Writing

David Kajganich

Born November 15, 1969 · Lorain, Ohio, USA (age 56)

David Kajganich (born November 15, 1969) is an American screenwriter and producer. He has written several works in the horror genre, including the network series The Terror (2018) and the film Bones and All (2022). He has collaborated on three films with the Italian director Luca Guadagnino: A Bigger Splash (2015) and the horror films Suspiria (2018) and Bones and All (2022). Description above fr…

Known For

Bones and All

Bones and All · 2022

MovieHorrorRomance

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

The Invasion

The Invasion · 2007

MovieHorrorMystery

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

Suspiria

Suspiria · 2018

MovieHorrorMystery

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

A Bigger Splash

A Bigger Splash · 2015

A Bigger Splash

MovieDramaThriller

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

True Story

True Story · 2015

MovieCrimeDrama

A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

Blood Creek

Blood Creek · 2009

MovieHorrorThriller

A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.

Piranesi

MovieFantasyAnimation

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls, an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.

The Terror

The Terror · 2018

SeriesMysteryDrama

A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.

Filmography

Sort

Bones and All

Bones and All · 2022

MovieHorrorRomance

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

Producer

The Invasion

The Invasion · 2007

MovieHorrorMystery

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

Screenplay

Suspiria

Suspiria · 2018

MovieHorrorMystery

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Screenplay

A Bigger Splash

A Bigger Splash · 2015

A Bigger Splash

MovieDramaThriller

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

Screenplay

True Story

True Story · 2015

MovieCrimeDrama

A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

Screenplay

Blood Creek

Blood Creek · 2009

MovieHorrorThriller

A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.

Screenplay

Piranesi

MovieFantasyAnimation

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls, an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.

Screenplay

The Terror

The Terror · 2018

SeriesMysteryDrama

A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.

Writer