James DeMonaco

James DeMonaco (born October 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for creating the Purge franchise, writing all five films in the series and directing the first three, The Purge (2013), Anarchy (2014), and Election Year (2016).
DeMonaco's first produced screenplay was the Robin Williams comedy Jack (1996), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
== Personal life ==
DeMonaco grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island. He spent eight years in Paris, France, that led him to "put a microscope" on his life after seeing the difference in the relationship toward guns and violence in Paris compared to New York. DeMonaco is of Italian descent.
He and his wife, a doctor, were almost killed by a drunk driver in Brooklyn. In anger, his wife said "I wish we could all have one free one [a murder] a year", something which helped inspire the Purge series.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Film 	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1996	Jack 	 	 	 	Co-written with Gary Nadeau
1998	The Negotiator 	 	 	 	Co-written with Kevin Fox
2005	Assault on Precinct 13 	 	 	 	
2006	Skinwalkers 	 	 	 	Co-written with Todd Harthan and James Roday
2009	Staten Island 	 	 	 	Directorial debut
2013	The Purge 	 	 	 	
2014	The Purge: Anarchy 	 	 	 	
2016	The Purge: Election Year	 	 	 	
2018	The First Purge 	 	 	 	
2021	The Forever Purge 	 	 	 	
2021	This Is the Night 	 	 	 	
2024	The Home 	 	 	 	
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Credit(s)
1999 	Ryan Caulfield: Year One	Creator, executive producer	
2005 	HBO First Look 	Himself 	
2007 	The Kill Point 	Producer, writer 	
*Who's Afraid of Mr. Wolf, Part 1 (July 22, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by), executive producer 
*Who's Afraid of Mr. Wolf? Part 2 (July 22, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by), executive producer 
*No Meringue (July 29, 2007) – writer (creator), executive producer 
*Pro Patria (August 5, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by) 
*Visiting Hours (August 12, 2007) – writer (creator) (written by) 
*The Great Ape Escape (August 19, 2007) – writer (writer) 
*Rabbit at Unrest (August 26, 2007) – executive producer 
*The Devil's Zoo (August 26, 2007) – writer (writer)
2009 	Crash 	Writer, producer 	
*You Set the Scene (September 18, 2009) – executive producer 
*Always See Your Face (September 25, 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer 
*The World's a Mess/It's in My Kiss (October 3, 2009) – executive producer 
*Can't Explain (October 9, 2009) – executive producer 
*You, I'll Be Following (October 16, 2009) – executive producer 
*No Matter What You Do (October 30, 2009) – executive producer 
*Johnny Hit and Run Pauline (November 6, 2009) – executive producer 
*Lovers in Captivity (November 13, 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer 
*Endangered Species (November 20, 2009) – executive producer 
*Master of Puppets (November 27, 2009) – executive producer 
*Calm Like a Bomb (December 4, 2009) – executive producer 
*Alone Again Or... (December 11, 2009) – writer (written by), executive producer 
*Los Angeles (December 18, 2009) – executive producer
2018-19	The Purge 	Creator, writer, producer 	
*What is America? (September 4, 2018) - writer (written by), executive producer
*Take What's Yours (September 11, 2018) - executive producer
*The Urge to Purge (September 18, 2018) - executive producer
*Release The Beast (September 25, 2018) - executive producer
*Rise Up (October 2, 2018) - executive producer
*The Forgotten (October 9, 2018) - executive producer
*Lovely Deep and Dark (October 16, 2018) - writer (story), executive producer
*Giving Time Is Here - (October 23, 2018) executive producer
*I Will Participate - (October 30, 2018) executive producer
* A Nation Reborn - (November 6, 2018) writer (story), executive producer
* This Is Not a Test - (October 15, 2019) executive producer
* Everything Is Fine - (October 22, 2019) executive producer
* Blindspots - (October 29, 2019) executive producer
* Grief Box - (November 5, 2019) executive producer
* House of Mirrors - (November 12, 2019) executive producer 
* Happy Holidays - (November 19, 2019) executive producer
* Should I Stay or Should I Go - (November 26, 2019) executive producer
* Before the Sirens - (December 3, 2019) executive producer
* Hail Mary - (December 10, 2019) executive producer 
* 7:01am - (December 17, 2019) executive producer
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