Leigh Whannell Biography

Leigh Whannell experienced childhood in Melbourne Australia where at four years old he built up a fixation on recounting stories. Regardless of whether it be through acting composition or filmmaking his essential love was getting a response from a group of people. In 1995, at 18 years old, he was acknowledged into the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's renowned Media Arts course where he met individual movie producer James Wan. In his second year of school, he handled the job of film fellow on a Saturday morning TV show focused on adolescents called Recovery (1996). Recorded absolutely live in the studio and facilitated by genuine young people the notable show was immensely well known down under and was the first to carry elective culture to Australia's TV screens including live exhibitions from groups like Sonic Youth Weezer Public Enemy Ben Harper Pulp and hundreds more. Facilitating the film segment of the show Leigh was fortunate enough to talk with individuals like Tim Burton Peter Jackson Russell Crowe George Clooney and in the long run went on the host the show in 1999. In the wake of moving on from school Leigh wound up working increasingly more as a host or moderator on Australian TV - at the same time incubating an arrangement with James Wan to at long last satisfy his fantasy about creation a film. Little acting jobs sprung up every once in a while (remembering one for The Matrix Reloaded (2003) which Leigh has said was the best time I've at any point had in my life) and alongside those some disappointing close misses (and not so close misses: like his wince inciting tryout for Lord Of The Rings in which he paid $90 to have hobbit ears joined onto his head-turning up at the giving office dressed a role as a hobbit - obviously he didn't get the job). In any case, it was passing up a job in Alex Proyas Australian film Garage Days (2002) that at last crushed the camel's spirit. He called Wan and revealed to him that on the off chance that they needed to get a film made they would need to pay for it themselves. Saw (2004) was conceived. Following nine months of composing, Leigh had composed the screenplay for what he thought would be a self-financed Blair Witch-style highlight with him featuring and James coordinating. The content picked up so much consideration that soon enough they were shopping it around Hollywood....and the rest is history."

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