# David Hackl
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{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}}
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{{distinguish|David Hackel}}
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| name = David Hackl
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| birth_name = David Hackl
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|2|7}}
| birth_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Canada
| occupation = [Film director](/source/Film_director), [production designer](/source/production_designer)
| years_active = 1994–present
| known_for = [''Saw'' franchise](/source/Saw_(franchise))
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'''David Hackl''' (born 7 February 1963) is a Canadian [film director](/source/film_director) and [production designer](/source/production_designer).
==Life and career==
Hackl was the production designer and second unit director for ''[Saw II](/source/Saw_II)'', ''[Saw III](/source/Saw_III)'', and ''[Saw IV](/source/Saw_IV)'', as well as for ''[Repo! The Genetic Opera](/source/Repo!_The_Genetic_Opera)''. He was in talks to direct ''Saw IV'', but [Darren Lynn Bousman](/source/Darren_Lynn_Bousman) returned as the director. Later it was reported that Hackl would direct both ''[Saw V](/source/Saw_V)'' and ''[Saw VII](/source/Saw_3D)'', but eventually he only directed ''Saw V'', while ''Saw VII'' was directed by [Kevin Greutert](/source/Kevin_Greutert), the editor of all of the ''[Saw](/source/Saw_(franchise))'' films to date, who also directed ''[Saw VI](/source/Saw_VI)''.[[http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/epk/repo/docs/pro_notes.doc Production Notes: Lionsgate Publicity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206115827/http://lionsgatepublicity.com/epk/repo/docs/pro_notes.doc|date=2010-02-06}}]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20948|title=A Camping Trip Goes 'Red' After Angry Bear Attack|work=BloodyDisgusting|date=July 19, 2010|author=Brad Miska|accessdate=March 22, 2020}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.joblo.com/saw-vi-news |title=Saw VI news |website=JoBlo |author=Omar Aviles |date=May 15, 2008 |accessdate=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5n3mA8viU?url=http://www.joblo.com/saw-vi-news |archivedate=January 26, 2010 |url-status=dead}} Despite negative reviews of the film, his direction in ''Saw V'' has been referred to by ''[Digital Spy](/source/Digital_Spy)'' as "slick direction." Hackl directed Jeff Reher's speculative script ''[Endangered](/source/Into_the_Grizzly_Maze)'' and was set to direct the film adaption of the novel ''The Butcher Bride''.[{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19884|title='Saw V' Director Tells the Bloody Legend of 'The Butcher Bride'|publisher=|work=BloodyDisgusting|date=April 19, 2010|author=Brad Miska|accessdate=March 22, 2020}}]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/exclusive-saw-v-director-gears-red-machine-19356|title='Saw V' Director Gears Up for 'The Red Machine'|author=Jeff Sneider|date=July 19, 2010|work=The Wrap|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804115510/https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/exclusive-saw-v-director-gears-red-machine-19356/|url-status=dead}}
==Filmography==
* ''Mary Silliman's War'' (1994) (art director)
* ''Jerry and Tom'' (1998) (production designer)
* ''[Zebra Lounge](/source/Zebra_Lounge)'' (2001) (production designer)
* ''Club Land'' (2001) (production designer)
* ''[Cybermutt](/source/Cybermutt)'' (2002) (production designer)
* ''The Riverman'' (2004) (production designer)
* ''[Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story](/source/Redemption%3A_The_Stan_Tookie_Williams_Story)'' (2004) (production designer)
* ''[Saw II](/source/Saw_II)'' (2005) (production designer)
* ''[Skinwalkers](/source/Skinwalkers_(2006_film))'' (2006) (production designer)
* ''[Saw III](/source/Saw_III)'' (2006) (second unit director/production designer)
* ''[Saw IV](/source/Saw_IV)'' (2007) (second unit director/production designer)
* ''[Repo! The Genetic Opera](/source/Repo!_The_Genetic_Opera)'' (2008) (second unit director/production designer)
* ''[Outlander](/source/Outlander_(film))'' (2008) (production designer)
* ''[Saw V](/source/Saw_V)'' (2008) (director)
* ''The Fatal Five'' (2009) (actor)
* ''[Into the Grizzly Maze](/source/Into_the_Grizzly_Maze)'' a.k.a. ''Endangered'' a.k.a. ''Red Machine'' (2013) (director)
* ''[Life on the Line](/source/Life_on_the_Line_(film))'' (2015) (director)
* ''[Daughter of the Wolf](/source/Daughter_of_the_Wolf)'' (2019) (director)
* ''[Dangerous](/source/Dangerous_(2021_film))'' (2021) (director)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0352524}}
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Category:1963 births
Category:Canadian production designers
Category:Film directors from Toronto
Category:Canadian horror film directors
Category:Living people
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