Mike Flanagan

Mike Flanagan

Nacimiento : 1978-05-20, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Historia

Mike Flanagan (born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker and partner in Intrepid Pictures. Flanagan's work has attracted the praise of critics for his directing, focus on characters and themes rarely depicted in horror, and lack of reliance on jump scares; Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino and William Friedkin, among others, have praised him. Flanagan is best known for his horror films, all of which he directed, wrote, and edited, including Absentia (2011), Oculus (2013), Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil (all 2016), Gerald's Game (2017), and Doctor Sleep (2019). He is also known for having created, produced and served as showrunner on the Netflix supernatural horror anthology series The Haunting which consists of The Haunting of Hill House (2018), a season based on Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), a season based on the horror novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, both of which he has directed, written and edited episodes of. Flanagan also created and directed the Netflix horror mini-series Midnight Mass (2021), as well as the upcoming series The Midnight Club. Flanagan is married to actress Kate Siegel, who has been featured in most of his works since Oculus; they also wrote the screenplay of Hush together.

Perfil

Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan

Películas

Traición Santa
Executive Producer
1912, la casa de Benjamina, una monja de Villablanca, un pueblo abandonado. Tres abogados y un destino, exterminar al demonio, que se encuentra entre ellos. ¿Quién será el traidor?
Doctor Sueño
Editor
Secuela del film de culto "El resplandor" (1980) dirigido por Stanley Kubrick y también basado en una famosa novela de Stephen King. La historia transcurre algunos años después de los acontecimientos de "The Shining", y sigue a Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor), traumatizado y con problemas de ira y alcoholismo que hacen eco de los problemas de su padre Jack, que cuando sus habilidades psíquicas resurgen, se contacta con una niña de nombre Abra Stone, a quien debe rescatar de un grupo de viajeros que se alimentan de los niños que poseen el don de "el resplandor".
Doctor Sueño
Screenplay
Secuela del film de culto "El resplandor" (1980) dirigido por Stanley Kubrick y también basado en una famosa novela de Stephen King. La historia transcurre algunos años después de los acontecimientos de "The Shining", y sigue a Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor), traumatizado y con problemas de ira y alcoholismo que hacen eco de los problemas de su padre Jack, que cuando sus habilidades psíquicas resurgen, se contacta con una niña de nombre Abra Stone, a quien debe rescatar de un grupo de viajeros que se alimentan de los niños que poseen el don de "el resplandor".
Doctor Sueño
Director
Secuela del film de culto "El resplandor" (1980) dirigido por Stanley Kubrick y también basado en una famosa novela de Stephen King. La historia transcurre algunos años después de los acontecimientos de "The Shining", y sigue a Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor), traumatizado y con problemas de ira y alcoholismo que hacen eco de los problemas de su padre Jack, que cuando sus habilidades psíquicas resurgen, se contacta con una niña de nombre Abra Stone, a quien debe rescatar de un grupo de viajeros que se alimentan de los niños que poseen el don de "el resplandor".
El juego de Gerald
Editor
Jessie (Carla Gugino) y Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) son un matrimonio maduro que viaja a una remota cabaña con la esperanza de revitalizar su deteriorada relación en un sitio apartado y tranquilo. Allí Gerald propone a su mujer un juego sexual: esposarla a la cama para incrementar las sensaciones. Pero cuando éste muere de un infarto, Jessie tendrá que luchar por su supervivencia.
El juego de Gerald
Screenplay
Jessie (Carla Gugino) y Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) son un matrimonio maduro que viaja a una remota cabaña con la esperanza de revitalizar su deteriorada relación en un sitio apartado y tranquilo. Allí Gerald propone a su mujer un juego sexual: esposarla a la cama para incrementar las sensaciones. Pero cuando éste muere de un infarto, Jessie tendrá que luchar por su supervivencia.
El juego de Gerald
Director
Jessie (Carla Gugino) y Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) son un matrimonio maduro que viaja a una remota cabaña con la esperanza de revitalizar su deteriorada relación en un sitio apartado y tranquilo. Allí Gerald propone a su mujer un juego sexual: esposarla a la cama para incrementar las sensaciones. Pero cuando éste muere de un infarto, Jessie tendrá que luchar por su supervivencia.
Dobaara: See Your Evil
Executive Producer
An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional journey of siblings Natasha Merchant played by Huma Qureshi and Kabeer Merchant played by Saqib Saleem dealing with the death of their parents.
