James Wan

Born: 1977-02-26 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Known For: Directing

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 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.

Filmography

2026

Mortal Kombat II ... (Producer)
SOULM8TE ... (Story)
Insidious: The Bleeding World ... (Producer)
Lee Cronin's The Mummy ... (Producer)
Backrooms ... (Producer)
Other Mommy ... (Producer)

2025

The Conjuring: Last Rites as Wedding Guest
M3GAN 2.0 ... (Producer)
The Monkey ... (Producer)
True Haunting ... (Executive Producer)
The Copenhagen Test ... (Executive Producer)

2024

Night Swim ... (Producer)
Teacup ... (Executive Producer)
Salem's Lot ... (Producer)

2023

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom ... (Producer)
The Nun II ... (Producer)
Insidious: The Red Door ... (Producer)
Saw X ... (Executive Producer)
Superpowered: The DC Story as Self (archive footage)

2022

M3GAN ... (Story)
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles ... (Executive Producer)
Archive 81 ... (Executive Producer)

2018

Aquaman ... (Director)
The Nun ... (Producer)
Insidious: The Last Key ... (Producer)

2017

Annabelle: Creation ... (Producer)
Jigsaw ... (Executive Producer)

2016

MacGyver ... (Director)
The Conjuring 2 ... (Story)
Lights Out ... (Producer)

2015

Furious 7 ... (Director)
Insidious: Chapter 3 as Theater Director
Lavalantula as Tour Bus Passenger
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw as Self
Demonic ... (Producer)

2014

Annabelle ... (Producer)

2013

The Conjuring ... (Director)
Insidious: Chapter 2 ... (Director)

2011

Insidious ... (Director)

2010

Saw 3D ... (Executive Producer)

2009

Saw VI ... (Characters)

2008

Saw V ... (Characters)
Doggie Heaven ... (Director)
Not Quite Hollywood as Self

2007

Dead Silence ... (Director)
Saw IV ... (Executive Producer)
Death Sentence ... (Director)
The Making of Dead Silence as Self
30 Even Scarier Movie Moments as Himself

2006

Saw III ... (Story)
The Scott Tibbs Documentary ... (Characters)
Hitchcocked! as Self

2005

Saw II ... (Executive Producer)
Saw: Rebirth ... (Characters)
Hacking Away at Saw as Self

2004

Saw ... (Director)

2003

Saw ... (Director)

1998

Stygian ... (Director)