James Wan
James Wan attending Comic Con, 2007
Born	1977 Kuching, Malaysia

James Wan (born 1977) is an Australian film director from Perth. He is known for directing the horror films Saw and Dead Silence. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (480 × 640 pixel, file size: 87 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Kuching is the capital of the East Malaysian State of Sarawak. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Horror Movie redirects here. ... Saw is a 2004 horror movie, and the first installment of the Saw film series. ... Dead Silence (originally titled Shhhh. ...

Biography

James Wan was born in Kuching, Malaysia and is of Chinese Ethnicity. He was later brought up in Perth, Western Australia from a young age. It was his childhood dream to make films from the age of 11. He followed this dream when he went onto study at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, completing his Bachelor of Arts degree.^[1] Kuching is the capital of the East Malaysian State of Sarawak. ...

Before making it big in the film industry he made his first feature film Stygian with Shannon Young which won Best Guerilla Film at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in 2000.^[2]

He met Leigh Whannell while in film school, unaware that he would later go on to direct the 2004 horror flick, Saw with the help of Leigh who wrote the script. Wan and Whannell made a short of the film, Saw to showcase the intensity of the script; in which Whannell portrayed the main character of David. They were astounded when film producer, Gregg Hoffman agreed to produce the film that was to become a record breaking horror franchise.^[3] The film was financed and developed, later becoming a low-budget sleeper hit in the fall of 2004. Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977 in Melbourne) is an Australian screenwriter, film producer and actor, most famous for his work on the Saw film series. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saw is a 2004 horror movie, and the first installment of the Saw film series. ... Saw is a short 9 and a half-minute film by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. ... Saw is a 2004 horror movie, and the first installment of the Saw film series. ... Gregg Hoffman (June 11, 1963 – December 4, 2005) born in Phoenix, Arizona, was a movie producer responsible for developing the hit movies Saw and Saw II. He was working on Saw III and other films for Twisted Pictures when he died in a hospital in Hollywood, California of natural causes...

Since creating the franchise, Wan has continued to produce sequels, Saw II, Saw III and increased his role as Executive producer for the upcoming film Saw IV. Wan has been busy creating other works with his film school partner Leigh. In 2007 he went on to increase his filmography with another horror movie, Dead Silence, and the action drama Death Sentence.^[4] Having worked on his last three films back to back, Wan told CraveOnline that he's ready for "a bit of time off just to chill... but at the same time I'm using this opportunity to write again."^[5] This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... Saw III is the third installment in the Saw horror film series. ... Saw IV is an upcoming horror/slasher film scheduled to be released on October 26, 2007. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Dead Silence (originally titled Shhhh. ... Death Sentence is a 2007 loosely based on Brian Garfields 1975 novel. ...

Filmography

Director

• 2004 : Saw
• 2007 : Dead Silence
• 2007 : Death Sentence

Saw is a 2004 horror movie, and the first installment of the Saw film series. ... Dead Silence (originally titled Shhhh. ... Death Sentence is a 2007 loosely based on Brian Garfields 1975 novel. ...

Producer

• 2005 : Saw II
• 2006 : Saw III
• 2007 : Saw IV (Executive Producer)

This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... Saw III is the third installment in the Saw horror film series. ... Saw IV is an upcoming horror/slasher film scheduled to be released on October 26, 2007. ...

Writer

• 2004 : Saw (story)
• 2006 : Saw III (story)

Saw is a 2004 horror movie, and the first installment of the Saw film series. ... Saw III is the third installment in the Saw horror film series. ...

References

External links

• James Wan at the Internet Movie Database