Dobaara: See Your Evil
Original Story
An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional journey of siblings Natasha Merchant played by Huma Qureshi and Kabeer Merchant played by Saqib Saleem dealing with the death of their parents.
Ouija: El origen del mal
Editor
En Ouija: El origen del mal, la secuela del éxito inesperado del 2014, un grupo de ilusos amigos debe confrontar sus más terribles miedos cuando desatan un mal del más allá que sólo ellos pueden mandar de regreso. El siguiente capítulo del thriller supernatural, inspirado por el antiguo tablero de los espíritus, es producida de nuevo por el equipo de Platinum Dunes, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller y Andrew Form (La masacre de Texas, la saga The Purge , Las tortugas ninja)y Blumhouse Productions de Jason Blum (The Purge- La noche de las bestias y La noche del domonio), junto con Brian Goldner de Hasbro (Transformers y G.I. Joe), Mike Flanagan y Jeff Howard (Oculus) escribieron el guión y Universal distribuirá la película internacionalmente. (Título original - Ouija: Origin of Evil) - 2016 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Ouija: El origen del mal
Writer
En Ouija: El origen del mal, la secuela del éxito inesperado del 2014, un grupo de ilusos amigos debe confrontar sus más terribles miedos cuando desatan un mal del más allá que sólo ellos pueden mandar de regreso. El siguiente capítulo del thriller supernatural, inspirado por el antiguo tablero de los espíritus, es producida de nuevo por el equipo de Platinum Dunes, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller y Andrew Form (La masacre de Texas, la saga The Purge , Las tortugas ninja)y Blumhouse Productions de Jason Blum (The Purge- La noche de las bestias y La noche del domonio), junto con Brian Goldner de Hasbro (Transformers y G.I. Joe), Mike Flanagan y Jeff Howard (Oculus) escribieron el guión y Universal distribuirá la película internacionalmente. (Título original - Ouija: Origin of Evil) - 2016 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Ouija: El origen del mal
Director
En Ouija: El origen del mal, la secuela del éxito inesperado del 2014, un grupo de ilusos amigos debe confrontar sus más terribles miedos cuando desatan un mal del más allá que sólo ellos pueden mandar de regreso. El siguiente capítulo del thriller supernatural, inspirado por el antiguo tablero de los espíritus, es producida de nuevo por el equipo de Platinum Dunes, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller y Andrew Form (La masacre de Texas, la saga The Purge , Las tortugas ninja)y Blumhouse Productions de Jason Blum (The Purge- La noche de las bestias y La noche del domonio), junto con Brian Goldner de Hasbro (Transformers y G.I. Joe), Mike Flanagan y Jeff Howard (Oculus) escribieron el guión y Universal distribuirá la película internacionalmente. (Título original - Ouija: Origin of Evil) - 2016 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Somnia. Dentro de tus sueños
Editor
Jessie y Mark deciden adoptar a Cody, un niño a quien le aterroriza dormir. Inicialmente creen que el origen de dicha fobia está en el traumático pasado del chico. Pero pronto se dan cuenta de la verdad: los sueños de Cody se proyectan en la realidad, y muchas veces lo que se materializa son horribles y letales pesadillas. Para salvar a su familia, Jessie y Mark deberán descubrir qué se encierra bajo los sueños del pequeño.
Somnia. Dentro de tus sueños
Writer
Jessie y Mark deciden adoptar a Cody, un niño a quien le aterroriza dormir. Inicialmente creen que el origen de dicha fobia está en el traumático pasado del chico. Pero pronto se dan cuenta de la verdad: los sueños de Cody se proyectan en la realidad, y muchas veces lo que se materializa son horribles y letales pesadillas. Para salvar a su familia, Jessie y Mark deberán descubrir qué se encierra bajo los sueños del pequeño.
Somnia. Dentro de tus sueños
Director
Jessie y Mark deciden adoptar a Cody, un niño a quien le aterroriza dormir. Inicialmente creen que el origen de dicha fobia está en el traumático pasado del chico. Pero pronto se dan cuenta de la verdad: los sueños de Cody se proyectan en la realidad, y muchas veces lo que se materializa son horribles y letales pesadillas. Para salvar a su familia, Jessie y Mark deberán descubrir qué se encierra bajo los sueños del pequeño.
