James Wan
Known for: Directing
Born: February 26, 1977
Place of birth: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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.
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Filmography
96 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
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Untitled Blair Witch Film
2027
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Paranormal Activity 8
2027NR
The Revenge of La Llorona
2027
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Other Mommy
2026
6.6
Insidious: Out of the Further
2026
7.4
Soulm8te
2026
7.1
Backrooms
2026
7.8
Mortal Kombat II
2026
7.9
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026
7.3
56 Days
2026
6.6
The Copenhagen Test
2025
6.4
True Haunting
2025
6.9
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025
7.2
M3GAN 2.0
2025
6.0
The Monkey
2025
7.0
Teacup
2024
6.0
Salem's Lot
2024
5.5
Night Swim
2024
6.5
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
7.2
Saw X
2023
6.6
The Nun II
2023
7.4
Superpowered: The DC Story
2023
6.5
Insidious: The Red Door
2023
7.0
M3GAN
2022
6.2
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles
2022
7.2
Archive 81
2022
6.2
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
2021
6.4
I Know What You Did Last Summer
2021
5.3
There's Someone Inside Your House
2021
6.7
Malignant
2021
7.3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021
5.9
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021
7.0
Mortal Kombat
2021
7.3
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020
6.4
Annabelle Comes Home
2019
7.4
Swamp Thing
2019
5.6
The Curse of La Llorona
2019
6.2
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019
5.0
Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman'
2019
6.9
Aquaman
2018
5.9
The Nun
2018
6.3
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
6.2
Jigsaw
2017
6.6
Annabelle: Creation
2017
7.3
MacGyver
2016
6.4
Lights Out
2016
7.3
The Conjuring 2
2016
7.2
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
2015
4.8
Lavalantula
2015
6.3
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
7.2
Furious 7
2015
5.3
Demonic
2015
5.8
Annabelle
2014
6.7
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
7.5
The Conjuring
2013
7.0
Insidious
2011
6.0
Saw 3D
2010
6.3
Saw VI
2009
5.1
Doggie Heaven
2008
6.2
Saw V
2008
6.7
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
6.0
30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
2007
6.2
Saw IV
2007
6.8
Death Sentence
2007
5.7
The Making of Dead Silence
2007
6.5
Dead Silence
2007
6.4
Saw III
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Gregg Hoffman: In Memoriam
2006
4.7
The Scott Tibbs Documentary
2006
6.0
Hitchcocked!
2006
6.6
Saw II
2005
5.4
Saw: Rebirth
2005
6.0
Hacking Away at 'Saw'
2005
7.4
Saw
2004
7.0
Saw
2003
8.7
Daylight Robbery
1999
8.0
Stygian
1998
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The Last Train to New York
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Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit
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Untitled James Wan Universal Monster Project
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Cosmetic
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The Burden
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Mass Extinction
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Border Patrol
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GMO
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The Boy Who Drew Monsters
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The Entity
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Shelter
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Smart House
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Dead by Daylight
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You Take Care Now
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The Creature from the Black Lagoon
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Untitled Leah McKendrick Monster Film
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Milk
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Hunting Season
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Sweet Tooth
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The Root of All Evil
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Phasmophobia
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Untitled Saw Film
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The Invocation
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The Call of Cthulhu
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Mortal Kombat III
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Doomtown
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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
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Lights Out 2
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Foliage
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Untitled Curry Barker Film
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3
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Seasons
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Concrete Jungle
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Area 51
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The Magic Order
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Robocop
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