Francis Ford Coppola
Gritty psychological filmmAKER
James DeMonaco
BURIED SECRETS LINGER
HORROR WITH A HAUNTING CORE
master of moral tension
Biography
JAMES DeMONACO (DIRECTOR / CO-WRITER) is the writer and director of the feature films The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, The Purge: Election Year, and Staten Island, as well as co-founder of the Man in a Tree production company along with his producing partner Sébastien K. Lemercier.
Previously, DeMonaco wrote the films The Negotiator and Assault on Precinct 13. In television, he created and executive produced “The Purge,” as well as the cable television miniseries “The Kill Point,” starring John Leguizamo.
beyond the darkness
personal projects & literary work
He co-wrote the novel Feral with Brian Evenson, which was published by Random House, and wrote the children’s novel The Curious Chronicles of Jack Bokimble and His Peculiar Penumbra for Inkshares Inc.
In 2021, DeMonaco stepped back from his genre work to write, direct, and produce his coming-of-age passion project This Is the Night, starring Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, and Frank Grillo. DeMonaco and his family currently split their time between Staten Island and Manhattan. He loves the Yankees.
Masters of Cinema
