Michael Chaves (born November 3, 1978) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing the horror films ''
The Curse of La Llorona'' (2019), ''
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'' (2021), and ''
The Nun II'' (2023).
Career
Chaves began directing several short films including ''The Maiden'', which won the
Best Super Short Horror Film Award at Shriekfest 2016. He also created the television series ''Chase Champion'', and directed all of the episodes.
He transitioned to feature-length filmmaking with the horror films ''
The Curse of La Llorona'', ''
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'',
''
The Nun II'', and ''
The Conjuring: Last Rites'', all produced by
James Wan
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. The latter three films are the seventh, eighth, and ninth installments of
The Conjuring Universe, respectively. He is also signed on to direct another horror film, ''The Reckoning'', for
Michael Bay
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,
Bradley Fuller
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Early life and education
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, and
Andrew Form, under
Platinum Dunes, with a script written by
Patrick Melton and
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.
Filmography
Film
* ''
The Curse of La Llorona'' (2019)
* ''
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'' (2021)
* ''
The Nun II'' (2023)
* ''
The Conjuring: Last Rites'' (2025)
Music video
Short film
Web series
References
External links
*
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21st-century American male writers
21st-century American screenwriters
Film directors from California
American male screenwriters
English-language film directors
American horror film directors
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
American showrunners
1984 births