James DeMonaco

James DeMonaco was born in the year of 1969 in Brooklyn, New Jersey. James DeMonaco is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and an author. DeMonaco is famous for the Horror series “ The Purge Click to look into! >> Read More... ” for which he undertook directing and story writing. Universal Studio is producing it. James first started his career as a writer in the Film Industry in 1996. He wrote for his first film that year titled 'Jack'.

After that, he went on to write films like 'The Negotiator' in 1998, 'Assault on Precinct 13' in 2005, etc. In 2005, he made his first TV appearance as himself on the HBO 'First Look'. HBO’s 'First Look' shows a series of documentary-style specials running for 15 to 20 minutes between extended promotional breaks between programs as a bonus or extra feature on Blu-Ray and DVD releases of films.

The show featured an interview with James DeMonaco as himself, a producer, director, and a screenwriter. Till 2006, James worked as a writer. From 2006-07, he ventured into directing and producing too. His last work as only a writer was 'Skinwalkers', a film of 2006. In 2007, he entered the Television Industry with a one season show titled 'The Kill Point'. He was the producer and writer of the show.

The show aired on Spikes Network and was about a Veteran of Iraqi War, 'Mr. Wolf' and how he is in a tight position after getting fellow vets in an attempted robbery of a Pittsburgh Bank that goes awry. It also depicts how the hostage negotiations go through between Mr. Wolf and a negotiator from the Local Police Department. The series aired from 22nd July 2007 to 26 August 2007.

In 2009, James wrote two episode of the Season two of 'Crash' TV series that aired on the Starz Network and is being produced by Glen Mazzara. The 'Crash' Series was based on a film of the same name. It depicts the intersecting lives of diversified Californians in a racial environment. James wrote the episodes two and eight titled 'Always See Your Face' and 'Lovers in Captivity' respectively.

In the same year of 2009, James worked as a Director and Writer for the film 'Staten Island (Little New York)' It was a crime based film and was the directorial debut of James DeMonaco. It showed the life of three Islanders whose lives intersect because of a crime. The film starred big stars like Ethan Hawke Ethan Green Hawke is a Hollywood actor, director, >> Read More... , Seymour Cassel, and Vincent D’Onofrio. It received mixed reviews from the critics. The year of 2013 proved to be fruitful for this talented personality. He worked as a director and writer for the action horror film 'The Purge' based on an event where all crimes get legalized for 12 hours.

The film received mixed reviews but was one of the most commercially successful low-budget films in more than two decades. After the success at the box office, another sequel to this film, titled 'The Purge: Anarchy' got released in 2014. It was also an action horror film but with a political touch. James current project as a director and writer includes another sequel to the purge series. It is titled 'The Purge: Election Year'. The movie is slated to release in 2016 itself.