James Wan

Directing · Born 1977-02-26 in 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…

Filmography

• The Conjuring: Last Rites as Wedding Guest
• Lavalantula as Tour Bus Passenger
• Hacking Away at Saw as Self
• The Making of Dead Silence as Self
• Hitchcocked! as Self
• Insidious: Chapter 3 as Theater Director
• Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe as Self
• Not Quite Hollywood as Self
• Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis as Self
• Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman' as Self

TV

• 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments as Himself
• Superpowered: The DC Story as Self (archive footage)