James Wan
- Directing
- February 26, 1977 · Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Biography
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of the film and television production company Atomic Monster. Beginning his career with the Saw franchise, Wan made his feature directorial debut with his first film in 2004. The franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan found new success with the Insidious series, in which he directed the first film in 2010 and its 2013 sequel. The same year as the second Insidious, Wan directed the first Conjuring film to critical and commercial success. He served as the director of the second installment in 2016 and produced subsequent films in the franchise. Outside of horror, Wan directed Furious 7 (2015), the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, and the DC Extended Universe superhero films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Both Furious 7 and Aquaman grossed over $1 billion, making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone. He is the 16th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Wan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Seasons · Producer
- Blair Witch Project · Producer
- Paranormal Activity · Producer
- The Revenge of La Llorona · Producer
- Other Mommy · Producer
- Insidious: Out of the Further · Producer
- Soulm8te · Story, Producer
- Backrooms · Producer
- Mortal Kombat II · Producer
- Lee Cronin's The Mummy · Producer
- 56 Days · Executive producer
- The Copenhagen Test · Executive producer
- True Haunting · Executive producer
- The Conjuring: Last Rites · Wedding Guest, Producer
- M3GAN 2.0 · Producer, Characters
- The Monkey · Producer
- Teacup · Executive producer
- Salem's Lot · Producer
- Night Swim · Producer
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom · Producer, Story
- Saw X · Executive producer, Characters
- The Nun II · Producer, Characters
- Superpowered: The DC Story · Self
- Insidious: The Red Door · Producer
- M3GAN · Story, Producer
- Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles · Executive producer
- Archive 81 · Executive producer
- Aquaman: King of Atlantis · Executive producer
- I Know What You Did Last Summer · Executive producer
- There's Someone Inside Your House · Producer
- Malignant · Director, Producer
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It · Producer, Story
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw · Characters, Executive producer
- Mortal Kombat · Producer
- Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe · Self
- Annabelle Comes Home · Story, Producer
- Swamp Thing · Executive producer
- The Curse of La Llorona · Producer
- Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis · Self
- Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman' · Self
- Aquaman · Director, Story
- The Nun · Producer, Story
- Insidious: The Last Key · Producer
- Jigsaw · Executive producer, Characters
- Annabelle: Creation · Producer
- MacGyver · Director, Executive producer
- Lights Out · Producer
- The Conjuring 2 · Story, Screenplay
- Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw · Self, Thanks
- Lavalantula · Tour Bus Passenger
- Insidious: Chapter 3 · Theater Director, Producer
- Furious 7 · Director
- Demonic · Producer
- Annabelle · Producer
- Insidious: Chapter 2 · Director, Story
- The Conjuring · Director
- Insidious · Director, Editing
- Saw 3D · Executive producer, Characters
- Saw VI · Characters, Executive producer
- Doggie Heaven · Director, Editing
- Saw V · Characters, Executive producer
- Not Quite Hollywood · Self
- 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments · Self
- Saw IV · Executive producer, Characters
- Death Sentence · Director
- The Making of Dead Silence · Self
- Dead Silence · Director, Story
- Saw III · Story, Executive producer
- Gregg Hoffman: In Memoriam · Self
- The Scott Tibbs Documentary · Characters
- Hitchcocked! · Self
- Saw II · Executive producer, Characters
- Saw: Rebirth · Characters
- Hacking Away at 'Saw' · Self
- Saw · Director, Story
- Saw · Director, Editing
- Daylight Robbery · Pilot
- Stygian · Director, Writer
- Dead by Daylight · Producer
- You Take Care Now · Producer