Line #291 MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAwardForWorstDirector


1	A list of directors and films that won and were nominated for the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Director.
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4	[[foldercontrol]]
5	[[folder:1980s]]
6	* 1980: '''Robert Greenwald''' for ''Film/{{Xanadu}}''
7	** John G. Avildsen for ''The Formula''
8	** Creator/BrianDePalma for ''Film/DressedToKill''
9	** Richard Fleischer for ''Film/TheJazzSinger''
10	** Creator/WilliamFriedkin for ''Film/{{Cruising}}''
11	** Creator/StanleyKubrick for ''Film/TheShining''
12	** Michael Ritchie for ''Film/{{The Island\|1980}}''
13	** John Trent for ''Middle Age Crazy''
14	** Nancy Walker for ''Film/CantStopTheMusic''[[note]]First woman to be nominated for Worst Director.[[/note]]
15	** Gordon Willis for ''Windows''
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17	* 1981: '''Creator/{{Michael Cimino\|Director}}''' for ''Film/HeavensGate''[[note]]First Oscar-winning director to win the Razzie.[[/note]]
18	** John Derek for ''[[Film/TarzanTheApeMan1981 Tarzan, the Ape Man]]''
19	** Creator/BlakeEdwards for ''Film/{{SOB}}''
20	** Frank Perry for ''Literature/MommieDearest''
21	** Creator/FrancoZeffirelli for ''Literature/EndlessLove''
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23	* 1982: '''Tie'''
24	** '''Ken Annakin''' for ''Film/ThePirateMovie''
25	** '''Creator/TerenceYoung''' for ''Film/{{Inchon}}''
26	*** Matt Cimber for ''Butterfly''
27	*** Creator/JohnHuston for ''Film/{{Annie\|1982}}''
28	*** Hal Needham for ''Film/{{Megaforce}}''
29	* 1983: '''Peter Sasdy''' for ''Film/TheLonelyLady''
30	** Joe Alves for ''Film/Jaws3D''
31	** Creator/BrianDePalma for ''Film/{{Scarface\|1983}}''
32	** John Herzfeld for ''Film/{{Two of a Kind\|1983}}''
33	** Hal Needham for ''Film/StrokerAce''
34	* 1984: '''John Derek''' for ''Film/{{Bolero}}''
35	** Creator/BobClark for ''Film/{{Rhinestone}}''
36	** Creator/BrianDePalma for ''Film/BodyDouble''
37	** John Guillermin for ''Film/{{Sheena}}''
38	** Hal Needham for ''[[Film/TheCannonballRun Cannonball Run II]]''
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40	* 1985: '''Creator/SylvesterStallone''' for ''Film/RockyIV''
41	** Creator/RichardBrooks for ''Fever Pitch''
42	** Creator/{{Michael Cimino\|Director}} for ''Film/YearOfTheDragon''
43	** George Pan Cosmatos for ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII''
44	** Hugh Hudson for ''Film/{{Revolution\|1985}}''
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46	* 1986: '''Music/{{Prince}}''' for ''Film/UnderTheCherryMoon''
47	** Jim Goddard for ''Film/ShanghaiSurprise''
48	** Willard Huyck for ''Film/HowardTheDuck''
49	** Creator/StephenKing for ''Film/MaximumOverdrive''
50	** Michelle Manning for ''Blue City''
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52	* 1987: '''Tie'''
53	** '''Creator/NormanMailer''' for ''Film/ToughGuysDontDance''
54	** '''Creator/ElaineMay''' for ''Film/{{Ishtar}}''[[note]]First female director to win; the Oscars wouldn't give its first Best Director Oscar to a woman until ''2010''.[[/note]]
55	*** James Foley for ''Film/WhosThatGirl''
56	*** Joseph Sargent for ''Film/JawsTheRevenge''
57	*** Paul Weiland for ''Film/LeonardPart6''
58
59	* 1988: '''Tie'''
60	** '''Creator/BlakeEdwards''' for ''Film/{{Sunset\|1988}}''
61	** '''Stewart Raffill''' for ''Film/MacAndMe''
62	*** Michael Dinner for ''Film/HotToTrot''
63	*** Creator/RogerDonaldson for ''Film/{{Cocktail}}''
64	*** Peter [=MacDonald=] for ''Film/RamboIII''
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66	* 1989: '''Creator/WilliamShatner''' for ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''
67	** John G. Avildsen for ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII''
68	** Jim Drake for ''Film/SpeedZone''
69	** Rowdy Herrington for ''Film/{{Road House\|1989}}''
