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Leigh Janiak

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Leigh Janiak
Witness the epic conclusion of a 300 year nightmare. FEAR STREET Part 3: 1666, the final chapter of Netflix's epic summer movie event, premieres this Friday, July 16, only on Netflix.
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Leigh Janiak is a film director and screenwriter born on February 1, 1980 in Ohio, USA. She is the daughter of Karen L. Janiak and Nestor K. Janiak of Mentor, Ohio, USA. Her feature film directorial debut was horror/mystery Honeymoon (2014) starring Rose Leslie from Game of Thrones (2011), and Harry Treadaway who can be seen on the television series Penny Dreadful (2014) as Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Leigh Janiak has been generating a lot of buzz after it was announced that she was attached to direct and co-write a sequel for the 1996 cult thriller The Craft (1996). Leigh has also recently directed episodes from the hit television series Scream: The TV Series (2015) as well as directing on another television series, Outcast (2016). She has been married to Ross Duffer since December 2015
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Leigh Janiak
Leigh Janiak, Ted Sutherland, and Sadie Sink in Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
Leigh Janiak in Honeymoon (2014)
Leigh Janiak
Fear Street:1978
Harry Treadaway and Leigh Janiak in Honeymoon (2014)
Leigh Janiak
Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer, Leigh Janiak, Caleb McLaughlin, Joe Keery, and Gaten Matarazzo
Leigh Janiak and Sadie Sink in Stranger Things (2016)
Leigh Janiak in The Staircase (2022)
Fear Street: 1978
Leigh Janiak

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Kiana Madeira, Lloyd Pitts, and Noah Bain Garret in Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
Fear Street: Part One - 1994
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  • 2021
Sadie Sink in Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
Fear Street: Part Two - 1978
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  • Director(directed by)
  • 2021
Olivia Scott Welch in Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
Fear Street: Part Three - 1666
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  • 2021
Rose Leslie in Honeymoon (2014)
Honeymoon
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  • 2014

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  • Colin Firth and Toni Collette in The Staircase (2022)
    The Staircase
  • Olivia Scott Welch in Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part Three - 1666
    • (directed by)
  • Sadie Sink in Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part Two - 1978
    • (directed by)
  • Kiana Madeira, Lloyd Pitts, and Noah Bain Garret in Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part One - 1994
  • Panic (2021)
    Panic
  • Willa Fitzgerald in Scream: The TV Series (2015)
    Scream: The TV Series
  • Outcast (2016)
    Outcast
  • Rose Leslie in Honeymoon (2014)
    Honeymoon
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Writer

  • Olivia Scott Welch in Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part Three - 1666
  • Sadie Sink in Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part Two - 1978
  • Kiana Madeira, Lloyd Pitts, and Noah Bain Garret in Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part One - 1994
  • Rose Leslie in Honeymoon (2014)
    Honeymoon

Producer

  • Olivia Scott Welch in Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part Three - 1666
  • Sadie Sink in Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part Two - 1978
  • Kiana Madeira, Lloyd Pitts, and Noah Bain Garret in Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
    Fear Street: Part One - 1994
  • Panic (2021)
    Panic

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    • February 1, 1980
    • Ohio, USA
    • Ross DufferDecember 22, 2015 - present
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