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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]

James DeMonaco
Born	(1969-10-12) October 12, 1969 (age 52) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Known for	The Purge series

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

Personal life

DeMonaco grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island. He spent eight years in Paris, France, 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]

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
2006	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
	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 (July 22, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by), executive producer Who's Afraid of Mr. Wolf? Part 2 (July 22, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by), executive producer No Meringue (July 29, 2007) – writer (creator), executive producer Pro Patria (August 5, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by) Visiting Hours (August 12, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by) The Great Ape Escape (August 19, 2007) – writer (writer) Rabbit at Unrest (August 26, 2007) – executive producer The Devil's Zoo (August 26, 2007) – writer (writer)
2009	Crash	Writer, producer	You Set the Scene (September 18, 2009) – executive producer Always See Your Face (September 25, 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer The World's a Mess/It's in My Kiss (October 3, 2009) – executive producer Can't Explain (October 9, 2009) – executive producer You, I'll Be Following (October 16, 2009) – executive producer No Matter What You Do (October 30, 2009) – executive producer Johnny Hit and Run Pauline (November 6, 2009) – executive producer Lovers in Captivity (November 13, 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer Endangered Species (November 20, 2009) – executive producer Master of Puppets (November 27, 2009) – executive producer Calm Like a Bomb (December 4, 2009) – executive producer Alone Again Or... (December 11, 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer Los Angeles (December 18, 2009) – executive producer
2018-19	The Purge	Creator, writer, producer	What is America? (September 4, 2018) - writer (written by), executive producer Take What's Yours (September 11, 2018) - executive producer The Urge to Purge (September 18, 2018) - executive producer Release The Beast (September 25, 2018) - executive producer Rise Up (October 2, 2018) - executive producer The Forgotten (October 9, 2018) - executive producer Lovely Deep and Dark (October 16, 2018) - writer (story), executive producer Giving Time Is Here - (October 23, 2018) executive producer I Will Participate - (October 30, 2018) executive producer A Nation Reborn - (November 6, 2018) writer (story), executive producer This Is Not a Test - (October 15, 2019) executive producer Everything Is Fine - (October 22, 2019) executive producer Blindspots - (October 29, 2019) executive producer Grief Box - (November 5, 2019) executive producer House of Mirrors - (November 12, 2019) executive producer Happy Holidays - (November 19, 2019) executive producer Should I Stay or Should I Go - (November 26, 2019) executive producer Before the Sirens - (December 3, 2019) executive producer Hail Mary - (December 10, 2019) executive producer 7:01am - (December 17, 2019) executive producer

References

External links

• James DeMonaco at IMDb
• James DeMonaco at AllMovie

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