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John Erick Dowdle

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John Erick Dowdle

Born December 9, 1972 · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (age 53)

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, …

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As Above, So BelowAs Above, So Below · 2014
As Above, So Below
★ 6.82014
MovieHorrorThriller
When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.
No EscapeNo Escape · 2015
No Escape
★ 7.02015
MovieThrillerAction
In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
DevilDevil · 2010
Devil
★ 6.12010
MovieHorrorMystery
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.
The Poughkeepsie TapesThe Poughkeepsie Tapes · 2007
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
★ 6.52007
MovieHorrorMystery
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.
QuarantineQuarantine · 2008
Quarantine
★ 5.82008
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Transcendent ManTranscendent Man · 2009
Transcendent Man
★ 6.72009
MovieDocumentaryScience Fiction
The compelling feature-length documentary film, by director Barry Ptolemy, chronicles the life and controversial ideas of luminary Ray Kurzweil. For more than three decades, inventor, futures, and New York Times best-selling author Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future.
School for ScumbagsSchool for Scumbags
School for Scumbags
MovieComedyCrime
An often-expelled student finds a home at the Gafin School for "misdirected" teens -- an institution run by professional thieves.
The Dry SpellThe Dry Spell · 2005
The Dry Spell
★ 4.02005
MovieComedy
THE DRY SPELL chronicles 48 hours in the life of a guy who can't get laid at the tail end of a 2-year-long dry spell.

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