“When you sit down to write a film, you direct it in your head. If you are writing a scene, you are watching the scene. And maybe it's different when you are writing a novel because you are thinking of it in terms of being read. But films are only consumed one way - through the eyes and the ears.”

Australian filmmaker and actor

Leigh Whannell is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He is known for writing and directing horror and science fiction films, and for his long creative partnership with James Wan. He wrote several films directed by Wan, including Saw, Dead Silence, Insidious, and Insidious: Chapter 2. Whannell later moved into directing with Insidious: Chapter 3, and went on to direct Upgrade, The Invisible Man, and Wolf Man.