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Mike Flanagan
Director 48 years old

Mike Flanagan

Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Mike Flanagan (born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker best known for his horror work. Flanagan wrote, directed, produced, and edited the horror films Absentia (2011), Oculus (2013), Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Gerald's Game (2017), and Doctor... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
The Life of Chuck

The Life of Chuck

Mike Flanagan 2024 1h 51m 8.5

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

Mike Flanagan 2019 2h 32m 6.9

Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.

Gerald's Game

Gerald's Game

Mike Flanagan 2017 1h 44m 5.3

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie -- handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house -- faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Mike Flanagan 2016 1h 39m 5.8

In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

Hush

Hush

Mike Flanagan 2016 1h 22m 5.0

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

Before I Wake

Before I Wake

Mike Flanagan 2016 1h 37m 5.5

About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.

Oculus

Oculus

Mike Flanagan 2013 1h 44m 5.9

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Absentia

Absentia

Mike Flanagan 2011 1h 31m 5.8

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on.

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