Hush (Silencio)
Editor
Hush nos cuenta la historia de una joven escritora que se quedo sorda en su adolescencia y vive aislada en una casa en medio de la nada. Una noche comienza a ser acosada por un misterioso hombre enmascarado y sin la posibilidad de pedir ayuda, por lo que tendrá que ingeniárselas para salir airosa de su acosador.
Hush (Silencio)
Writer
Hush nos cuenta la historia de una joven escritora que se quedo sorda en su adolescencia y vive aislada en una casa en medio de la nada. Una noche comienza a ser acosada por un misterioso hombre enmascarado y sin la posibilidad de pedir ayuda, por lo que tendrá que ingeniárselas para salir airosa de su acosador.
Hush (Silencio)
Director
Hush nos cuenta la historia de una joven escritora que se quedo sorda en su adolescencia y vive aislada en una casa en medio de la nada. Una noche comienza a ser acosada por un misterioso hombre enmascarado y sin la posibilidad de pedir ayuda, por lo que tendrá que ingeniárselas para salir airosa de su acosador.
Absentia: A Retrospective
Self
Documentary film on the making of Mike Flanagan's Absentia. Interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes.
Absentia: A Retrospective
Editor
Documentary film on the making of Mike Flanagan's Absentia. Interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes.
Oculus: el espejo del mal
Editor
Hace tiempo que un asesinato dejó huérfanos a dos niños. Las autoridades culparon al hermano, pero la hermana creció creyendo que el verdadero culpable había sido un antiguo espejo maldito. Ahora, completamente rehabilitado y con veinte años cumplidos, el hermano está listo para empezar de nuevo, pero la hermana está decidida a demostrar que fue el espejo lo que destrozó a su familia.
Oculus: el espejo del mal
Screenplay
Hace tiempo que un asesinato dejó huérfanos a dos niños. Las autoridades culparon al hermano, pero la hermana creció creyendo que el verdadero culpable había sido un antiguo espejo maldito. Ahora, completamente rehabilitado y con veinte años cumplidos, el hermano está listo para empezar de nuevo, pero la hermana está decidida a demostrar que fue el espejo lo que destrozó a su familia.
Oculus: el espejo del mal
Director
Hace tiempo que un asesinato dejó huérfanos a dos niños. Las autoridades culparon al hermano, pero la hermana creció creyendo que el verdadero culpable había sido un antiguo espejo maldito. Ahora, completamente rehabilitado y con veinte años cumplidos, el hermano está listo para empezar de nuevo, pero la hermana está decidida a demostrar que fue el espejo lo que destrozó a su familia.
Absentia
Editor
Después de siete años, Tricia debe aceptar que su esposo no regresará, por fin, lo declarará muerto "in absentia". Mientras ella y su hermana buscan un nuevo lugar para vivir y el certificado de defunción, Tricia tiene horribles pesadillas y alucinaciones. Su hermana busca descubrir qué hay detrás de la misteriosa desaparición de su cuñado. Pronto las circunstancias la llevarán a descubrir un túnel que parece estar relacionado con muchas desapariciones, el mismo donde se oculta un terrible ser.
Absentia
Producer
Después de siete años, Tricia debe aceptar que su esposo no regresará, por fin, lo declarará muerto "in absentia". Mientras ella y su hermana buscan un nuevo lugar para vivir y el certificado de defunción, Tricia tiene horribles pesadillas y alucinaciones. Su hermana busca descubrir qué hay detrás de la misteriosa desaparición de su cuñado. Pronto las circunstancias la llevarán a descubrir un túnel que parece estar relacionado con muchas desapariciones, el mismo donde se oculta un terrible ser.
Absentia
Writer
Después de siete años, Tricia debe aceptar que su esposo no regresará, por fin, lo declarará muerto "in absentia". Mientras ella y su hermana buscan un nuevo lugar para vivir y el certificado de defunción, Tricia tiene horribles pesadillas y alucinaciones. Su hermana busca descubrir qué hay detrás de la misteriosa desaparición de su cuñado. Pronto las circunstancias la llevarán a descubrir un túnel que parece estar relacionado con muchas desapariciones, el mismo donde se oculta un terrible ser.