70	** Creator/EddieMurphy for ''Film/HarlemNights''
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72
73	[[folder:1990s]]
74	* 1990: '''John Derek''' for ''Film/GhostsCantDoIt''[[note]]First repeat winner.[[/note]]
75	** John G. Avildsen for ''Film/RockyV''
76	** Creator/BrianDePalma for ''Film/TheBonfireOfTheVanities''
77	** Creator/RennyHarlin for ''Film/TheAdventuresOfFordFairlane''
78	** Music/{{Prince}} for ''Film/GraffitiBridge''
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80	* 1991: '''Michael Lehmann''' for ''Film/HudsonHawk''
81	** Creator/DanAykroyd for ''Film/NothingButTrouble''
82	** William Graham for ''[[Literature/TheBlueLagoon Return to the Blue Lagoon]]''
83	** David Kellogg for ''Film/CoolAsIce''
84	** Creator/JohnLandis for ''Film/{{Oscar\|1991}}''
85
86	* 1992: '''David Seltzer''' for ''Film/ShiningThrough''
87	** Creator/DannyDeVito for ''Film/{{Hoffa}}''
88	** Creator/JohnGlen for ''Christopher Columbus: The Discovery''
89	** Creator/BarryLevinson for ''Film/{{Toys}}''
90	** Creator/KennyOrtega for ''Film/{{Newsies}}''
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92	* 1993: '''Jennifer Lynch''' for ''Film/BoxingHelena''
93	** Uli Edel for ''Film/BodyOfEvidence''
94	** Creator/AdrianLyne for ''Film/IndecentProposal''
95	** Creator/JohnMcTiernan for ''Film/LastActionHero''
96	** Creator/PhillipNoyce for ''Film/{{Sliver}}''
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98	* 1994: '''Creator/StevenSeagal''' for ''Film/OnDeadlyGround''
99	** Creator/LawrenceKasdan for ''Film/WyattEarp''
100	** Creator/JohnLandis for ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII''
101	** Creator/RobReiner for ''Film/{{North}}''
102	** Richard Rush for ''Film/ColorOfNight''
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104	* 1995: '''Creator/PaulVerhoeven''' for ''Film/{{Showgirls}}''[[note]]Accepted his award in person at the ceremony, the first person ever to do so. (He also accepted Worst Picture, though technically this was on behalf of the film's producers.)[[/note]]
105	** Creator/RennyHarlin for ''Film/CutthroatIsland''
106	** Roland Joffe for ''Film/{{The Scarlet Letter\|1995}}''
107	** Frank Marshall for ''Film/{{Congo}}''
108	** Creator/KevinCostner and Kevin Reynolds for ''Film/{{Waterworld}}''
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110	* 1996: '''Andrew Bergman''' for ''Film/{{Striptease}}''
111	** Creator/JohnFrankenheimer for ''[[Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau]]''
112	** Creator/StephenFrears for ''Film/MaryReilly''
113	** Creator/JohnLandis for ''Film/TheStupids''
114	** Brian Levant for ''Film/JingleAllTheWay''
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116	* 1997: '''Creator/KevinCostner''' for ''Film/ThePostman''[[note]]Second Best Director Oscar winner to win the Razzie.[[/note]]
117	** Jan de Bont for ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl''
118	** Luis Llosa for ''Film/{{Anaconda}}''
119	** Creator/JoelSchumacher for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''
120	** Creator/OliverStone for ''Film/UTurn''
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122	* 1998: '''Creator/GusVanSant''' for ''Film/{{Psycho\|1998}}''
123	** Creator/MichaelBay for ''Film/{{Armageddon\|1998}}''
124	** Jeremiah S. Chechik for ''Film/{{The Avengers\|1998}}''
125	** Creator/RolandEmmerich for ''Film/{{Godzilla\|1998}}''
126	** Creator/ArthurHiller[[note]]as AlanSmithee[[/note]] for ''Film/AnAlanSmitheeFilmBurnHollywoodBurn''
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128	* 1999: '''Creator/BarrySonnenfeld''' for ''Film/WildWildWest''
129	** Jan de Bont for ''Film/{{The Haunting\|1999}}''
130	** Creator/DennisDugan for ''Film/BigDaddy''
131	** Creator/PeterHyams for ''Film/EndOfDays''
132	** Creator/GeorgeLucas for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''
