Oren Peli (Hebrew: אורן פלאי ; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli American film director, producer and screenwriter, known as the director of Paranormal Activity. Read full biography of Oren Peli →
The thing that scares me is a place like the Amazon - which is the size of the continental U.S. and mostly unexplored and has a different ecosystem... →
I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate more on the story... →
Even if you look at the 'Paranormal Activity' movies, at the end of the movie things get really crazy and nutty, but they all start in a very... →
Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.
Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
I'm pretty content with what I have, but the one thing that I don't have is something like the iPod - but PC-based. I think that would be... →
It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.
For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known... →
After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch... →
Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock... →
I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn it as opposed to kind... →
I do not buy CDs any more; I usually stream Internet radio. For movies, I hardly every buy any DVDS. I have a DVR, so just record things off HBO... →
I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's... →
Oren Peli (Hebrew: אורן פלאי ; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli American film director, producer and screenwriter, known as the director of Paranormal Activity.