Kevin reynolds is a well-known American-born film director and writer, famous for having worked numerous times with his friend Kevin Costner.
Kevin reynolds He was born on January 17, 1952 in the city of San Antonio, located within the enormous state of Texas in the United States of America.
His family consisted of his father Herbert Reynolds, president of the Baylor University. Unfortunately his mother passed away shortly after his birth, due to a terminal illness.
Thus Kevin He grew up as a boy with very little affective interaction. His father spent most of his time leaving him in front of the television to let his imagination run wild.
Upon reaching high school, he tried to rebel against his father and get a job as a pub bartender. After having passed the relevant exams, he had a strong family argument and reconsidered to study at the university.
Thanks to his father’s influence, he was able to quietly study telecommunications at the Baylor University. Shortly after graduating, he enrolled in law, practicing this profession in the city of Austin, Texas.
After almost ten years of leading a monotonous and aimless life, he left the desks to study film at the USC School of Cinema-Television. Some of his ideas seemed very promising so he had no problem taking it.
Its quality was demonstrated when Steven Spielberg decided to produce one of his scripts, “Red Dawn”(Dawn red), inspired by the cold war. The protagonists chosen to bring their characters to the big screen were Patrick Swayze, Charlie sheen Y Lea Thompson.
After this premiere, held in 1984, Kevin He received very good press and had the courage to launch himself as a director. Again it was Steven Spielberg who produced his movie “Fandango“, where Kevin Costner was the protagonist.
Thanks to their cooperation during the filming, the two professionals became very good friends, even plotting some projects together. Reynolds he was even the official advisor of Costner while recording “Dances with Wolves” (Dancing with Wolves).
Shortly before this, he had written and directed “The Beast”(The beast), with the participation of Stephen Baldwin. Still, he still hadn’t created a work that would make him rise to fame, so he focused even more on creating a truly compelling story.
To achieve his mission he decided to risk a classic of world literature: “Robin Hood“, To whom in his version he added the subtitle”Prince of thieves”(Robin Hood, prince of thieves).
The cast he chose featured his friend Kevin Costner and also included Morgan freeman like the moor Azeem. Christian slater played Will scarlet, while Alan Rickman played the role of Sheriff of Nottingham.
The entire world was captivated by the story, delivering more than $ 225 million in sales. This number was surpassed only by “Terminator 2” from Arnold schwarzenegger. Bryan adams composed the song “Everything I Do”For the film, and it stayed at the top of the world charts for weeks on end.
After having achieved such glory, Kevin decided to move on to a warlike film. “Rapa Nui”Was released in 1994 with the stellar performance of Jason scott lee. Despite having the production of Kevin Costner, it was not very successful.
The next year, Costner chose him to be the director of “Waterworld”, An apocalyptic movie where the actor also tried to direct. Shooting problems raised the budget to $ 236 million, making it the most expensive production yet.
Supposedly, the constant arguments between Costner Y Reynolds they made the process even more complicated and were the reason the latter moved away from the film industry.
It was only in 1997 that he was credited as director of “One Eight Seven”(187), starring Samuel L. Jackson. This thriller was very well received, but it did not prevent Reynolds definitively away from the cinema.
After some years in the dark, he tried to revive his career with another classic of world literature: “The Count of Monte Cristo”(The Count of Monte Cristo). For her she used James caviezel already Guy pearce, but did not achieve the expected gains.
His last film production was “Tristan & Isolde”(Tristán and Isolde), a romantic feature film about the medieval legend of the same name. Thanks to funding from Ridley scott and German, British and American companies, was able to release it in 2006, with James franco as the protagonist.
He currently seems to have entered a new departure from Hollywood, although some sources affirm that it would try to continue working with old classics of literature.