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
(Screenplay)
Paranormal Activity
(Director)
Paranormal Activity
(Producer)
Paranormal Activity
(Director of Photography)
Paranormal Activity
(Editor)
Paranormal Activity
(Casting)
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)
Untitled Paranormal Activity Film
(Producer)
The River
(Story)
The River
(Executive Producer)
The River
(Creator)