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Darren Lynn Bousman
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Born
January 11
,
1979
·
Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Height
5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
Mini Bio
Darren Lynn Bousman was born on January 11, 1979 in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. He is a director and producer, known for
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
,
Saw II (2005)
and
Abattoir (2016)
. He has been married to
Laura Bousman
since January 2, 2010. They have two children.
Family
Spouse
Laura Bousman
(January 2, 2010 - present) (2 children)
Trademarks
Sharp glasses
Seamless scene transitions, which are done practically
Trivia
Member of the unofficial "Splat Pack," a term coined by film historian Alan Jones in Total Film magazine for the modern wave of directors making brutally violent horror films. The other "Splat Pack" members are
Alexandre Aja
,
Neil Marshall
,
Adam Green
,
Greg McLean
,
Eli Roth
,
James Wan
,
Leigh Whannell
&
Rob Zombie
.
Is the first horror director to ever have his first three major Hollywood films open up at #1.
Saw II (2005)
,
Saw III (2006)
and
Saw IV (2007)
.
Often starts his films with up close shots of objects.
His favorite film is
The Last House on the Left (1972)
. He even makes a reference to it in his directorial debut
Saw II (2005)
.
Worked on the set of The X-Files guarding the honey wagon. He was fired due to constantly working on "scripts" on the job. The script at the time was called "The Desperate" which was eventually turned into Saw II.
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