Oren Peli

• Native Name — אורן פלי • Born — 21 January 1970 • Birthplace — Ramat Gan, Israel • Occupation — Film director, producer, screenwriter • Years Active — 2007–present • Known for — Paranormal Activity

Peli was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a Jewish family. At the age of 19, he moved to the United States.

Peli began as a computer software programmer, and was one of the developers behind Photon Paint, a bitmap graphics program for the Amiga. He is also credited for developing the networking code for the home console versions of Mortal Kombat 3, during his work at Sculptured Software. His first film Paranormal Activity was inspired by Peli moving into his first house alone and without family nearby. Peli heard creaks and knocks in the night, which laid the groundwork for a film about a family running around with cameras trying to catch what was going on in the house. After the success of Paranormal Activity, Peli worked with James Wan and Leigh Whannell to develop Insidious. Peli also produced and wrote the 2012 horror film Chernobyl Diaries, based on the Chernobyl disaster and on his story The Diary of Lawson Oxford. The film followed "a group of friends who, while vacationing in Europe, find themselves stranded in the abandoned city of Prypiat, Ukraine only to discover that they are not alone."

In 2012, The River premiered on ABC, a paranormal/action/horror television series about a group of people on a mission to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon. Peli co-created the show with Michael R. Perry, who co-wrote Paranormal Activity 2.

• Year — Film — Director — Producer — Writer — Notes • |2007 — Paranormal Activity — Also cinematographer and editor • 2010 — Insidious • Paranormal Activity 2 • 2011 — Paranormal Activity 3 • 2012 — The River — Executive — Story — Creator and executive producer (8 episodes) Story for episode: "Magus" • Chernobyl Diaries • The Lords of Salem • The Bay • Paranormal Activity 4 • 2013 — Insidious: Chapter 2 • 2014 — Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones • 2015 — Area 51 — Executive — Also cinematographer • Insidious: Chapter 3 • Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension • 2018 — Insidious: The Last Key • 2021 — Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin • 2023 — Insidious: The Red Door • 2026 — Insidious: Out of the Further • 2027 — Paranormal Activity 8

• Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021) (Documentary film, himself)

• 1994: WWF Raw (programmer) • 1998: NFL Xtreme (programmer) • 2019: Night Terrors: Bloody Mary (executive producer)