Australian screenwriter, actor, producer, and director
Leigh Whannell
Whannell in 2018
Born
(1977-01-17) January 17, 1977 (age 47)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations
Actor
screenwriter
producer
director
Years active
1996–present
Signature
Leigh Whannell (/ˈliˈwɑːnɛl/;[1] born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He is best known for writing films 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 two more films, Upgrade (2018) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam character in three of the installments.[2] He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties.
^"Leigh Whannell (full interview)". YouTube. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
LeighWhannell (/ˈli ˈwɑːnɛl/; born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James...
film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a screenplay by LeighWhannell and a story by Whannell and James Wan. It is the third installment in the Saw film...
American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by LeighWhannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten as Jamie Ashen, a young widower returning...
Amanda Young is a fictional character created by James Wan and LeighWhannell who is an antagonist of the Saw franchise. She first appeared in Saw (2004)...
Whannell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dan Whannell (1899–1929), former Australian rules footballer LeighWhannell (born 1977)...
Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. It has worked with directors such as LeighWhannell, Jordan Peele, Scott Derrickson, Christopher Landon, James Wan, Mike...
stars Bella Thorne, Ioan Gruffudd, Natalie Martinez, Chandler Riggs, LeighWhannell, Matthew Willig and Christopher James Baker. The film was released on...
is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by LeighWhannell and Bousman. It is the sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment...
characters created primarily by directors and screenwriters James Wan, LeighWhannell, Darren Lynn Bousman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. The films...
Media in 1999. Prior to 2003, Wan and his friend, fellow filmmaker LeighWhannell, had begun writing a script for a horror film, citing their dreams and...
games. Saw IV was the first film in the franchise to not be written by LeighWhannell or James Wan. It was released by Lionsgate Films in the United States...
their roles. Scott Teems wrote the script based on a story by LeighWhannell. Whannell, James Wan, Jason Blum, and Oren Peli will produce the film. He...
"Breakout star of the year", 2019 "The Mule – Q & A with Angus Sampson, LeighWhannell, Georgina Haig and Chris Pang". Australians in Film. Archived from the...
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