Oren Peli (Hebrew: אורן פלאי / אורן פלי; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli filmmaker best known for writing and directing the 2007 horror film Paranormal Activity. He acted as producer on subsequent films in the franchise and the first five films in the Insidious franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oren Peli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.