Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
December 9, 1972 (53 years old)
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
John Erick Dowdle
Biography
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, as well as the 2015 thriller film No Escape.
In 2017, Dowdle co-created the miniseries Waco with his brother, which aired on Paramount Network in 2018.
Known For
Directing
Waco: The Aftermath
Executive Producer, Director, Creator
2023
Joe Pickett
Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
2021
Waco
Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
2018
No Escape
Director, Writer
2015
As Above, So Below
Director, Writer
2014
Devil
Director
2010
Transcendent Man
Executive Producer
2009
Quarantine
Director, Writer
2008
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Director, Writer, Story, Editor
2007