| Greg Pak | |
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.jpg) Greg Pak at the 2009 New York Comic-Con |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, director |
| Notable works | World War Hulk |
| Official website | |
Greg Pak is an American New York-based film director/comic book writer.
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Biography
He is a graduate of Yale University and studied history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and film at NYU.
His early work is noted for its strong Asian American themes. His New York University (NYU) student film, Fighting Grandpa, about his Korean grandparents, won the Gold Medal at the 25th Student Academy Awards. His short film "Asian Pride Porn", starring playwright David Henry Hwang and director Michael Kang, was licensed to Atom Films. Pak's feature film Robot Stories won 35 film festival awards. He collected his critically acclaimed screenplays in the recent book Robot Stories & More Screenplays, whose foreword was written by David Henry Hwang, and which has been used in college classes in writing, film, and Asian American studies.
Pak is a frequent writer for Marvel Comics, starting in September 2004 and signing an exclusive deal with them in July 2005.[1] He has worked on such titles as Warlock,[2] Phoenix: Endsong,[3] Phoenix: Warsong,[4] Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk, and Dynamite Entertainment's spin-off series based on the Sci-Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica.
Recent projects include Incredible Hercules,[5][6][7] World War Hulk: Warbound and Skaar: Son of Hulk,[8][9] all spinning-off from World War Hulk, as well as Magneto: Testament[10] and War Machine.[11][12][13] Greg is also one of the featured contributors to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. [14]
Works
Filmography
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- Warlock (5th series) (with Charlie Adlard, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2004)
- X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (with Greg Land, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2005)
- Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects (with Renato Arlem, 6-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2005)[15]
- Iron Man: House of M #1-3 (Marvel Comics, 2005)
- Marvel 1602: New World #1-5 (Marvel Comics, 2005)
- Amazing Fantasy (2nd series) #15 (1st story in anthology) (Marvel Comics, 2006)
- What if: Submariner (Marvel Comics, 2006)
- Incredible Hulk (3rd series) #92-111 (Marvel Comics, 2006-2007)
- Battlestar Galactica (Dynamite Entertainment, 2006-2007)
- X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong (with Tyler Kirkham, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2006-2007)
- World War Hulk #1-5 (with John Romita, Jr., Marvel Comics, 2007-2008)
- Incredible Hercules #112-present (Marvel Comics, 2008-ongoing)
- World War Hulk: Warbound (5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2008)
- Skaar: Son of Hulk (with Ron Garney, Marvel Comics, 2008-ongoing)
- Magneto: Testament (with Carmine Di Giandomenico, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Knights, 2008-ongoing)
- War Machine #1-11 (with Leonardo Manco, Marvel Comics, December 2008-December 2009)
- Incredible Hulk #601-present (Marvel Comics, August 2009-ongoing).
Notes
- ^ Greg Pak Makes His Marvel - Signs Exclusively With Publisher, Comic Book Resources, July 11, 2005
- ^ Warlock Stories: Greg Pak talks "Warlock", Comic Book Resources, July 18, 2004
- ^ Greg Pak talks "X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong", Comic Book Resources, August 20, 2004
- ^ It's Not Over Till She Sings: Greg Pak Talks "X-Men: Phoenix- Warsong", Comic Book Resources, June 2, 2006
- ^ GREEK WEEK Part I -Pak & Van Lente talk Hercules' Past, Comic Book Resources, March 17, 2008
- ^ GREEK WEEK Part IV- Pak & Van Lente on Herc's Past & Future, Comic Book Resources, March 20, 2008
- ^ Love, Olympian Style: Pak & Van Lente talk "Incredible Hercules", Comic Book Resources, September 4, 2008
- ^ Greg Pak on Skaar: Son of Hulk, Newsarama, March 18, 2008
- ^ Hulk Slash! Pak talks “Skaar: Son of Hulk”, Comic Book Resources, June 10, 2008
- ^ WW Philly: Pak talks "Magneto: Testament", Comic Book Resources, May 31, 2008
- ^ SDCC '08 - Pak & Rosemann Talk War Machine, Newsarama, July 25, 2008
- ^ CCI: Pak, Rosemann on "War Machine", Comic Book Resources, July 25, 2008
- ^ Greasing the Gears: Greg Pak Talks 'War Machine', Newsarama, November 10, 2008
- ^ The New Press Spring 2009 Catalog
- ^ Marvel Nemesis Unveiled, IGN, March 21, 2005
References
- Greg Pak at the Grand Comic-Book Database
- Greg Pak at the Comic Book DB
- Greg Pak at the Internet Movie Database
- "Robot Stories & More Screenplays" Book Collection with Original Commentaries
External links
- Official website
- PakBuzz Official News Site
- "Asian Pride Porn" AtomFilms.com page
- "Robot Stories" Official Website
- Interview: Greg Pak, 2005
| Preceded by Daniel Way |
Incredible Hulk writer 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Jeph Loeb (New Hulk series) |
| Preceded by Jeph Loeb (Hulk) |
Incredible Hulk writer 2009–present |
Succeeded by Current |
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