Director

John Erick Dowdle

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 1All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 77147

IMDb ID: nm0235719

Known for: Directing

Born: December 9, 1972

Age: 53

Place of birth: St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2005 - 2023

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q3181441

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Biography

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.