail graduates have been making their mark on the digital media and entertainment media industries. Recent graduate credits include work on Oscar-winning films such as: The Incredibles, Million Dollar Baby, and Spider-Man 2, best-selling video games including: Madden NFL 2005, Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath, and The Matrix Online, and GRAMMY-winning albums by Ray Charles, Usher, and OUTKAST. Full Sail graduates have also been involved in creating motion graphics and Web Sites for companies such as ABC, Nike and the Atlanta Falcons, and have been in lead positions in the live event industry with artists and companies such as Madonna and Cirque du Soleil: La Nouba at Walt Disney World.

On August 11, 2005, Rolling Stone Magazine named Full Sail one of the top five “Best Music Programs” in the country, and honored Full Sail as having one of the nation’s top three music business departments in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide. In addition, the January 2003 edition of Electronic Gaming Monthly named Full Sail one of the top five Game Design schools in the world, and in April 2000, Shift Magazine ranked Full Sail as the No. 3 top new media school alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (No. 1) and New York University (No. 2).

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