Axelle Carolyn (born 3 April 1979) is a Belgian filmmaker and former actress and journalist.
Career
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.
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, for which she won the Silver Award at the Book of the Year Awards; 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, Carolyn released her first feature, the ghost story Soulmate, in 2014. 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". In 2018, she worked in the writers room of Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and co-wrote episode 9. In 2019, Carolyn directed episode 8 of Mike Flanagan's Netflix project The Haunting of Bly Manor entitled "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes." 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
Axelle lives in Los Angeles with her dog (and frequent star) Anubis. She was married to British filmmaker Neil Marshall from 2007 to 2016.
Filmography 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 episodes2024ThemDirectorEpisodes: "The Man with the Red Hair" and "Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy"2026Something Very Bad is Going to HappenDirectorEpisodes: "I Will Light You on Fire" and "The Witness"2026Star Trek: Strange New WorldsDirectorEpisode: "The Griffin Incident"2026 Carrie Director Episode: "Dramatic Arts"
References
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