James Wan

Known for DirectingBorn 1977-02-26 (age 49)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Backrooms

Daylight Robbery

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Stygian

The Conjuring

Superpowered: The DC Story

Swamp Thing

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

MacGyver

Saw

M3GAN 2.0

The Conjuring 2

Archive 81

Saw X

56 Days

Furious 7

Teacup

M3GAN

Mortal Kombat

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

Mortal Kombat II

Insidious

Aquaman

Saw

Malignant

Not Quite Hollywood

The Nun II

Death Sentence

Insidious: Chapter 2

Annabelle: Creation

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Insidious: The Red Door

Saw II

The Copenhagen Test

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Annabelle Comes Home

Lights Out

Dead Silence

Saw III

True Haunting

Insidious: The Last Key

Insidious: Chapter 3

Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles

Aquaman: King of Atlantis

Saw VI

Jigsaw