James Wan

James Wan

1977-02-26 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 93 Credits

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 ...

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Insidious: The Bleeding World

Insidious: The Bleeding World

2026

Producer

Producing

The sixth installment in the "Insidious" franchise.

Incidents Around the House

2026

Producer

Producing

Eight-year-old Bela lives in a home strained by her parents’ troubled marriage, only to see her life further upended by a sinister entity she calls “O...

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

2026

Producer

Producing

Plot TBA. Described as breathing modern life into ageless evil.

SOULM8TE

SOULM8TE

2025

Story, Producer

Writing Producing

A man acquires an artificially intelligent android to cope with the loss of his recently deceased wife, but in an attempt to create a truly sentient p...

Mortal Kombat II

Mortal Kombat II

2025

Producer

Producing

A sequel to the 2021 film 'Mortal Kombat'.

The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Conjuring: Last Rites

2025

Producer, Story

Producing Writing

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.

M3GAN 2.0

M3GAN 2.0

2025

Producer, Characters

7.2
Producing

After the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's ...

The Monkey

The Monkey

2025

Producer

6.0
Producing

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins...

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

2024

Producer

6.1
Producing

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Night Swim

Night Swim

2024

Producer

5.5
Producing

Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He ho...

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

2023

Producer, Story, Director

6.6
Producing Writing Directing

Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Arth...

Saw X

Saw X

2023

Executive Producer, Characters

7.2
Producing

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes o...

The Nun II

The Nun II

2023

Producer, Characters

6.7
Producing

In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful evil.

Insidious: The Red Door

Insidious: The Red Door

2023

Producer

6.6
Producing

To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing ...

M3GAN

M3GAN

2022

Story, Producer

7.1
Writing Producing

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orpha...

There's Someone Inside Your House

There's Someone Inside Your House

2021

Producer

5.4
Producing

As the countdown to graduation begins, students at Osborne High are being stalked by a maniac intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire t...

Malignant

Malignant

2021

Director, Producer, Story

6.8
Directing Producing Writing

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying r...

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

2021

Producer, Story

7.4
Producing Writing

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul...

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

2021

Characters, Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation...

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

2021

Producer

7.0
Producing

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth...

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

2020

as Self

7.3
Acting

Before The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It began filming, a bishop from the Order of Exorcists was called to bless the studio, cast, and crew. This...

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

2020

Thanks

7.3

Before The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It began filming, a bishop from the Order of Exorcists was called to bless the studio, cast, and crew. This...

Annabelle Comes Home

Annabelle Comes Home

2019

Story, Producer

6.4
Writing Producing

Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in t...

The Curse of La Llorona

The Curse of La Llorona

2019

Producer

5.7
Producing

In 1970s Los Angeles, ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own young kids are soon...

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

2019

as Self

6.2
Acting

Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.

Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman'

Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman'

2019

as Self

5.0
Acting

Documentary about creating a watery setting, sets and locations, costumes and production design, and general aspects of the film. A run-through of the...

Aquaman

Aquaman

2018

Director, Story

6.9
Directing Writing

Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.

The Nun

The Nun

2018

Producer, Story

5.9
Producing Writing

A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romani...

Insidious: The Last Key

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

Producer

6.3
Producing

Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier real...

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

2017

Executive Producer, Characters

6.2
Producing

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

Annabelle: Creation

Annabelle: Creation

2017

Producer

6.6
Producing

Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into t...

Lights Out

Lights Out

2016

Producer

6.4
Producing

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spir...

The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2

2016

Story, Screenplay, Director

7.3
Writing Directing Producing

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

2015

as Self

7.0
Acting

Generations of movie fans have thrilled to Saw's blood-curdling story of a serial killer who traps his victims in a sadistic game of survival. Game Ch...

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

2015

Thanks

7.0

Generations of movie fans have thrilled to Saw's blood-curdling story of a serial killer who traps his victims in a sadistic game of survival. Game Ch...

Lavalantula

Lavalantula

2015

as Tour Bus Passenger

4.9
Acting

Giant lava breathing tarantulas – Lavalantulas – erupt out of ancient volcanos in the Santa Monica Mountains, raining death and destruction upon Los A...

Insidious: Chapter 3

Insidious: Chapter 3

2015

as Theater Director

6.3
Acting

A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm, 'The Further'.

Insidious: Chapter 3

Insidious: Chapter 3

2015

Producer

6.3
Producing

A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm, 'The Further'.

Furious 7

Furious 7

2015

Director

7.2
Directing

Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.

Demonic

Demonic

2015

Producer

5.3
Producing

A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.

Annabelle

Annabelle

2014

Producer

5.8
Producing

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

Insidious: Chapter 2

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

Director, Story

6.7
Directing Writing

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

The Conjuring

The Conjuring

2013

Director

7.5
Directing

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful ...

Insidious

Insidious

2011

Director, Editor

6.9
Directing

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a profes...

Saw 3D

Saw 3D

2010

Executive Producer, Characters

6.0
Producing

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bo...

Saw VI

Saw VI

2009

Characters, Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer t...

Doggie Heaven

Doggie Heaven

2008

Director, Editor, Story

5.2
Directing Writing

The creative team behind the smash hit "Saw" films, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, tell the story of a young man who is having a dog of a day. Hes just...

Saw V

Saw V

2008

Characters, Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanw...

Not Quite Hollywood

Not Quite Hollywood

2008

as Self

6.9
Acting

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock...

Saw IV

Saw IV

2007

Executive Producer, Characters

6.2
Producing

Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises ...

Death Sentence

Death Sentence

2007

Director

6.8
Directing

Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by g...

The Making of Dead Silence

The Making of Dead Silence

2007

as Self

5.7
Acting

Short documentary on the making of Dead Silence.

