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Leigh Whannell

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Leigh Whannell

Born
1977-01-17 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Filmography
71 titles on TMDB
About Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell (/ˈli ˈwɑːnɛl/; born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and has since directed three more films, Upgrade (2018), The Invisible Man (2020) and Wolf Man (2025). Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was the producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009) and co-writer of the film Cooties (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Leigh Whannell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Backdrop from Insidious: Out of the Further

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Upcoming film projects involving Leigh Whannell.

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Films & television

61 titles

Specs (archive footage) · Characters · Producer

Adam · Story · Screenplay

Specs · Writer

Specs · Characters · Producer · Story

Specs · Writer · Characters · Producer

Specs · Characters · Story · Screenplay

Specs · Writer · Director · Characters

Cargo Pilot

Story · Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

Writer · Story

Executive Producer · Characters

Characters · Executive Producer

Dan (voice) · Executive Producer · Director · Screenplay

Director · Writer · Executive Producer

Characters · Executive Producer

Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited) · Executive Producer · Writer · Characters

Adam · Screenplay · Executive Producer · Story · Characters

Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited) · Executive Producer · Characters

Executive Producer · Characters

Characters · Executive Producer

Executive Producer · Characters

Doug · Executive Producer · Story · Screenplay

Elevator Guard

David · Executive Producer · Writer

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