James Wan was born on 26 February 1977 and is an Australian filmmaker.
37 Facts About James Wan
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James Wan has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe.
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James Wan served as the director of the second installment in 2016 while producing subsequent films in the franchise.
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James Wan is the 19th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over worldwide.
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James Wan was born on 26 February 1977 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia to Malaysian Chinese parents.
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James Wan attended Lake Tuggeranong College in Canberra before returning to Perth as an adult.
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James Wan relocated from Perth to Melbourne, where he attended RMIT University; he graduated from RMIT with a Bachelor of Arts in Media in 1998.
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The first was the horror film Dead Silence, which was the result of advice from James Wan and Whannell's agent at the time; James Wan and Whannell have since stated that the film was a negative experience for them.
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James Wan returned to the horror genre with the film Insidious, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the "Midnight Madness" program and was sold to Sony Pictures Worldwide for a seven-figure sum within four hours of the premiere's conclusion.
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At that stage, James Wan had several more weeks before the film was completed.
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James Wan later admitted that he wasn't as involved in the sequel, adding "it would be good to shepherd it and keep it more in track to the version I had when I made the first film so that it doesn't detour too far" since he never intended to make a sequel initially.
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James Wan was part of a directorial shortlist alongside Jeff Wadlow, Baltasar Kormakur and Harald Zwart.
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James Wan later completed a deal to direct The Conjuring 2 as part of a significant long-term deal with New Line Cinema.
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Head of New Line, Toby Emmerich, explained that James Wan is the sole director that the studio signed a deal with, as New Line considers James Wan to be "a class of one".
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That same month, James Wan launched his own production company, Atomic Monster Productions, at New Line Cinema.
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James Wan later produced Demonic, a Dimension Films horror movie that was scheduled for a December 2014 release, alongside Lee Clay.
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James Wan conceived the idea for the film, which was directed by Will Canon and features Maria Bello in the lead role.
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James Wan then produced Annabelle, a spin-off of The Conjuring that served as a prequel to the 2013 film.
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James Wan co-wrote The Nun and Annabelle Comes Home with Gary Dauberman.
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In 2018, James Wan directed the DC Extended Universe superhero film Aquaman.
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In 2019, James Wan developed a television series based on the character Swamp Thing, for the DC Universe streaming service.
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In 2021, James Wan directed the horror film Malignant, starring Annabelle Wallis; and co-produced the film adaptation of the slasher novel There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins, under his Atomic Monster label, alongside Shawn Levy's 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix.
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In February 2018, James Wan was confirmed to executive produce the animated adaptation of Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo comic book series.
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James Wan will produce the film adaptation under his Atomic Monster label, with an eye to direct.
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Discussions of a follow-up film had begun during post-production, when James Wan stated to the British movie magazine Total Film that the first film purposefully left room for further stories.
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In 2021, James Wan executive produced the television adaptation of I Know What You Did Last Summer for Amazon Prime.
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James Wan is attached to a television series based on the Italian horror comics series Dylan Dog.
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In March 2020, James Wan was announced to be working with Universal Pictures to produce a modern remake of Frankenstein.
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James Wan will produce the horror film Border Patrol with Screen Gems, with Johannes Roberts directing the movie.
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However, nothing materialised and James Wan lost the rights to the film.
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In 2012, Disney was reported to be developing a remake of The Rocketeer and James Wan was in talks about directing the film.
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James Wan executive produced the series and directed the pilot episode.
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James Wan was at one point attached to the director role for a live action Robotech film for Sony, but was replaced by Andy Muschietti in July 2017.
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James Wan would have produced while Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald were signed on to write the script.
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On 22 June 2019, James Wan became engaged to Romanian-German actress Ingrid Bisu, making the announcement on his Instagram account.
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James Wan has worked with certain crew members repeatedly throughout his directorial career:.
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Critical, public and commercial reception to films James Wan has directed as of 16 September 2021:.