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James Wan

James Wan

Highest Rated: 93% M3GAN (2022)

Lowest Rated: 9% Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)

Birthday: Feb 26, 1977

Birthplace: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

In 2004, a low-budget film made by two unknown Australians hit the theaters and launched a cultural zeitgeist in horror cinema. But director James Wan insists that he and writer Leigh Whannell never intended to create a new "torture porn" genre of horror with their debut "Saw" (2004) and its villain Jigsaw, represented iconically onscreen by a disturbing puppet named Billy. A look at Wan's body of work supports his assertion; while he went on to produce the increasingly violent sequels in the "Saw" franchise, he did not direct them; and his subsequent contributions to the horror genre, such as "Insidious" (2010) and "The Conjuring" (2013), are in a much more traditional and low-key vein dealing with familiar tropes like evil dolls, haunted houses, possession and witchcraft.

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DEAD SILENCE, director James Wan, on set, 2007. ©Universal Pictures THE CONJURING 2, director James Wan, on set, 2016. ph: Matt Kennedy/© New Line Cinema ANNABELLE, from left: producer James Wan, producer Peter Safran, director John R. Leonetti, on set, 2014. ph: Greg Smith/©Warner Bros. Pictures LIGHTS OUT, from left: producer James Wan, director David Sandberg, on set, 2016. ph: Ron Batzdorff/© Warner Bros. THE CONJURING 2, director James Wan, on set, 2016. ph: Matt Kennedy/© New Line Cinema FURIOUS 7, (aka FAST & FURIOUS 7), from left: director James Wan, Vin Diesel, on set, 2015. ph: Jamie Trueblood/©Universal Pictures FURIOUS 7, (aka FAST & FURIOUS 7), director James Wan, on set, 2015. ph: Scott Garfield/©Universal Pictures FURIOUS 7, (aka FAST & FURIOUS 7), director James Wan, on set, 2015. ph: Scott Garfield/©Universal Pictures FURIOUS 7, (aka FAST & FURIOUS 7), from left: director James Wan, Vin Diesel, on set, 2015. ph: Jamie Trueblood/©Universal Pictures ANNABELLE COMES HOME, (AKA ANNABELLE 3), FROM LEFT: DIRECTOR GARY DAUBERMAN, PRODUCER JAMES WAN, 2019. PH: JUSTIIN LUBIN/© WARNER BROTHERS AQUAMAN, DIRECTOR JAMES WAN (WEARING CAP), YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II (CENTER, REAR), ON SET, 2018. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© WARNER BROS. AQUAMAN, FROM LEFT: DIRECTOR JAMES WAN, AMBER HEARD, JASON MOMOA, WILLEM DAFOE, ON SET, 2018. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© WARNER BROS. AQUAMAN, DIRECTOR JAMES WAN ON SET, 2018. © WARNER BROS. INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, director James Wan on set, 2013, ph: Matt Kennedy/©FilmDistrict INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, director James Wan on set, 2013, ph: Matt Kennedy/©FilmDistrict INSIDIOUS, director James Wan, on set, 2010. ©FilmDistrict DEATH SENTENCE, director James Wan, on set, 2007. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved INSIDIOUS, director James Wan, on set, 2010. ©FilmDistrict INSIDIOUS, director James Wan, on set, 2010. ©FilmDistrict DEAD SILENCE, director James Wan, on set, 2007. ©Universal Pictures
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet M3GAN 2.0 Producer - 2025
20% 43% Night Swim Producer $32.5M 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Conjuring: Last Rites Producer - 2024
33% 81% Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Director,
Producer 		$124.5M 2023
80% 89% Saw X Executive Producer $53.4M 2023
52% 73% The Nun II Producer $86.3M 2023
39% 70% Insidious: The Red Door Producer $82.0M 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salem's Lot Producer - 2023
93% 78% M3GAN Producer $95.0M 2022
47% 17% There's Someone Inside Your House Producer - 2021
77% 52% Malignant Director,
Producer 		$13.4M 2021
55% 83% The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Producer $65.6M 2021
37% 76% Spiral: From the Book of Saw Executive Producer $23.2M 2021
55% 86% Mortal Kombat Producer $42.2M 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aquaman: King of Atlantis Executive Producer - 2021
64% 70% Annabelle Comes Home Producer $74.1M 2019
28% 35% The Curse of La Llorona Producer $54.7M 2019
65% 72% Aquaman Director $335.0M 2018
24% 35% The Nun Producer $117.4M 2018
33% 49% Insidious: The Last Key Producer $67.3M 2018
32% 88% Jigsaw Executive Producer $38.0M 2017
70% 68% Annabelle: Creation Producer $102.1M 2017
75% 61% Lights Out Producer $67.3M 2016
80% 81% The Conjuring 2 Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		$102.5M 2016
30% 22% Demonic Producer - 2015
56% 51% Insidious: Chapter 3 Producer $52.2M 2015
81% 82% Furious 7 Director $350.8M 2015
28% 35% Annabelle Producer $84.4M 2014
39% 57% Insidious: Chapter 2 Director $83.6M 2013
86% 83% The Conjuring Director $137.4M 2013
67% 62% Insidious Director,
Film Editing 		$54.0M 2010
9% 41% Saw: The Final Chapter Executive Producer $45.7M 2010
39% 49% Saw VI Executive Producer $27.7M 2009
13% 52% Saw V Executive Producer $56.7M 2008
18% 62% Saw IV Executive Producer $63.3M 2007
20% 60% Death Sentence Director $9.5M 2007
21% 51% Dead Silence Director $16.5M 2007
29% 71% Saw III Executive Producer $80.2M 2006
37% 59% Saw II Executive Producer $87.0M 2005
50% 84% Saw Director,
Writer 		$650.1K 2004
No Score Yet 70% Saw Director - 2003

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 67% Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles Executive Producer 2022
87% 74% Archive 81 Executive Producer 2022
41% 35% I Know What You Did Last Summer Executive Producer 2021
100% 67% Aquaman: King of Atlantis Executive Producer 2021
92% 73% Swamp Thing Executive Producer 2019
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Director 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2016