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Adam Wingard

Born December 3, 1982 · Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (age 43)

Adam Wingard (/ˈwɪŋɡɑːrd/ WING-gard; born December 3, 1982) is an American filmmaker. He has been a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer in numerous American films. Following an early career as a member of the mumblecore movement, he became notable for his works in the horror and action genres, especially the films You're Next (2011) and The Guest (2…

Known For

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire · 2024

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

MovieActionAdventure

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

Godzilla vs. Kong

Godzilla vs. Kong · 2021

Godzilla vs. Kong

MovieActionScience Fiction

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

You're Next

You're Next · 2013

MovieHorrorThriller

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

The Guest

The Guest · 2014

MovieMysteryThriller

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

Onslaught

Onslaught · 2026

MovieActionThriller

When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.

Fear Street: 1994

Fear Street: 1994 · 2021

Fear Street: 1994

MovieHorrorMystery

After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

Death Note

Death Note · 2017

MovieCrimeFantasy

Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

Blair Witch

Blair Witch · 2016

MovieThrillerHorror

Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

Filmography

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire · 2024

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

MovieActionAdventure

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

Director

Godzilla vs. Kong

Godzilla vs. Kong · 2021

Godzilla vs. Kong

MovieActionScience Fiction

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

Director

You're Next

You're Next · 2013

MovieHorrorThriller

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

Director

The Guest

The Guest · 2014

MovieMysteryThriller

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

Director

Onslaught

Onslaught · 2026

MovieActionThriller

When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.

Director

Fear Street: 1994

Fear Street: 1994 · 2021

Fear Street: 1994

MovieHorrorMystery

After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

Executive Producer

Death Note

Death Note · 2017

MovieCrimeFantasy

Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

Director

Blair Witch

Blair Witch · 2016

MovieThrillerHorror

Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

Director

V/H/S

MovieThrillerHorror

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

Director

V/H/S/2

V/H/S/2 · 2013

MovieHorrorThriller

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

Director

The ABCs of Death

The ABCs of Death · 2013

The ABCs of Death

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Director

The Last Survivors

The Last Survivors · 2014

The Last Survivors

MovieThrillerAction

In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.

Editor

Seance

At an elite boarding school for girls, six friends jokingly engage in a late night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.

Executive Producer

She Dies Tomorrow

She Dies Tomorrow · 2020

She Dies Tomorrow

Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys through what might be the last day of their lives.

Dune Buggy Man

Art History

Art History · 2011

MovieDramaRomance

Tension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget film. As the actress and her co-star develop real feelings for each other, the director's jealousy erupts and he begins sabotaging his own production.

Director of Photography

Blackmail Boys

Blackmail Boys · 2010

MovieDramaComedy

After moving to Chicago for art school, Sam begins turning tricks to help pay the bills.

Director of Photography

Autoerotic

Autoerotic · 2011

MovieDramaComedy

Four interconnected Chicago couples explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration.

Director

Pop Skull

Pop Skull · 2007

MovieHorrorThriller

Addled prescription drug addict Daniel finds himself unraveling further under the stress of a recent breakup. Worse yet, he lives in a house haunted by nightmarish events from the past, images of which torment him in terrifying dreams. This hallucinatory horror film leaps off the screen with its disturbingly vivid visuals.

Director

A Horrible Way to Die

A Horrible Way to Die · 2010

A Horrible Way to Die

MovieHorrorThriller

An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.

Director

The Zone

The Zone · 2011

A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the following day he sleeps with all three roommates and then disappears, leading to conversations about God, life and filmmaking.

Director of Photography

24 Exposures

24 Exposures · 2013

MovieThrillerDrama

Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.

Billy

Home Sick

Home Sick · 2007

A maniac with a suitcase full of razorblades unleashes a super human killer upon a group of kids in a small Alabama town. They must take up arms with a insane Chili enthusiast if they want to survive.

Director

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero · 2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

MovieDramaComedy

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

Director

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape · 2011

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

MovieDramaThriller

An anthology film consisting of four segments, entitled "Hot Boys," "The Sleep Creep," "The Meat Man," and "Silver Bullets," each of which obliquely dramatizes an incident of sexual assault. The four stories take place in the same small American town on four different holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day. "What Fun We Were Having" screened publicly once at the 2011 Fantasia International Film Festival, but received no further distribution.

Director

Outcast

Outcast · 2016

SeriesMysteryDrama

Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.

Director