Who was Leigh Whannell's friend who directed Saw?
Leigh Whannell Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including "Saw" (2004), "Dead Silence" (2007), "Insidious" (2011) and "" (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut on "", which was released in 2015.
Friend Request Friend Request (released overseas as Unfriend) is a 2016 English-language German supernatural-psychological horror film directed by Simon Verhoeven and written by Verhoeven, Matthew Ballen, and Philip Koch. The film stars Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham, Sean Marquette, Liesl Ahlers, and Shashawnee Hall. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on 7 January 2016 in Germany and 22 September 2017 in the United States by Entertainment Studios Motion Picutres.