133	[[/folder]]
134
135	[[folder:2000s]]
136	* 2000: '''Roger Christian''' for ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''
137	** Joe Berlinger for ''Film/BookOfShadowsBlairWitch2''
138	** Steven Brill for ''Film/LittleNicky''
139	** Creator/BrianDePalma for ''Film/MissionToMars''
140	** Creator/JohnSchlesinger for ''The Next Best Thing''
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142	* 2001: '''Creator/TomGreen''' for ''Film/FreddyGotFingered''[[note]]Green accepted this award and all others that the film "won" that night in person.[[/note]]
143	** Creator/MichaelBay for ''Film/PearlHarbor''
144	** Peter Chelsom for ''Town & Country''
145	** Creator/VondieCurtisHall for ''Film/{{Glitter}}''
146	** Creator/RennyHarlin for ''Film/{{Driven}}''
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148	* 2002: '''Creator/GuyRitchie''' for ''Film/SweptAway''
149	** Creator/RobertoBenigni for ''Film/{{Pinocchio\|2002}}''
150	** Tamra Davis for ''Film/{{Crossroads}}''
151	** Creator/GeorgeLucas for ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''
152	** Creator/RonUnderwood for ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash''
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154	* 2003: '''Creator/MartinBrest''' for ''Film/{{Gigli}}''
155	** Robert Iscove for ''Film/FromJustinToKelly''
156	** Mort Nathan for ''Film/BoatTrip''
157	** Creator/TheWachowskis for ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''
158	** Bo Welch for ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''
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160	* 2004: '''Pitof''' for ''Film/{{Catwoman\|2004}}''
161	** Creator/BobClark for ''[[Film/BabyGeniuses Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2]]''
162	** Creator/RennyHarlin "and/or" Creator/PaulSchrader for ''Film/ExorcistTheBeginning''[[note]]The "and/or" is a reference to the film's TroubledProduction: Schrader was originally brought to direct the film, but after the film was completed and was being marketed, studio executives feared that the film would be unsuccessful, and decided to shelve Schrader's cut and brought it Harlin to effectively make an entirely new film, which became ''Exorcist: The Beginning''. For what it's worth, not only is ''The Beginning'' solely credited to Harlin, but after that film was negatively received, Schrader was allowed to released his own version, titled as ''Film/DominionPrequelToTheExorcist''.[[/note]]
163	** Creator/OliverStone for ''Film/{{Alexander}}''
164	** Creator/KeenenIvoryWayans for ''Film/WhiteChicks''
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166	* 2005: '''Creator/JohnAsher''' for ''Film/DirtyLove''
167	** Creator/UweBoll for ''Film/{{Alone in the Dark\|2005}}''
168	** Jay Chandrasekhar for ''Film/TheDukesOfHazzard''
169	** Creator/NoraEphron for ''Film/{{Bewitched}}''
170	** Lawrence Guterman for ''Film/SonOfTheMask''
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172	* 2006: '''Creator/MNightShyamalan''' for ''Film/LadyInTheWater''
173	** Creator/UweBoll for ''Film/BloodRayne''
174	** Michael Caton-Jones for ''Film/BasicInstinct2''
175	** Creator/RonHoward for ''Film/TheDaVinciCode''
176	** Creator/KeenenIvoryWayans for ''Film/LittleMan''
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178	* 2007: '''Chris Siverston''' for ''Film/IKnowWhoKilledMe''
179	** Creator/DennisDugan for ''Film/INowPronounceYouChuckAndLarry''
180	** Roland Joffe for ''Film/{{Captivity}}''
181	** Brian Robbins for ''Film/{{Norbit}}''
182	** Creator/FredSavage for ''Film/DaddyDayCamp''
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184	* 2008: '''Creator/UweBoll''' for ''Film/InTheNameOfTheKing'', ''Postal'', and ''Tunnel Rats''[[note]] Boll jokingly acceted his award, along with his Worst Career Achievement in a video message filmed from the set of his 2009 film ''Darfur'', snarking that the humiliation from his "wins" caused him to move into a hut in Sudan.[[/note]]
