James Wan

James Wan born 26 February 1977 is a Malaysiaborn Australian film director screenwriter producer and comic book writer He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the cocreator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring universe Wan is also the founder of Atomic Monster which has produced film and television projects After directing the microbudget film Stygian 2000 Wan made his professional feature directorial debut with Saw 2004 The film was a hit and launched a franchise that has grossed more than 1 billion globally Following a period of setbacks with the underperforming titles Dead Silence and Death Sentence both 2007 Wan returned to commercial success with the PG13 supernatural horrorfantasy Insidious 2010 and went on to direct Insidious Part 2 2013 and to produce further sequels in the series In between his two Insidious projects Wan directed the more traditional supernatural horror film The Conjuring 2013 which achieved enormous critical and commercial success and spawned a sprawling set of sequels and spinoffs collectively known as The Conjuring Universe Wan served as the director of The Conjuring 2 2016 while producing subsequent films in the franchise such as Annabelle 2014 and The Nun 2018 The Conjuring Universe is the second highestgrossing horror franchise at over 2 billion Outside of horror Wan directed Furious 7 2015 the seventh installment in the Fast Furious franchise and the DC Extended Universe superhero film Aquaman 2018 Both grossed over 1 billion making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone He is the 20th highestgrossing director of all time as of 2021 with his films having grossed over 36 billion worldwide