Mike Flanagan

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 Hushtogether. 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.

Known For

Midnight Mass

as Young Priest

Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan

as Ghoul 2

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

as Self - Guest Judge

King on Screen

as Self

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

as Self

Absentia: A Retrospective

as Self

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

as Self - Interviewee

The Room Returns!

as Peter

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

as Self

Grave Conversations

as Self