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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

30

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-12-09 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Also Known As

John Erick Dowdle

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

Acting

The Dry Spell

2005

The Dry Spell

as

Free Clinic Doctor

Production

Crew

Directing