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John Erick Dowdle and Rudy Webb in Devil (2010)

John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle in Devil (2010)

John Erick Dowdle, M. Night Shyamalan, and Drew Dowdle in Devil (2010)

John Erick Dowdle, Ken Seng, and Joseph Aguirre in Quarantine (2008)

John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle in As Above, So Below (2014)

John Erick Dowdle, Michael Shannon, and Drew Dowdle

John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle at an event for Quarantine (2008)

Pierce Brosnan, Marco Beltrami, Owen Wilson, Sahajak Boonthanakit, John Erick Dowdle, Spencer Garrett, Arvinder Greywal, Léo Hinstin, David Lancaster, Buck Sanders, Charlie Sungkawess, Stacy Chbosky, Lake Bell, Elliot Greenberg, Michel Litvak, Nophand Boonyai, Danai Thiengdham, Drew Dowdle, Byron Gibson, Sterling Jerins, Claire Geare, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Matthew Timothy Olynyk, Kanarpat Phintiang, Mikayla Friend, Stefen King, Thanawat Kaewarkorn, Jay John Strifler, Vuthichard Photphurin, Manfred Ilg, Paitoon Songubon, Yutthana Mueanwacha, Hiran Bunyaain, and Somwang Ritdech in No Escape (2015)

John grew up in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. After graduating St. Thomas Academy, an all-boys, military, Catholic highschool, John moved to Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa. There he would make the move from writing to film. Two years later, John moved to Manhattan to attend NYU's film program. After graduating NYU, John moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking. John wrote and directed his first feature, Full Moon Rising (1996) just out of college. For his sophomore effort, The Dry Spell, John was joined by his brother Drew, who produced the film as John wrote, directed and edited. They now live in Los Angeles, working together as The Brothers Dowdle.

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