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James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of the film and television production company Atomic Monster. Beginning his career with the Saw franchise, Wan made his feature directorial debut with his first film in 2004. The franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan found new success with the Insidious series, in which he directed the first film in 2010 and its 2013 sequel. The same year as the second Insidious, Wan directed the first Conjuring film to critical and commercial success. He served as the director of the second installment in 2016 and produced subsequent films in the franchise. Outside of horror, Wan directed Furious 7 (2015), the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, and the DC Extended Universe superhero films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Both Furious 7 and Aquaman grossed over $1 billion, making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone. He is the 16th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Wan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
James Wan
Director
for Director in The Vessel: A X-Files and John Constantine crossover
Suggested by matthewfenner
In the bleak and rain-soaked outskirts of Seattle, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are called to investigate the chilling case of Lily Harper — a seven-year-old girl whose violent, unnatural behavior defies all medical explanation. What begins as another potential case of psychological disturbance quickly descends into a nightmare as Mulder and Scully witness phenomena that challenge even their seasoned skepticism. As Mulder wrestles with his belief in the extraordinary and Scully clings to science for reason, both are thrust into a reality where the line between the living and the damned is brutally thin. Their investigation leads them to a chain-smoking, world-weary exorcist — John Constantine — whose very presence reeks of battles fought in Hell’s shadow. Constantine warns them of Juz’ginor, a demon not merely possessing Lily but using her as a vessel to anchor itself to Earth, spreading corruption through human souls like a plague. As the three join forces, they uncover a web of occult rituals and secret sects devoted to opening the gates of Hell. Mulder and Scully must confront horrors beyond their comprehension — and a truth neither faith nor logic can fully grasp. In a finale drenched in fire, blood, and despair, Constantine faces his oldest adversary while Mulder and Scully’s faith in each other is pushed to its breaking point. The X-Files have never gone this deep into darkness — and not everyone will return unscarred.
