Leigh Whannell

Known for WritingBorn 1977-01-17 (age 49)Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leigh Whannell (/ˈli ˈwɑːnɛl/; born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and has since directed three more films, Upgrade (2018), The Invisible Man (2020) and Wolf Man (2025). Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was the producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009) and co-writer of the film Cooties (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Leigh Whannell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Grave Conversations

The Panel

Home Shopper

The PhanDom Menace

Stygian

Upgrade

The Referees

Saw

Saw X

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

The Invisible Man

78/52

The Matrix Reloaded

Aquaman

Insidious

Saw

Insidious: Out of the Further

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Death Sentence

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

Insidious: Chapter 2

Not Quite Hollywood

Insidious: The Red Door

Saw II

Blue Heelers

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Dead Silence

Insidious: The Last Key

Saw III

Insidious: Chapter 3

The Mule

Saw VI

Jigsaw

Wolf Man

Saw V

Saw IV

The Debt Collector

Dick Elves

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Saw 3D

Crush

30 Even Scarier Movie Moments

Hacking Away at 'Saw'

Cooties

Razor Eaters

Neighbours

The Making of Dead Silence

Saw: Rebirth