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Oren Peli

Oren Peli is an Israeli filmmaker who wrote and directed the 2007 horror film Paranormal Activity.

born 1970Creating Paranormal ActivityProducing the Insidious filmsCo-creating the series The River

Born
23 March 1970, Ramat Gan
Occupation
film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor

Oren Peli was born in 1970 in Ramat Gan

Oren Peli was born in Ramat Gan to a Jewish family. At 19 he moved to the United States.

He started out as a software programmer. He helped develop Photon Paint, a graphics program for the Amiga, and wrote networking code for home console versions of Mortal Kombat 3 while at Sculptured Software. He never studied film.

His first film, Paranormal Activity, came out in 2007. The idea came from noises he heard at night after moving alone into his first house. The film was made privately on a budget of 15,000 dollars and earned more than 190 million dollars.

He then worked with James Wan and Leigh Whannell on Insidious and produced films in both franchises. In 2012 he wrote and produced Chernobyl Diaries and co-created the ABC series The River with Michael R. Perry. In 2015 he directed Area 51.

Oren Peli's life in 8 milestones

  1. 1970

    Born in Ramat Gan.

  2. 1994

    Worked as a programmer on the video game WWF Raw.

  3. 2007

    Released his first film, Paranormal Activity.

  4. 2010

    Served as a producer of Insidious.

  5. 2012

    The River, which he co-created, premiered on ABC.

  6. 2012

    Wrote and produced Chernobyl Diaries.

  7. 2015

    Directed his second film, Area 51.

  8. 2019

    Served as executive producer of the game Night Terrors: Bloody Mary.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Oren Peli and Hebrew Wikipedia, אורן פלי, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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