Dead Silence

Dead Silence

2007

Director, Story

6.5
Directing Writing

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dum...

Saw III

Saw III

2006

Story, Executive Producer, Characters

6.4
Writing Producing

Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and ...

The Scott Tibbs Documentary

The Scott Tibbs Documentary

2006

Characters

5.0

Scott Tibbs, one of the Saw world's unseen background characters, takes his own unique perspective on the Jigsaw murders in his down-and-dirty documen...

Hitchcocked!

Hitchcocked!

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

Saw II

Saw II

2005

Executive Producer, Characters

6.6
Producing

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of ...

Saw: Rebirth

Saw: Rebirth

2005

Characters

5.5

This animated comic goes back in time to explore the events that spurred the transformation of mild-mannered John Kramer into the monstrous Jigsaw.

Hacking Away at Saw

Hacking Away at Saw

2005

as Self

6.0
Acting

Cary Elwes (Dr Gordon), writer/actor Leigh Whannell, director James Wan, Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) and the producers give insights on how Saw (2004) came to...

Saw

Saw

2004

Director, Story

7.4
Directing Writing

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbi...

Saw

Saw

2003

Director, Editor

7.0
Directing

David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.

Stygian

Stygian

1998

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A young couple find themselves trapped in a parallel dimension known as Exile, a world populated with killer clowns, mad scientists, marauding zombies...

The Last Train to New York

The Last Train to New York

N/A

Producer

Producing

English-language spin-off from the South Korean zombie film Train to Busan, depicting the outbreak in New York.

Below

N/A

Producer

Producing

Fresh out of a spell in prison, a man attempts to set his life right by working a mysterious job that requires him to seek out lifeforms hidden amongs...

Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit

N/A

Producer

Producing

Plot TBA. Based on a horror short story by Julianna Baggott.

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

N/A

Producer

Producing

Remake of "Arachnophobia" (1990), in which a deadly South American spider hitches a ride inside a coffin to a small California town and starts to bree...

Untitled James Wan Universal Monster Project

N/A

Producer

Producing

With shades of Disturbia, the tale will focus on a group of teens who discover that a neighbor is building a monster in his basement.

Cosmetic

Cosmetic

N/A

Original Concept, Producer

Producing

Set in the beauty industry, colliding the worlds of glamour and body horror in a supernatural tale of one girl’s deadly pursuit of perfection.

Knight Rider

Knight Rider

N/A

Producer

Producing

Based on the 1982 series of the same name, a lone crime fighter battles the forces of evil with the help of his indestructible and artificially intell...

Saw XI

Saw XI

N/A

Characters, Executive Producer

Producing

Eleventh installment in the 'Saw' franchise. Plot TBA.

The Burden

N/A

Producer

Producing

Based on the short film of the same name. While visiting her boyfriend's family home, a young woman learns about a sinister history with his unsettlin...

Thread: An Insidious Tale

Thread: An Insidious Tale

N/A

Producer

Producing

A husband and wife enlist the help of a spell to travel back in time in order to prevent the death of their young daughter. The consequences, of cours...

GMO

N/A

Producer

Producing

Set in the future, alights on a newly invented drug that solves a global famine but whose side effects drastically accelerate the ageing process. Afte...

Mass Extinction

N/A

Producer

Producing

Humans have lost earth to an alien virus, and a research and rescue team is sent down from the moon to deliver a cure to save the human race. On their...

Border Patrol

N/A

Producer

Producing

Shelter

N/A

Producer

Producing

Plot kept under wraps. The project is an original horror film set in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.

The Boy Who Drew Monsters

N/A

Producer

Producing

A 10-year-old boy who suffers from Asperger’s as well as agoraphobia. But he also develops the ability to bring to life whatever he draws, which unfor...

The Troop

N/A

Producer

Producing

A group of teens on a remote camping trip must fend for themselves when their adult chaperone falls prey to an aggressive otherworldly infection.

The Entity

N/A

Producer

Producing

A single mom is abused physically and sexually by a supernatural demon.

Smart House

N/A

Producer, Idea

Producing

A family in the witness protection program placed in the custody of a state of the art, autonomous 'smart house'. When a group of assassins locates th...

The Backrooms

The Backrooms

N/A

Producer

Producing

Planned film adaption based on viral found-footage shorts by 17-year-old Kane Parsons.

Dead by Daylight

N/A

Producer

Producing

Planned feature film adaptation based on the hit horror multiplayer video game of the same name.

Untitled Annabelle Film

N/A

Producer

Producing

You Take Care Now

N/A

Producer

Producing

Plot TBA. Described as a psychological thriller / horror film.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon

The Creature from the Black Lagoon

N/A

Director, Producer, Story

Directing Producing Writing

An upcoming remake of the 1954 film.

Untitled Leah McKendrick Monster Film

N/A

Producer

Producing

Plot details are being kept under wraps other than it revolving around a mythical monster.

Milk

N/A

Producer

Producing

On a late night, a young teen goes into the kitchen for a glass of milk. Upon encountering his sleepless mother, he quickly realizes things are not as...

Hunting Season

N/A

Producer

Producing

A law officer from the future is declared an enemy of the state and is sent back to the past as punishment. The man is stalked by a posse and has to f...

Sweet Tooth

N/A

Producer

Producing

Based on the short film with the same name.

My Wife and I Bought a Ranch…

N/A

Producer

Producing

A couple moves into their dream home in Idaho only to discover that a malevolent spirit inhabits their valley.

The Root of All Evil

N/A

Producer

Producing

Based on Ravi Somaiya's reporting on an exorcism in Mexico City.

Phasmophobia

N/A

Producer

Producing

Plot TBA. Based on the 2020 survival horror game.

Untitled Saw Film

N/A

Characters, Producer

Producing

Plot TBA.