John Erick Dowdle

Age: 53

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John Erick Dowdle (born December 9, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for horror films. He usually works with his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and co-screenwriter. With his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and/or co-screenwriter, John Erick Dowdle directed the horror films Quarantine, Devil, based on a storybook from M. Night Shyamalan, and As Above, So Below, as well as the 2015 thriller film No Escape. In 2017, Dowdle co-created the miniseries Waco with his brother, which aired on Paramount Network in 2018.

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Manhunt

James Earl Cash is a death row convict who was going to be executed at Darkwoods Penitentiary for his crimes committed in the past, however he was saved at the last minute by an unknown subject, who ordered Cash to be sedated. instead of executing him, causing the press to believe that he had died instantly. Upon waking up, Cash speaks through a headset with this guy who calls himself "The Director", and informs him that he saved his life and promises him freedom at the end of the night, but to earn it he must star in his new snuff film. "Manhunt", thus beginning Cash's brutal odyssey through the dangerous streets of Carcer City, ending all the gangs in the city and being able to earn his freedom and then start a new life.

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