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James Wan
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Malaysian-Australian director, producer, screenwriter, and comic book writer
James Wan is a Malaysian-Australian filmmaker and writer who directs, produces, and writes screenplays and comic books. He is a notable figure in the entertainment industry known for working across multiple creative roles in film and visual storytelling.
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- Works
- 23
Top works
- Rocko's Modern Life Static Cling
- Promising Young Woman
- Star Is Born
- Ne Zha
- TERMINATOR 2 Judgment Day
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- The Conjuring: Last Rites — Wedding Guest2025
- Superpowered: The DC Story — Self (archive footage)2023
- Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe — Self2020
- Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis — Self2019
- Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman' — Self2019
- Lavalantula — Tour Bus Passenger2015
- Insidious: Chapter 3 — Theater Director2015
- Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw — Self2015
- Not Quite Hollywood — Self2008
- The Making of Dead Silence — Self2007
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Wan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kuching
- Spouse
- Ingrid Bisu
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Australian English
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- James Wan by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- Residence
- Perth
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- date of birth
- 1977-02-26
- Commons category
- James Wan
- related category
- Category:Films directed by James Wan
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- described at URL
- www.tatlerasia.com/people/james-wan
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- name in native language
- James Wan
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Encyclopedic overview
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is a Malaysian-born 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 film and television production company Atomic Monster.
Wan made his feature directorial debut with Saw in 2004. The Saw 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.
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