185	** [[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg]] for ''Disaster Movie'' and ''Meet the Spartans''
186	** Tom Putnam for ''Film/TheHottieAndTheNottie''
187	** Marco Schnabel for ''Film/TheLoveGuru''
188	** Creator/MNightShyamalan for ''Film/TheHappening''
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190	* 2009: '''Creator/MichaelBay''' for ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''
191	** Walt Becker for ''Film/OldDogs''
192	** Brad Silberling for ''Film/LandOfTheLost''
193	** Creator/StephenSommers for ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''
194	** Creator/PhilTraill for ''Film/AllAboutSteve''
195	[[/folder]]
196
197	[[folder:2010s]]
198	* 2010: '''Creator/MNightShyamalan''' for ''Film/TheLastAirbender''[[note]]Second repeat winner.[[/note]]
199	** [[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg]] for ''Film/VampiresSuck''
200	** Michael Patrick King for ''[[Film/SexAndTheCity Sex and the City 2]]''
201	** David Slade for ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga]]: [[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]''
202	** Creator/SylvesterStallone for ''Film/TheExpendables''
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204	* 2011: '''Creator/DennisDugan''' for ''Film/JackAndJill'' and ''Film/JustGoWithIt''
205	** Creator/MichaelBay for ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon''
206	** Tom Brady[[note]]No, not the [[Creator/TomBrady American Football player]].[[/note]] for ''Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star''
207	** Creator/BillCondon for ''[[Film:{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga]]: Literature/BreakingDawn – Part 1''
208	** Creator/GarryMarshall for ''Film/NewYearsEve''
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210	* 2012: '''Creator/BillCondon''' for ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga]]: Literature/BreakingDawn - Part 2''
211	** Sean Anders for ''Film/ThatsMyBoy''
212	** Creator/PeterBerg for ''Film/{{Battleship}}''
213	** Creator/TylerPerry for ''Good Deeds'' and ''Madea's Witness Protection''
214	** John Putch for ''[[Film/AtlasShrugged Atlas Shrugged: Part II]]''
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216	* 2013:
217	** '''Steve Baker''' for ''Film/Movie43''
218	** '''Creator/ElizabethBanks''' for ''Film/Movie43''
219	** '''Steven Brill''' for ''Film/Movie43''
220	** '''Steve Carr''' for ''Film/Movie43''
221	** '''Creator/RustyCundieff''' for ''Film/Movie43''
222	** '''James Duffy''' for ''Film/Movie43''
223	** '''Creator/GriffinDunne''' for ''Film/Movie43''
224	** '''Damon Escott''' for ''Film/Movie43''
225	** '''Peter Farrelly''' for ''Film/Movie43''
226	** '''Patrik Forsberg''' for ''Film/Movie43''
227	** '''Will Graham''' for ''Film/Movie43''
228	** '''Creator/JamesGunn''' for ''Film/Movie43''
229	** '''Creator/BobOdenkirk''' for ''Film/Movie43''
230	** '''Creator/BrettRatner''' for ''Film/Movie43''
231	** '''Jonathan van Tulleken''' for ''Film/Movie43''
232	** Creator/DennisDugan''' for ''[[Film/GrownUps Grown Ups 2]]''
233	** Creator/TylerPerry for ''A Madea Christmas'' and ''Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor''
234	** Creator/MNightShyamalan for ''Film/AfterEarth''
235	** Creator/GoreVerbinski for ''Film/{{The Lone Ranger\|2013}}''
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237	* 2014: '''Creator/MichaelBay''' for ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction''[[note]]Third repeat winner.[[/note]]
238	** Darren Doane for ''Film/SavingChristmas''
239	** Creator/RennyHarlin for ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules''
240	** Jonathan Liebesman for ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2014}}''
241	** Creator/SethMacFarlane for ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest''
