Oren Peli is an Israeli-American filmmaker and producer best known as the creator of Paranormal Activity, one of the most influential and commercially successful found-footage horror films ever made. Peli continued to shape the franchise as a writer and producer on multiple sequels, establishing Paranormal Activity as one of the genre’s most enduring modern series. Peli later served as a producer on the Insidious series*, helping establish one of the most influential supernatural horror franchises of the 2010s. Widely credited with bringing minimalist realism and audience-driven immersion back to the forefront of horror, Peli remains a foundational figure in contemporary found-footage cinema.
Paranormal Activity
(Casting)
Paranormal Activity
(Editor)
Paranormal Activity
(Screenplay)
Paranormal Activity
(Director of Photography)
Paranormal Activity
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity
(Director)
Insidious
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity 3
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity 4
(Producer)
Insidious: Chapter 2
(Producer)
Chernobyl Diaries
(Producer)
Area 51
(Director)
The Lords of Salem
(Producer)
The Bay
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity 2
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
(Producer)
Area 51
(Writer)
Area 51
(Executive Producer)
Insidious: Chapter 3
(Producer)
Chernobyl Diaries
(Writer)
Insidious: The Red Door
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity
(Costume Design)
Insidious: The Last Key
(Producer)
Insidious: The Bleeding World
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity
(Set Designer)
Chernobyl Diaries
(Story)
Paranormal Activity
(Set Decoration)
Paranormal Activity
(Idea)
Paranormal Activity
(Story)
Paranormal Activity
(Writer)
Paranormal Activity 8
(Producer)
The River
(Story)
The River
(Executive Producer)
The River
(Creator)