David Hackl

David Hackl (born February 7, 1963, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film director and production designer.
Life and career.
Hackl was the production designer and second unit director for "Saw II", "Saw III" and "Saw IV"; as well as for "Repo! The Genetic Opera". He was in talks to direct "Saw IV", but Darren Lynn Bousman returned as the director. Later it was reported that Hackl would direct both "Saw V" and "Saw VII", but eventually he only directed "Saw V", while "Saw VII" was directed by Kevin Greutert, the editor of all of the "Saw" films to date, who also directed "Saw VI". Despite negative critical reviews and mixed fan reviews, his direction in "Saw V" has been referred to by "Digital Spy" as "slick direction". Hackl directed Jeff Reher's speculative script "Endangered" and was set to direct the film adaption of the novel "The Butcher Bride".