Michael Chaves

Michael Chaves is an American film director screenwriter visual effects artist editor and executive producer best known for his work on the miniseries Chase Champion and the theatrical films The Curse of La Llorona and The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It Chaves began directing several short films including The Maiden which won the Best Super Short Horror Film Award at Shriekfest 2016 He also created the television series Chase Champion and directed all of the episodes He transitioned to featurelength filmmaking with horror films The Curse of La Llorona The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It and The Nun 2 all produced by James Wan which are the sixth eighth and ninth installments of The Conjuring Universe respectively He is also signed on to direct another horror film The Reckoning for Michael Bay Bradley Fuller and Andrew Form under Platinum Dunes with a script written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan