Mike Flanagan

Mike Flanagan is a prolific writer, director, and editor, and a partner in Intrepid Pictures alongside producer Trevor Macy. Under their Intrepid banner, Flanagan and Macy entered into an exclusive overall deal with Amazon Studios in 2023 for their television projects (after a similar exclusive deal with Netflix from 2018-2022), and have produced feature films for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Netflix and Paramount, among others. Flanagan is best known for his work in horror films and television series, which has attracted the praise of critics for his focus on character and lack of reliance on jump scares. Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, and William Friedkin, among others, have praised him.Flanagan was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1978 to Timothy and Laura Flanagan. The family relocated frequently, as Timothy was in the U.S. Coast Guard, and finally settled in Bowie, Maryland. As a child, he would shoot and edit short movies on VHS. This continued as he attended Archbishop ... [Details Intro]