James DeMonaco

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James DeMonaco
Born (1969-10-12) October 12, 1969 (age 51)
Brooklyn, New York City
New York, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, producer
Known forThe Purge series

James DeMonaco (born October 12, 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating the Purge franchise, writing all five films in the series and directing the first three, The Purge (2013),[1] Anarchy (2014), and Election Year (2016).[2]

DeMonaco's first produced screenplay was the Robin Williams comedy Jack (1996), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Film Director Producer Writer Notes
1996 Jack No No Yes Co-written with Gary Nadeau
1998 The Negotiator No No Yes Co-written with Kevin Fox
2005 Assault on Precinct 13 No No Yes
2007 Skinwalkers No No Yes Co-written with Todd Harthan and James Roday
2009 Staten Island Yes No Yes Directorial debut
2013 The Purge Yes No Yes
2014 The Purge: Anarchy Yes No Yes
2016 The Purge: Election Year Yes No Yes
2018 The First Purge No Executive Yes
2021 The Forever Purge No Yes Yes
TBA This Is the Night Yes No Yes

Television[]

Year Title Role Credit(s)
1999 Ryan Caulfield: Year One Creator, executive producer
2005 HBO First Look Himself
2007 The Kill Point Producer, writer
  • Who's Afraid of Mr. Wolf, Part 1 (22 July 2007) – writer (creator) (written by), executive producer
  • Who's Afraid of Mr. Wolf? Part 2 (22 July 2007) – writer (creator) (written by), executive producer
  • No Meringue (29 July 2007) – writer (creator), executive producer
  • Pro Patria (5 August 2007) – writer (creator) (written by)
  • Visiting Hours (12 August 2007) – writer (creator) (written by)
  • The Great Ape Escape (19 August 2007) – writer (writer)
  • Rabbit at Unrest (26 August 2007) – executive producer
  • The Devil's Zoo (26 August 2007) – writer (writer)
2009 Crash Writer, producer
  • You Set the Scene (18 September 2009) – executive producer
  • Always See Your Face (25 September 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer
  • The World's a Mess/It's in My Kiss (3 October 2009) – executive producer
  • Can't Explain (9 October 2009) – executive producer
  • You, I'll Be Following (16 October 2009) – executive producer
  • No Matter What You Do (30 October 2009) – executive producer
  • Johnny Hit and Run Pauline (6 November 2009) – executive producer
  • Lovers in Captivity (13 November 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer
  • Endangered Species (20 November 2009) – executive producer
  • Master of Puppets (27 November 2009) – executive producer
  • Calm Like a Bomb (4 December 2009) – executive producer
  • Alone Again Or... (11 December 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer
  • Los Angeles (18 December 2009) – executive producer
2018-19 The Purge Creator, writer, producer
  • What is America? (4 September 2018) - writer (written by), executive producer
  • Take What's Yours (11 September 2018) - executive producer
  • The Urge to Purge (18 September 2018) - executive producer
  • Release The Beast (25 September 2018) - executive producer
  • Rise Up (2 October 2018) - executive producer
  • The Forgotten (9 October 2018) - executive producer
  • Lovely Deep and Dark (16 October 2018) - writer (story), executive producer
  • Giving Time Is Here - (23 October 2018) executive producer
  • I Will Participate - (30 October 2018) executive producer
  • A Nation Reborn - (6 November 2018) writer (story), executive producer
  • This Is Not a Test - (15 October 2019) executive producer
  • Everything Is Fine - (22 October 2019) executive producer
  • Blindspots - (29 October 2019) executive producer
  • Grief Box - (5 November 2019) executive producer
  • House of Mirrors - (12 November 2019) executive producer
  • Happy Holidays - (19 November 2019) executive producer
  • Should I Stay or Should I Go - (26 November 2019) executive producer
  • Before the Sirens - (3 December 2019) executive producer
  • Hail Mary - (10 December 2019) executive producer
  • 7:01am - (17 December 2019) executive producer

Personal life[]

DeMonaco grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island. He spent eight years in Paris, that led him to "put a microscope" on his life after seeing the difference in the relationship toward guns and violence in Paris compared to New York. DeMonaco is of Italian descent.[3][4]

He and his wife, a doctor, were almost killed by a drunk driver in Brooklyn. In anger, his wife said "I wish we could all have one free one [a murder] a year", something which helped inspire the Purge series.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ Dargis, Manohla (6 June 2013). "'The Purge,' Starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "Why The Purge 3 Doesn't Need Frank Grillo - Even Though He's Really, Really Awesome - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com.
  3. ^ https://www.fandango.com/movie-news/exclusive-interview-the-purge-trilogy-director-james-demonaco-talks-about-the-movies-shocking-origin-751395
  4. ^ https://ew.com/movies/the-forever-purge-james-demonaco-interview/
  5. ^ DeSalvo, Robert B. (2016-10-03). "Exclusive Interview: 'The Purge' Trilogy Director James DeMonaco Talks About the Movies' Shocking Origin". Fandango. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  6. ^ "James DeMonaco interview: The Purge: Anarchy, genre filmmaking and more". Den of Geek. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2021-05-16.

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