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Leigh Whannell
Born on January 17 1977, Leigh Whannell is a screenwriter/actor from Melbourne, Australia. A writer since childhood, Whannell worked as a reporter and film critic for several Australian television shows. He also had a minor role in The Matrix Reloaded, as well as the video game Enter The Matrix.
While in film school, he met James Wan, who would eventually go on to direct the horror film Saw in 2004. After making a short film to showcase the brutality of the script, the film was made and became a low-budget, sleeper hit in Halloween of 2004. Shortly after, Whannell came on board as an executive producer of the sequel, Saw 2, due out in 2005.
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