Absentia
Director
Después de siete años, Tricia debe aceptar que su esposo no regresará, por fin, lo declarará muerto "in absentia". Mientras ella y su hermana buscan un nuevo lugar para vivir y el certificado de defunción, Tricia tiene horribles pesadillas y alucinaciones. Su hermana busca descubrir qué hay detrás de la misteriosa desaparición de su cuñado. Pronto las circunstancias la llevarán a descubrir un túnel que parece estar relacionado con muchas desapariciones, el mismo donde se oculta un terrible ser.
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
Director of Photography
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
Ghoul 2
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
Writer
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
Producer
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
Editor
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan
Director
A man sets out to prove an antique mirror is haunted.
Chainsaw Sally
Director of Photography
Sally is a young woman living two lives: a calmly librarian by day, and a brutal serial killer by night where she randomly targets any man or woman whom even slightly upsets her. Sally lives with her reclusive, transvestite younger brother Rudy whom assists her with the killings. Both Sally and Ruby were traumatized as children when both of them witnessed three lunatics murder their mother and father before they, with 'Daddy's' help, killed the three murderous psychos.
Ghosts of Hamilton Street
Editor
In this award-winning student film, a troubled writer questions his sanity as people in his life vanish without a trace - and it seems he's the only one who realizes it. Each disappearance catapults him into a version of the world in which that person never existed at all, and once he realizes the specific order to this phenomenon, he must try to save the people he loves from forces he may never understand.
Ghosts of Hamilton Street
Writer
In this award-winning student film, a troubled writer questions his sanity as people in his life vanish without a trace - and it seems he's the only one who realizes it. Each disappearance catapults him into a version of the world in which that person never existed at all, and once he realizes the specific order to this phenomenon, he must try to save the people he loves from forces he may never understand.
Ghosts of Hamilton Street
Director
In this award-winning student film, a troubled writer questions his sanity as people in his life vanish without a trace - and it seems he's the only one who realizes it. Each disappearance catapults him into a version of the world in which that person never existed at all, and once he realizes the specific order to this phenomenon, he must try to save the people he loves from forces he may never understand.
Still Life
Music
Details the trials and tribulations of four student photographers who collaborate on one final project before graduation. Caught sharing photos in their portfolios, David, Karma, Danny, and Kevin are given a chance to save their final grade before graduation. Danny returns home that night to find his fiancé Stephanie in bed with another man. Unnoticed and enraged, he photographs them in the act, and shares the picture with the others. Inspired by the raw nature of the photograph, the four friends agree to use it as the thesis for their new portfolio... capturing subjects at their most vulnerable. Soon, their exploitative behavior begins to tear apart their lives and relationships, and they must come to terms with the harsh truths of their lives through the lens of a camera.
Still Life
Producer
Details the trials and tribulations of four student photographers who collaborate on one final project before graduation. Caught sharing photos in their portfolios, David, Karma, Danny, and Kevin are given a chance to save their final grade before graduation. Danny returns home that night to find his fiancé Stephanie in bed with another man. Unnoticed and enraged, he photographs them in the act, and shares the picture with the others. Inspired by the raw nature of the photograph, the four friends agree to use it as the thesis for their new portfolio... capturing subjects at their most vulnerable. Soon, their exploitative behavior begins to tear apart their lives and relationships, and they must come to terms with the harsh truths of their lives through the lens of a camera.
Still Life
Editor
Details the trials and tribulations of four student photographers who collaborate on one final project before graduation. Caught sharing photos in their portfolios, David, Karma, Danny, and Kevin are given a chance to save their final grade before graduation. Danny returns home that night to find his fiancé Stephanie in bed with another man. Unnoticed and enraged, he photographs them in the act, and shares the picture with the others. Inspired by the raw nature of the photograph, the four friends agree to use it as the thesis for their new portfolio... capturing subjects at their most vulnerable. Soon, their exploitative behavior begins to tear apart their lives and relationships, and they must come to terms with the harsh truths of their lives through the lens of a camera.
Still Life
Writer
Details the trials and tribulations of four student photographers who collaborate on one final project before graduation. Caught sharing photos in their portfolios, David, Karma, Danny, and Kevin are given a chance to save their final grade before graduation. Danny returns home that night to find his fiancé Stephanie in bed with another man. Unnoticed and enraged, he photographs them in the act, and shares the picture with the others. Inspired by the raw nature of the photograph, the four friends agree to use it as the thesis for their new portfolio... capturing subjects at their most vulnerable. Soon, their exploitative behavior begins to tear apart their lives and relationships, and they must come to terms with the harsh truths of their lives through the lens of a camera.
