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Molly Edwards

Predator: Killer of Killers director Dan Trachtenberg says playing video games informed his filmmaking style: "How to [...] pull people through a journey they feel primally connected to"

The Yautja in Dan Trachtenberg's animated movie Predator: Killer of Killers.

Dan Trachtenberg, director of Predator: Killer of Killers, Prey, and 10 Cloverfield Lane, has talked about what he's learned from gaming.

"Very much so," he said in a Reddit AMA, in response to a question about whether he thinks growing up playing video games influenced his filmmaking style. "When I started to study video games as much as I had movies – I found myself learning even more from that medium. How to make watching a movie feel more like a physical experience – pull people through a journey they feel primally connected to."

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