Directing
John Erick Dowdle
Born December 9, 1972 · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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
6.3
As Above, So Below
Director, Writer
6.3
Devil
Director
6.8
No Escape
Director, Writer
6.0
Quarantine
Director, Writer
5.9
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Writer, Director, Story, Editor
6.2
Marshals
Director
7.8
Waco
Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
7.6
Joe Pickett
Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
7.3
Waco: The Aftermath
Executive Producer, Director, Creator
7.1
Transcendent Man
Executive Producer
4.0 TMDB
The Dry Spell
Free Clinic Doctor, Director, Writer, Editor
School for Scumbags
Director
Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders
Director, Screenplay
As Above, So Below 2
Director, Writer
Filmography
- 2026MarshalsDirectorSeries
- 2023Waco: The AftermathExecutive Producer, Director, CreatorSeries
- 2021Joe PickettExecutive Producer, Director, Writer, CreatorSeries
- 2018WacoDirector, Executive Producer, Writer, CreatorSeries
- 2015No EscapeDirector, WriterMovie
- 2014As Above, So BelowDirector, WriterMovie
- 2010DevilDirectorMovie
- 2009Transcendent ManExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2008QuarantineDirector, WriterMovie
- 2007The Poughkeepsie TapesWriter, Director, Story, EditorMovie
- 2005The Dry SpellFree Clinic Doctor, Director, Writer, EditorMovie
- —School for ScumbagsDirectorMovie
- —Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of WondersDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- —As Above, So Below 2Director, WriterMovie