{"id":35426,"date":"2026-07-13T05:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=mike-flanagan"},"modified":"2026-07-13T05:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:10:48","slug":"mike-flanagan","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=mike-flanagan","title":{"rendered":"Mike Flanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Flanagan\u00a0(born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker best known for his\u00a0horror work. Flanagan wrote, directed, produced, and edited the horror films\u00a0Absentia\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Oculus (2013),\u00a0Hush,\u00a0Before I Wake,\u00a0Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016),\u00a0Gerald&#8217;s Game\u00a0(2017), and\u00a0Doctor Sleep\u00a0(2019). 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