Leigh Whannell

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Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell, born on January 17, 1977, is a screenwriter/actor from Melbourne, Australia.

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A writer since childhood, Whannell worked as a reporter and film critic for several Australian television shows, including ABC's Recovery hosted by Dylan Lewis. He also had a minor role in The Matrix Reloaded, as well as the video game Enter The Matrix as the character Axel. While in film school he met James Wan, who would eventually go on to direct the horror film Saw (co-written by Wan and Whannell) in 2004. After making a short film to showcase the intensity of the script, the film was made and became a low-budget sleeper hit in late 2004. Leigh Whannell played Adam in Saw, one of the main characters. The popularity of Saw led to a sequel. Whannell co-wrote and revised the script to the 2005 Saw II, additionally serving as an executive producer. Around the same time as working on Saw II, Leigh got back with James Wan and they wrote a film called Silence ."Silence." James Wan directed the film. It was slated for a 2006 release but small problems with the title have pushed the release date back to as far as 2008. Currently, Silence is under the working title, Dead Silence. In 2006, Leigh Whannell, with partner James Wan, wrote Saw III. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (director,co-writer, and screen-play of Saw II) and was released on the 27th October, 2006. Leigh Whannell had a cameo as Adam in Saw III. Saw III was a huge financial success and raked in $33,610,391 on its opening weekend, making around $129,927,001 worldwide (after 38 days in cinemas) and the most successful Saw film.

Leigh's writing partner James Wan was chosen to direct the film Death Sentence, the first feature that had not been written by himself and Leigh. Leigh was given the part of Spink in Death Sentence.

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  • Whannell went to Scoresby Primary School as a child

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