Leigh Whannell
Age: N/A | From: Melbourne, Australia
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia
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Movie Involvements: 99
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
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 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 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 2014 film Cooties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leigh Whannell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Aquaman
(2018) Cargo Pilot
Insidious: The Red Door
(2023) Specs
Blue Heelers
(1993) Jared Ryan
Insidious: Chapter 2
(2013) Specs
Saw
(2004) Adam Faulkner-Stanheight
Insidious: The Last Key
(2018) Specs
The Matrix Reloaded
(2003) Axel
The Bye Bye Man
(2017) Larry RedmonActing
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| 2023 | Specs | |
| 2020 | Self | |
| 2018 | Cargo Pilot | |
| Specs | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Matt | ||
| Larry Redmon | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Darren | ||
| Specs | ||
| 2014 | Doug | |
| Gavin Ellis | ||
| 2013 | Specs | |
| Security Guard | ||
| Clement Moss | ||
| David | ||
| 2012 | Donovan | |
| 2011 | Larry | |
| Specs | ||
| 2010 | Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Jatt (voice) | ||
| 2009 | Phillip | |
| 2008 | Neil | |
| Self | ||
| Matt | ||
| 2007 | Himself | |
| Spink | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2006 | Adam Stanheight | |
| 2005 | Adam Faulkner-Stanheight | |
| Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Adam Faulkner-Stanheight | |
| Chris | ||
| 2003 | David | |
| Nick D. | ||
| Axel | ||
| 2002 | Himself | |
| 1998 | Clown / Punk Kid | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1993 | Jared Ryan | |
| Guy (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
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Writing
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| 2017 | Characters | |
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| 2014 | Story | |
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| 2013 | Screenplay | |
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| 2011 | Writer | |
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| 2003 | Writer | |
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Production
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| 2003 | Executive Producer | |
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Directing
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| 2015 | Director | |
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Crew
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| 2015 | Thanks | |
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