Oren Peli (Hebrew: ; produced January 21, 1970) is an Israeli American film director, producer and screenwriter, called the director of “Paranormal Activity”. In the age of 19, he relocated to America. Peli would hear creaks and knocks in the night time, which set the basis to get a movie of a household running around with cameras trying to catch what was going on in the home. Peli additionally produced and composed the 2012 horror movie, Chernobyl Diaries, on the basis of the Chernobyl disaster as well as on his story The Diary of Lawson Oxford. The movie followed “a number of buddies who, while vacationing in Europe, find themselves stranded in the deserted city of Prypiat, Ukraine just to discover they are not by yourself.” In the year 2012, The River premiered on ABC, a paranormal/actions/horror television series of several men and women on a mission to locate a lost TV explorer in the Amazon. Oren Peli co-created the show with Michael R. Perry who co-composed Paranormal Activity 2. Peli is writer and director of Area 51, a story around three friends who would like to uncover the keys of the fabled Area 51. Peli can also be the producer of Paranormal Activity 5, the sixth episode in the Paranormal Activity franchise and The Lords of Salem.
Screenwriter, Film director, Programmer, Film Producer, Television producer
Nationality
Israel
Nicknames
אורן פלאי
Nominations
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Movies
Paranormal Activity, Chernobyl Diaries, Area 51, Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Insidious, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, The Lords of Salem, Insidious: Chapter 3, The Bay, Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night, Insi...
TV Shows
The River
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Quote
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I didn't know if it was going to be good or going to be crap. Just on the chance it turned out good, I went for the extra expense and got a high-def camera. -- on Paranormal Activity (2007)
2
No one can have the resources to do that on their own without the infrastructure and the funds of a studio. -- on filmmakers' need for studios or distributors to get their film in theaters
3
Personally I like the slow burn; I don't think there is anything wrong with it. When I think about the movies that were most effective on me as a viewer I think of the original Haunting and the Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, the Sixth Sense, the Others. These movies are not over the top at all, they are movies that rely on good story telling, good acting, good premise, good exposition and I want to stay true to that in future projects. -- when asked about his "preferred brand of horror"
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Fact
1
Emigrated to the US from Israel at the age of 19.
2
Studied graphics and animations.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Paranormal Activity 3
2011
producer
Paranormal Activity 2
2010
producer
Insidious
2010/I
producer
Paranormal Activity
2007
producer
Insidious: Chapter 4
2018
producer post-production
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
2015
producer
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
producer
Area 51
2015
executive producer
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
2014
producer
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
producer
Paranormal Activity 4
2012
producer
The Bay
2012/II
producer
The Lords of Salem
2012
producer
Chernobyl Diaries
2012
producer
The River
2012
TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
2015
based on the film "Paranormal Activity"
Area 51
2015
written by
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
2014
based on the film "Paranormal Activity" by
Paranormal Activity 4
2012
film "Paranormal Activity"
Chernobyl Diaries
2012
screenplay / story
The River
TV Series creator - 8 episodes, 2012 story - 1 episode, 2012
$22.7 Million
