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James Wan (born 1977) is a film director from Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Kuching, Malaysia, however grew up in Perth. Wan is best known for the 2004 horror/thriller Saw which he made with Leigh Whannell, whom he met while in film school. After the duo made a short film to showcase the intensity of the script, the film was financed and produced and became a low-budget sleeper hit in the fall of 2004. Though Wan did not direct the sequel Saw 2 (which came out in the fall of 2005), he and Whannell served as executive producers to the film,hoveover Whannel wrote the script along with Darren Lynn Bousmann. He is currently working with Whannell, directing Silence (2006). He is also the co-writer of Saw 3 alongside Whannell.

Schools attended:

• St. Thomas Primary School, Kuching, Malaysia
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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