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Mike Flanagan

Mike Flanagan

Director · Born May 20, 1978 · Salem, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Mike Flanagan (born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker best known for his horror work. Flanagan wrote, directed, produced, and edited the horror films Absentia (2011), Oculus (2013), Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Gerald's Game (2017), and Doctor Sleep (2019). He created, wrote, produced, and served as showrunner on the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Midnight Mass (2021), The Midnight Club (2022), and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), also directing and editing some if not all episodes of each. Flanagan is married to actress Kate Siegel, who has been featured in most of his works since Oculus. They also wrote the screenplay of Hush together. Other frequent collaborators include Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Michael Trucco, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, Annabeth Gish, Katie Parker and Alex Essoe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Flanagan (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 20

2000s

  1. 2006

    Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan

    Director

  2. 2003

    Ghosts of Hamilton Street

    Director

  3. 2001

    Still Life

    Director

  4. 2000

    Makebelieve

    Director

No release date

  1. The Mist

    Director

Wrote 23

2000s

  1. 2006

    Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan

    Writer

  2. 2003

    Ghosts of Hamilton Street

    Writer

  3. 2001

    Still Life

    Writer

  4. 2000

    Makebelieve

    Writer

No release date

  1. The Mist

    Writer

Edited 20

2000s

  1. 2006

    Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan

    Editor

  2. 2003

    Ghosts of Hamilton Street

    Editor

  3. 2001

    Still Life

    Editor

  4. 2000

    Makebelieve

    Editor

Produced 16

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Haunting of Hill House

    Executive Producer

    84
  2. 2017

    Dobaara: See Your Evil

    Executive Producer

  3. 2011

    Absentia

    Producer

    66

2000s

  1. 2006

    Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan

    Producer

  2. 2001

    Still Life

    Producer

No release date

  1. The Mist

    Producer

Created 6

Acted in 5

2000s

  1. 2006

    Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan

    Ghoul 2

Camera 2

2000s

  1. 2006

    Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan

    Director of Photography

  2. 2004

    Chainsaw Sally

    Director of Photography

Sound 2

2000s

  1. 2001

    Still Life

    Music

  2. 2000

    Makebelieve

    Music

Appearances10

2020s

  1. 2026

    Boorman and the Devil

    Self

  2. 2025

    In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999

    Self

  3. Lake Mungo Revisited

    Self

  4. 2024

    In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

    Self

  5. Grave Conversations

    Self · 1 episode

  6. 2023

    King on Screen

    Self

    67
  7. 2022

    The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

    Self · 8 episodes

  8. 2020

    Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

    Self

2010s

  1. 2016

    The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

    Self - Guest Judge · 2 episodes

    75
  2. 2014

    Absentia: A Retrospective

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

2020s

  1. 2025

    Heart Eyes

    Thanks

    64