James Wan (born 1977) is a film director from Perth, Australia of Chinese Ethnicity. He was born in Kuching, Malaysia, but grew up in Perth. Wan is best known for the 2004 horror/thriller "Saw" which he made with Leigh Whannell, whom he met while in film school. Before that he made his first feature film "Stygian" with Shannon Young that won Best Guerilla Film at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in 2000. Wikipedia
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