Darren Lynn Bousman Movies and Career Information

Darren Lynn Bousman (born January 11, 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter. Bousman was born in Overland Park, Kansas, the son of Nancy and Lynn Bousman. He is a graduate of the Film School at Full Sail University. He attended high school at Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, and studied film at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Bousman got engaged to Laura Bosserman on October 4, 2008. During 2004, he was pitching an idea for a movie called The Desperate to various studios, who complained that the screenplay was too violent, and the plot was too close to Saw. James Wan and Leigh Whannell caught wind of this, and called Bousman the day Saw came out in theaters and asked if he was interested in reworking The Desperate as Saw II. Bousman agreed. Whannell helped him adapt the screenplay to fit into the Saw franchise and signed Darren on to direct it. Saw II was profitable and Bousman was signed on to direct Saw III, which was released on October 27, 2006. After Saw II, Bousman was asked by heavy rock band Mudvayne to direct the music video for their next single "Forget to Remember," which eventually became the lead song on the Saw II