32 Facts About Mike Flanagan (filmmaker)

Mike Flanagan was born on May 20,1978 and is an American filmmaker, best known for his horror work.

Mike Flanagan created, wrote, produced, and served as showrunner on the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and The Fall of the House of Usher, directing and editing some if not all episodes of each.

Mike Flanagan is married to actress Kate Siegel, who has been featured in most of his works since Oculus.

Mike Flanagan was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on May 20,1978.

Mike Flanagan later lived in Maryland, where he was a student at Archbishop Spalding High School before attending Towson University.

Mike Flanagan later characterized them as "unfit for public consumption" but called them "incredible learning experiences".

Mike Flanagan originally intended for the Oculus story to be told in a series of short films, but he could not find the financing.

Mike Flanagan directed Absentia, which was financed through a Kickstarter campaign, in response to this rejection.

Mike Flanagan shot his next film, Before I Wake, in 2013.

The film was then scheduled for September 9,2016, but Relativity pulled the film three weeks ahead of this date, prompting a public argument between Mike Flanagan and Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh on Twitter; Kavanaugh claimed September 9 was a "bad date" while Mike Flanagan suggested that Relativity was financially unable to release the film.

Mike Flanagan wrote and directed Ouija: Origin of Evil, which starred Elizabeth Reaser, Henry Thomas, and Annalise Basso.

Around the same time, it was revealed that Mike Flanagan had been working on a "secret project" called Hush.

In 2017 Mike Flanagan directed, wrote, and edited the psychological horror film Gerald's Game, based on the 1992 novel of the same title by Stephen King.

In 2018, Mike Flanagan created, wrote, directed, produced, and edited the Netflix supernatural horror series The Haunting of Hill House, based on Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name.

In 2019, Mike Flanagan wrote and directed the horror film Doctor Sleep, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, itself the sequel to his previous novel The Shining.

Around the same time, it was announced that Mike Flanagan had joined frequent collaborator Trevor Macy as a partner in Intrepid Pictures and that the duo had signed an exclusive overall deal with Netflix to produce television content.

Mike Flanagan wrote, directed and served as showrunner on the seven-episode series, which was released in September 2021 to critical acclaim after a production delay in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In May 2020 it was announced that Mike Flanagan would adapt numerous novels by Christopher Pike into a new series, titled The Midnight Club, for Netflix.

Mike Flanagan co-created the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner.

In October 2021 it was announced that Mike Flanagan would create The Fall of the House of Usher, an eight-episode limited series for Netflix based on the short story of the same name and other works by Edgar Allan Poe.

Mike Flanagan directed four episodes of the series, with the other four helmed by his longtime cinematographer Michael Fimognari.

In May 2024, Mike Flanagan left Intrepid Pictures to launch his own company, Red Room Pictures.

In May 2023, it was announced that Mike Flanagan would adapt King's drama novella The Life of Chuck from the short story collection If It Bleeds into a feature film starring Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill.

In December 2022, Mike Flanagan signed a first-look overall TV deal with Amazon Studios.

Mike Flanagan owns the television rights to The Dark Tower, a series of fantasy novels written by Stephen King.

Later that month, Mike Flanagan was confirmed to be directing a new Exorcist film as a reboot with plans for a new trilogy being scrapped following the reception of The Exorcist: Believer.

In October 2024, Mike Flanagan announced he was developing a television series adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie for Amazon MGM Studios.

In December 2024, Mike Flanagan was attached to a film based on the DC Comics character Clayface, a project he initially pitched to DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran in March 2023.

Mike Flanagan is set to write the project while the studio searched for a director amidst his ongoing commitments to The Exorcist reboot and the Carrie series.

Mike Flanagan was formerly in a relationship with actress Courtney Bell, who starred in his film Absentia, and with whom he has a son.

Mike Flanagan spent years studying various religions, later describing Midnight Mass as a passion project that was "deeply personal" and dealt intimately with his Catholic upbringing and his eventual atheism, as well as his sobriety.

Mike Flanagan is known for his recurring collaborations with certain actors.