Axelle Carolyn
{{Short description|Belgian filmmaker, actress and journalist}}
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| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium
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| occupation = Filmmaker
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Axelle Carolyn (born 3 April 1979) is a Belgian filmmaker and former actress and journalist.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33206/axelle-carolyn-talks-horror-acting-writing-and-journalism |title=Axelle Carolyn Talks Horror, Acting, Writing, and Journalism |publisher=Dreadcentral.com |date=26 August 2009 |access-date=17 January 2012}}
Biography
=Acting=
Amongst many other jobs she worked on her way to directing her first films, Carolyn briefly worked in front of the camera. Her most notable appearance was as Pict warrior Aeron in Neil Marshall's Centurion.{{cite web|url=http://www.puremovies.co.uk/reviews/centurion/ |title=Review: Centurion |publisher=Puremovies.co.uk |date=14 August 2010 |access-date=17 January 2012}}
=Author career=
A horror reporter for various magazines and websites from 2005 to 2008, Carolyn's non-fiction career culminated with the 2008 publication of It Lives Again! Horror Movies in the New Millennium,{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/it-lives-again-horror-movies-new-millenium-book |title=It Lives Again! Horror Movies in the New Millennium (Book) |publisher=Dreadcentral.com |access-date=13 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://iconsoffright.com/news/2008/06/it_lives_again_new_horror_book.html |title=IT LIVES AGAIN! New Horror Book Announced! |publisher=Iconsoffright.com |date=26 June 2008 |access-date=17 January 2012}} for which she won the Silver Award at the Book of the Year Awards;{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37812/it-lives-again-wins-silver-award-book-year-awards |title=It Lives Again! Wins Silver Award at the Book of the Year Awards |publisher=Dreadcentral.com |date=2 June 2010 |access-date=17 January 2012}} and 2018's FrightFest Guide to Ghost Movies, an analysis of the 200 most significant ghost stories ever made.
She also had several short stories published in various anthologies, including Dark Delicacies III, and The Mammoth Book of Body Horror.
=Directing career=
After writing and directing a handful of award-winning short films, Axelle released her first feature, the ghost story Soulmate, in 2014. The opening scene, which depicted a graphic suicide scene, was censored in the UK by the BBFC. The movie premiered in Sitges in 2013, and went on to be screened at genre festivals around the world before its release. It was generally well received, though its mix of horror, drama and gothic romance divided opinions. In 2014, she created the anthology movie Tales of Halloween, which she co-produced with Epic Pictures. She also wrote and directed her own segment "Grim Grinning Ghost".{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/tales-of-halloween-segments-cast-and-cameos-revealed-first-photo/ |title="TALES OF HALLOWEEN" segments, cast and cameos revealed; first photo! |publisher=Fangoria |date=9 January 2015 |access-date=9 January 2015}} In 2018, she worked in the writers room of Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and co-wrote episode 9. In 2019, Axelle Carolyn directed episode 8 of Mike Flanagan's Netflix project The Haunting of Bly Manor{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3587453/directors-netflixs-haunting-bly-manor-include-dark-song-tales-halloween-filmmakers/|title = Directors for Netflix's "The Haunting of Bly Manor" Include 'A Dark Song' and 'Tales of Halloween' Filmmakers|date = 4 October 2019}} entitled "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes."{{Cite web|url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/the-haunting-of-bly-manor-the-romance-of-certain-old-clothes-perfect-ghost-story/|title=With 'The Romance of Certain Old Clothes,' the Haunting of Bly Manor tells the Perfect Ghost Story|date=16 October 2020}} She also directed an episode of Creepshow for AMC. In 2021, she directed episodes of Flanagan's The Midnight Club, as well as two episodes of season 10 of American Horror Story. 2021 also saw the release of her second full feature as writer-director: The Manor, a horror mystery produced by Amazon Studios, Blumhouse and Sandy King, and starring Barbara Hershey.
=Personal life=
File:Axelle Carolyn and Neil Marshall on The Preservation Project.jpg in 2010]]
Axelle lives in Los Angeles with her dog (and frequent star) Anubis.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} She was married to British filmmaker Neil Marshall from 2007 to 2016.{{cite web |last1=Hewitt |first1=Chris |title=Neil Marshall And Axelle Carolyn: The First Couple Of Horror |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/neil-marshall-axelle-carolyn-first-couple-horror/ |website=Empire |access-date=11 December 2024 |language=en |date=30 October 2015}}
Filmography
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| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Beneath Still Waters | Actress | |
| 2008 | Beyond the Rave | Unit Publicist | |
| 2008 | Doomsday | Actress/ Make-up artist | |
| 2008 | I Love You | Actress | |
| 2008 | Horrorshow | Actress | |
| 2009 | A Reckoning | Actress | |
| 2009 | Blood + Roses | Actress | |
| 2009 | The Descent Part 2 | Actress | |
| 2009 | Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film | Herself | |
| 2009 | Psychosis | Actress | |
| 2009 | Red Light | Actress | |
| 2009 | Brides of Horror | Herself | |
| 2010 | Centurion | Actress | |
| 2013 | Soulmate | Director, Writer | |
| 2015 | Tales of Halloween | Director, Writer, Producer | Segment: "Grim Grinning Ghost" |
| 2015 | The 4th Reich | Actress | |
| 2018 | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Writer | Episode: "Chapter Nine: The Returned Man" |
| 2020 | The Haunting of Bly Manor | Director | Episode: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" |
| 2021 | Creepshow | Director | Episodes: "Dead and Breakfast" and "Stranger Sings" |
| 2021 | The Manor | Director, Writer | |
| 2021 | American Horror Story: Double Feature | Director | |
| 2023 | Mayfair Witches | Director | 2 episodes |
References
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External links
- [http://thehalloweenkid.wordpress.com/ Blog]
- {{Twitter}}
- {{IMDb name|2130745}}
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Category:Belgian film actresses
Category:Actresses from Brussels
Category:21st-century Belgian screenwriters
Category:Belgian expatriates in England
Category:Belgian make-up artists
Category:21st-century Belgian actresses