242
243	* 2015: '''Creator/JoshTrank''' for ''Film/{{Fantastic Four\|2015}}''
244	** Andy Fickman for ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop2''
245	** Tom Six for ''[[Film/TheHumanCentipede The Human Centipede 3: Final Sequence]]''
246	** Creator/SamTaylorJohnson for ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey''
247	** Creator/TheWachowskis for ''Film/JupiterAscending''
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249	* 2016: '''Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley''' for ''Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party''
250	** Creator/RolandEmmerich for ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence''
251	** Creator/TylerPerry for ''Boo! A Madea Halloween''
252	** Creator/AlexProyas for ''Film/GodsOfEgypt''
253	** Creator/ZackSnyder for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''
254	** Creator/BenStiller for ''Film/Zoolander2''
255
256	* 2017: '''Tony Leondis''' for ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''
257	** Creator/DarrenAronofsky for ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]''
258	** Creator/MichaelBay for ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight''
259	** James Foley for ''[[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Darker]]''
260	** Creator/AlexKurtzman for ''Film/{{The Mummy\|2017}}''
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262	* 2018: '''Etan Cohen''' for ''Film/HolmesAndWatson''
263	** Creator/KevinConnolly for ''Film/{{Gotti}}''
264	** James Foley for ''[[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Freed]]''
265	** Brian Henson for ''Film/TheHappytimeMurders''
266	** Creator/TheSpierigBrothers for ''Film/{{Winchester}}''
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268	* 2019: '''Creator/TomHooper''' for ''Film/{{Cats}}''[[note]]Third Oscar winner for Best Director to win the Razzie.[[/note]]
269	** [[Music/LimpBizkit Fred Durst]] for ''Film/TheFanatic''
270	** Creator/JamesFranco for ''Zeroville''
271	** Adrian Grunberg for ''Film/RamboLastBlood''
272	** Neil Marshall for ''Film/{{Hellboy\|2019}}''
273	[[/folder]]
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275	[[folder:2020s]]
276	* 2020: '''Music/{{Sia}}''' for ''Film/{{Music\|2021}}''
277	** Charles Band for ''Corona Zombies'', ''Barbie & Kendra Saves the Tiger King'', and ''Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51''
278	** Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes for ''Film/ThreeHundredSixtyFiveDays''
279	** Stephen Gaghan for ''Film/{{Dolittle}}''
280	** Creator/RonHoward for ''Literature/HillbillyElegy''
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282	* 2021: '''Christopher Ashley''' for ''Theatre/DianaTheMusical''
283	** Stephen Chbosky for ''Film/DearEvanHansen''
284	** Coke Daniels for ''Film/{{Karen}}''
285	** Creator/RennyHarlin for ''The Misfits''
286	** Creator/JoeWright for ''Literature/{{The Woman in the Window\|2018}}''
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288	* 2022: '''Music/MachineGunKelly and Music/ModSun''' for ''Good Mourning''
289	** Creator/JuddApatow for ''Film/{{The Bubble\|2022}}''
290	** Creator/AndrewDominik for ''Film/{{Blonde}}''
291	** Creator/DanielEspinosa for ''Film/{{Morbius\|2022}}''
292	** Creator/RobertZemeckis for ''[[Film/Pinocchio2022Disney Pinocchio]]''
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294	* 2023: '''Rhys Frake-Waterfield''' for ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney''
295	** Creator/DavidGordonGreen for ''Film/TheExorcistBeliever''
296	** Creator/PeytonReed for ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''
297	** Creator/ScottWaugh for ''Film/{{Expend4bles}}''
298	** Creator/BenWheatley for ''Film/Meg2TheTrench''
299	[[/folder]]

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