Person
John Erick Dowdle
Directing · Born 1972-12-09 · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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.
Known for
Marshals
Director
Joe Pickett
Writer
As Above, So Below
Director
Waco
Director
No Escape
Director
Waco: The Aftermath
Executive Producer
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Director
Devil
Director
Quarantine
Director
Katakomben 2
Director
Filmography
- 2026MarshalsDirector
- 2023Waco: The AftermathExecutive Producer
- 2021Joe PickettWriter
- 2018WacoDirector
- 2015No EscapeDirector
- 2014As Above, So BelowDirector
- 2010DevilDirector
- 2009Transcendent ManExecutive Producer
- 2008QuarantineDirector
- 2007The Poughkeepsie TapesDirector
- 2005The Dry SpellFree Clinic Doctor
- —School for ScumbagsDirector
- —Friday Night LightsDirector
- —Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of WondersDirector
- —Katakomben 2Director
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