John Erick Dowdle (born December 9, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for horror films. He usually works with his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and co-screenwriter. With his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and/or co-screenwriter, John Erick Dowdle directed the horror films Quarantine, Devil, based on a storybook from M. Night Shyamalan, and As Above, So Below, as well as the 2015 thriller film No Escape. In 2017, Dowdle co-created the miniseries Waco with his brother, which aired on Paramount Network in 2018.
Quarantine
(Director)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
(Director)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
(Writer)
Devil
(Director)
The Dry Spell
(Writer)
The Dry Spell
(Director)
As Above, So Below
(Director)
Quarantine
(Writer)
No Escape
(Director)
No Escape
(Writer)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
(Story)
School for Scumbags
(Director)
Friday Night Lights
(Director)
Friday Night Lights
(Screenplay)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
(Editor)
As Above, So Below
(Writer)
The Dry Spell
(Editor)
Transcendent Man
(Executive Producer)
Waco
(Director)
Joe Pickett
(Writer)
Joe Pickett
(Director)
Joe Pickett
(Executive Producer)
Waco: The Aftermath
(Executive Producer)
Waco
(Executive Producer)
Waco: The Aftermath
(Director)
Waco
(Writer)
Waco
(Creator)
Joe Pickett
(Creator)
Waco: The Aftermath
(Creator)