Christophe Gans is a French film director, producer and screenwriter specializing in horror and fantasy films.

Gans was born in Antibes, France. As a teenager, he spent most of his time making kung fu-style Super 8 films with friends. He later enrolled at the French film school IDHEC, where he made his first short film, "Silver Slime." He then worked for a time as a film critic before co-directing his first feature film, "Necronomicon."

His film "Brotherhood of the Wolf," with a budget of 29 million dollars, became a worldwide success, grossing more than 70 million dollars at the box office worldwide. It became the second highest-grossing French-language film in the United States since 1980.