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Born September 15, 1976 in Johannesburg (South Africa). Studied filmmaking at AFDA and the New York Tisch School of the Arts. In Hush, he co-wrote and directed the 8-minute short film The Birth of a Catastrophe, a film adaptation of Roald Dahl's short story. The film has been screened at many festivals around the world and won Best Short Film at the 2000 Austin Film Festival. Libesman also won the Young Hollywood Award for Best Director at the 2000 Hollywood Film Festival. In 2002, at the age of 26, he directed his first feature film, Darkness Comes. Despite the fact that the film received mostly negative reviews, it became number 1 in the American box office. The film grossed over $ 32.5 million in the US and nearly $ 15 million worldwide. The film was nominated for Best Horror / Thriller Movie at the 2003 Teen Choice Awards. Emma Caulfield, who played one of the main roles in the film, received the Cinescape (Genre Face of the Future) award for Best Actress in the same year. Libesman's next project was a 15-minute short film, The Calls, directed and co-written with Eren Kruger, which is a sequel to The Call and the prequel to Call 2. The short film was highly praised by fans of feature films. Because of the film's success, Libesman was attracted to Michael Bay and his production company Platinum Dunes, who hired him to direct the prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. The film premiered in the United States on October 5, 2006, and in Russia on November 30, 2006. The film became number 2 in the American box office and grossed $ 51,764,406 million worldwide, of which $ 39,517,763 million came from the United States.
In 2007, it was announced that Liebesman would direct the remake of Friday the 13th, but in November 2007, director of the 2003 remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Marcus Nispel, replaced Libesman in that position. In 2008, Libesman completed his third feature film, Death Room, starring Chloe Sevigny, Nick Cannon, Timothy Hutton and Peter Stormare. The film premiered in an out-of-competition program at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. In November 2008, Columbia Pictures announced that Libesman would be directing the sci-fi movie Alien Invasion: Battle of Los Angeles. Written by Christopher Bertolini, the 70 millionth film follows a squad of Marines defending Los Angeles from alien invaders. The film earned more than $ 80 million in US box office sales. The film grossed over $ 200 million worldwide .
In June 2010, Libesman was appointed to direct the Clash of the Titans sequel, Wrath of the Titans, starring Sam Worthington, Rafe Fiennes and Liam Neeson. Filming took place in the summer of 2011 in London, South Wales and the Canary Island of Tenerife.
In February 2012, he began negotiations to direct a film about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In March, negotiations with Libesman were successfully completed. The film is produced by Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes. The US premiere was originally scheduled for Catholic Christmas on December 25, 2013, but later shifted to May 16, 2014.

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