Still Life
Director
Details the trials and tribulations of four student photographers who collaborate on one final project before graduation. Caught sharing photos in their portfolios, David, Karma, Danny, and Kevin are given a chance to save their final grade before graduation. Danny returns home that night to find his fiancé Stephanie in bed with another man. Unnoticed and enraged, he photographs them in the act, and shares the picture with the others. Inspired by the raw nature of the photograph, the four friends agree to use it as the thesis for their new portfolio... capturing subjects at their most vulnerable. Soon, their exploitative behavior begins to tear apart their lives and relationships, and they must come to terms with the harsh truths of their lives through the lens of a camera.
Makebelieve
Music
Coming of age drama focusing on the loves, lives, and infidelities of four college friends, all while working in a production of Romeo and Juliet.
Makebelieve
Editor
Coming of age drama focusing on the loves, lives, and infidelities of four college friends, all while working in a production of Romeo and Juliet.
Makebelieve
Writer
Coming of age drama focusing on the loves, lives, and infidelities of four college friends, all while working in a production of Romeo and Juliet.
Makebelieve
Director
Coming of age drama focusing on the loves, lives, and infidelities of four college friends, all while working in a production of Romeo and Juliet.
The Midnight Club
Director
A group of eight close terminally ill young adults resides in the Brightcliffe Home hospice outside of Seattle run by an enigmatic doctor. They meet at midnight every night to tell each other scary stories. They have a pact that the first one to succumb to their disease is responsible for communicating with the others from beyond the grave.
The Season of Passage
Producer
Dr. Lauren Wagner is the chief medical officer on the first American mission to Mars. The expedition is a dream come true for her, the fruit of many years of struggle and sacrifice. But this is not mankind's first visit to the red planet: the Russians went ten years ago... and didn't come back. Even more disturbing, the sole orbiting cosmonaut, Carl Bensk – who never even landed on the planet – was also never heard from again. Carl and his companions are presumed dead, but what killed them? Lauren is about to find out...
The Season of Passage
Screenplay
Dr. Lauren Wagner is the chief medical officer on the first American mission to Mars. The expedition is a dream come true for her, the fruit of many years of struggle and sacrifice. But this is not mankind's first visit to the red planet: the Russians went ten years ago... and didn't come back. Even more disturbing, the sole orbiting cosmonaut, Carl Bensk – who never even landed on the planet – was also never heard from again. Carl and his companions are presumed dead, but what killed them? Lauren is about to find out...
The Season of Passage
Director
Dr. Lauren Wagner is the chief medical officer on the first American mission to Mars. The expedition is a dream come true for her, the fruit of many years of struggle and sacrifice. But this is not mankind's first visit to the red planet: the Russians went ten years ago... and didn't come back. Even more disturbing, the sole orbiting cosmonaut, Carl Bensk – who never even landed on the planet – was also never heard from again. Carl and his companions are presumed dead, but what killed them? Lauren is about to find out...
Revival
Screenplay
Reverend Charles Jacobs, a minister in Harlow, Maine, who shares a secret obsession with boy Jamie Morton, a draw so powerful, it has profound consequences five decades after the shattering tragedy that turned the preacher against God, and long after his final, scathing sermon. Jamie grows to become a nomadic rock guitarist hooked on heroin, and meets Charles Jacobs again, and their bond becomes a pact beyond the Devil’s devising.
Revival
Producer
Reverend Charles Jacobs, a minister in Harlow, Maine, who shares a secret obsession with boy Jamie Morton, a draw so powerful, it has profound consequences five decades after the shattering tragedy that turned the preacher against God, and long after his final, scathing sermon. Jamie grows to become a nomadic rock guitarist hooked on heroin, and meets Charles Jacobs again, and their bond becomes a pact beyond the Devil’s devising.
Snapshot 1988
Screenplay
A teenager looks after an elderly lady who is losing her memories not to dementia, but to a memory thief called The Phoenician.
Inherit the Earth
Screenplay
A servant protector robot is tasked to protect a young girl.
Peekers
Screenplay
When citizens in a small town start to go missing, a police officer faces off against a mysterious gang of grinning weirdos to find her son and keep him safe.