Stiles White is an American special effects artist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, film producer, and film director. He is best known for writing the film '' Knowing'' and writing and directing the film ''

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''. He is also known for co-writing screenplays with his wife

Juliet Snowden Juliet Snowden is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer, best known for writing '' Knowing'' and ''Ouija''. She is also known for co-writing screenplays with her husband Stiles White. Career In 2014, Snowden wrote the screenp ...

Career

White began his career as a production assistant for

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, working on projects ranging from ''Interview with the Vampire'' to ''

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''. In 2004, he co-created the short-lived animated television series ''

Da Boom Crew ''Da Boom Crew'' is an animated television series created by Bruce W. Smith, John Patrick White, and Stiles White. The series premiered on The WB as part of the Kids' WB! schedule in September 2004. Unusual for an animated series, it was pulled ...

''. White made his screenwriting debut co-writing the 2005 horror film ''Boogeyman'' with his future spouse,

. In 2014, White made his directing debut with the supernatural horror film ''

'', based on the

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's board game of same name whose script he once again co-wrote with Snowden. The film was released on October 24, 2014 by

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, grossing more than $102 million with a budget of just $5 million.

Future projects

In June 2015, White and Snowden were hired by Universal to rewrite the untitled ''Bermuda Triangle'' film based on the original script by

Alfred Gough Alfred Gough (born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer and showrunner. He is best known as co-creator of The WB/The CW's Superman prequel series ''Smallville'' and Netflix's ''Addams Family'' spin-off series ''Wednesday''. Al ...

and

Miles Millar Miles Millar (born 1967) is an Australian-British screenwriter, showrunner, producer and director. He is known for co-creating the long-running Superman prequel television series ''Smallville'' and the Tim Burton Netflix ''Addams Family'' spin- ...

Personal life

White is married to writer-producer

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Stiles Living people 21st-century American screenwriters People from Yuba City, California American male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Film directors from California Screenwriters from California Special effects people 21st-century American male writers