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.
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John Erick Dowdle is an American film director and screenwriter known for helming suspenseful horror and thriller features often produced in collaboration with his brother.
He is best known for directing genre films such as Quarantine, Devil, As Above, So Below, and No Escape, as well as co-creating the television miniseries Waco.
He frequently works within the horror and thriller genres, often utilizing found-footage techniques and claustrophobic settings.
