Biography
Mike Flanagan (born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker best known for his horror work. Flanagan wrote, directed, produced, and edited the horror films Absentia (2011), Oculus (2013), Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Gerald's Game (2017), and Doctor Sleep (2019). He created, wrote, produced, and served as showrunner on the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Midnight Mass (2021), The Midnight Club (2022), and The Fall of...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Clayface
2026
Writer
A Hollywood horror tale centering on a B-movie actor who injects himself with a substance to keep himself relevant, only to find out that he can resha...

Shelby Oaks
2025
Executive Producer
The Paranormal Paranoids, a team of paranormal investigators, uncover a dark legacy and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia search...

The Room Returns!
2025
as Peter
A green-screen reliant remake of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 cult film.

The Room Returns!
2025
Executive Producer
A green-screen reliant remake of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 cult film.

The Life of Chuck
2025
as Mourner
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes cont...

The Life of Chuck
2025
Editor, Director, Producer
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes cont...

Heart Eyes
2025
Thanks
When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple...

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024
as Self
Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of hor...

V/H/S/Beyond
2024
Writer
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/...

King on Screen
2023
as Self
1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than...

Love You, Mama
2022
Editor
After the sudden death of her father, a young woman becomes haunted by the uncertainty of the world around her.

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020
as Self
"Return to the Overlook" is a behind-the-scenes featurette exploring the meticulous recreation of the iconic Overlook Hotel for Doctor Sleep. Cast and...

Doctor Sleep
2019
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous te...

Gerald's Game
2017
Director, Screenplay, Editor
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choic...

Dobaara: See Your Evil
2017
Executive Producer, Original Story
An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional journey of siblings Natasha M...

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
Director, Writer, Editor
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evi...

Before I Wake
2016
Director, Writer, Editor
An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.

Hush
2016
Director, Writer, Editor
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

Absentia: A Retrospective
2014
as Self
Documentary film on the making of Mike Flanagan's Absentia. Interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes.

Absentia: A Retrospective
2014
Editor
Documentary film on the making of Mike Flanagan's Absentia. Interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes.

Oculus
2013
Director, Screenplay, Editor
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Absentia
2011
Director, Writer, Producer
Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dea...

Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
2006
as Ghoul 2
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.

Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
2006
Director, Editor, Producer
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.

Chainsaw Sally
2004
Director of Photography
Sally is a young woman living two lives: a calmly librarian by day, and a brutal serial killer by night where she randomly targets any man or woman wh...

Ghosts of Hamilton Street
2003
Director, Writer, Editor
In this award-winning student film, a troubled writer questions his sanity as people in his life vanish without a trace - and it seems he's the only o...
Cold Harbor
2003
Editor
Four brothers, each lonely and alienated, reunite after their father commits suicide by drowning himself in the frigid ocean. Although the siblings do...

Still Life
2001
Director, Writer, Editor
Details the trials and tribulations of four student photographers who collaborate on one final project before graduation. Caught sharing photos in the...

Makebelieve
2000
Director, Writer, Editor
Coming of age drama focusing on the loves, lives, and infidelities of four college friends, all while working in a production of Romeo and Juliet.
Peekers
N/A
Screenplay
When citizens in a small town start to go missing, a police officer faces off against a mysterious gang of grinning weirdos to find her son and keep h...
Inherit the Earth
N/A
Screenplay
A servant protector robot is tasked to protect a young girl.

Untitled The Exorcist Film
N/A
Director, Writer, Producer
A “radical new take” on the franchise, one that will be set in the Exorcist universe but will not be a sequel to The Exorcist: Believer.
Snapshot 1988
N/A
Screenplay
A teenager looks after an elderly lady who is losing her memories not to dementia, but to a memory thief called The Phoenician.
Revival
N/A
Producer, Screenplay
Reverend Charles Jacobs, a minister in Harlow, Maine, who shares a secret obsession with boy Jamie Morton, a draw so powerful, it has profound consequ...
Epilogue
N/A
Producer
Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, a desperate couple set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.