

In 2019, it was announced Bousman would return to the Saw franchise directing Spiral: From the Book of Saw, the ninth installment in the series. Bousman explained that before shooting could begin on Repo! The Genetic Opera, there was a gap of time during which the songs were being pre-recorded, and he would be able to direct Saw IV during that period. Despite this, on February 19, 2007, Leigh Whannell announced that Bousman had signed on to direct Saw IV. Saw III and Saw IV Īfter Saw III, Bousman announced that he would not direct another Saw film so that he would be free to prepare for his project Repo! the Genetic Opera, the stage version of which he had directed in 2002. Saw II was profitable and Bousman was signed on to direct Saw III, which was released on October 27, 2006. ĭuring the production of Saw II, Bousman directed the music video for Mudvayne's single " Forget to Remember," which appeared as the lead song on the soundtrack album. Two months later, Bousman was flown to Toronto to direct. Hoffman read the script and called Bousman interested in producing The Desperate, but after showing the script to his partners Mark Burg and Oren Koules, the two decided it would be the perfect opportunity to turn The Desperate into Saw II.

Armstrong who worked on Saw asked Bousman if he could show the script to Saw producer Gregg Hoffman. Bousman lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.ĭuring 2004, he was pitching an idea for a movie called The Desperate to various American studios, who complained that the screenplay was too violent, and the plot was too close to Saw.

He was inducted into the Full Sail University Hall of Fame in 2011. He attended high school at Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, and studied film at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, graduating in 2000. 5 Recurring collaborators in Darren Lynn Bousman's filmsīousman was born in Overland Park, Kansas, the son of Nancy and Lynn Bousman.
