Alexander "Alex" Proyas (born 23 September 1963) is an Australian filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998), I, Robot (2004), Knowing (2009), and Gods of Egypt (2016).
Eric Brooks is half human and half vampire, after his mother was attacked by a vampire during childbirth, which gave him supernatural abilities without the weaknesses to sunlight.