Known for Directing
Johannes Christopher Edward Roberts (born 24 May 24 1976) is a British filmmaker. He is best known for directing the horror films The Other Side of the Door (2016), 47 Meters Down (2017), The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) and Primate (2025).
Born
May 24, 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Cambridge, England, UK
Filmography
51 films


Primate
2026 · 1h 29m
country: United States
College student Lucy and her friends spend their vacation at her family's home in Hawaii, which includes her pet chimpanzee, Ben. However, when Ben contracts rabies after being bitten by a rabid animal, the group must fight for their lives in order to avoid the now-violent chimp.


V/H/S/99
2022 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.


Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021 · 1h 47m
country: Germany
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.


The Plague
2020 · 3m
country: United Kingdom
A short proof-of-concept for a feature film about spiders that breed inside of human beings.


47 Meters Down: Uncaged
2019 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Four teenage girls go on a diving adventure to explore a submerged Mayan city. Once inside, their rush of excitement turns into a jolt of terror as they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, the friends must navigate the underwater labyrinth of claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels in search of a way out of their watery hell.


The Strangers: Prey at Night
2018 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked killers pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive.


47 Meters Down
2017 · 1h 29m
country: Dominican Republic
Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.


The Other Side of the Door
2016 · 1h 36m
country: India
Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.


Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: An American Werewolf in London
2012 · 1m
country: United Kingdom
One in a series of short PSAs produced for FrightFest 2012 admonishing people to turn off their bloody phones.


Storage 24
2012 · 1h 27m
country: United Kingdom
Something nasty is lurking inside a secure storage unit. When a group of people get trapped inside, they need to find a way to get out of a building that's designed to keep things in...


Roadkill
2011 · 1h 28m
country: Ireland
Six young friends on a road trip in Ireland run afoul of gypsies who curse them for accidentally running down an old woman. The curse takes the form of a terrifying flying beast that tries killing them all.


F
2010 · 1h 19m
country: United Kingdom
A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours.


When Evil Calls
2006 · 1h 16m
country: United Kingdom
When Evil Calls centers around the mysterious appearance of a text message that grants the students of Wilburn High School their wildest desires.


Forest of the Damned
2005 · 1h 23m
country: United Kingdom
A group of friends go on a roadtrip and come to a stop in a forest where legend has it a group of naked bisexual female monsters lurk. Will they awaken them? And if so will they survive?


Darkhunters
2004 · 1h 24m
country: United Kingdom
Walking the Earth as an undead spirit has Charlie Jackson in a quandary. Unable to interact with his family, Charlie feels he's been forsaken by God. Now, his ultimate goal is to get to heaven as soon as possible - but that's easier said than done. The battle between good and evil for Charlie's soul has begun, and salvation might only come via Carol Miller, a darkhunter who brings lost souls back to death.


Hellbreeder
2004 · 1h 21m
country: United Kingdom
Five years ago Alice saw her son murdered; now every day is consumed with the need to find his killer. In the sleepy town of Ludlow, the arrival of the mysterious stranger who Alice suspects of being the killer of her son coincides with a renewed spate of horrific child murders. Now a weary detective must uncover the truth behind the killings before another child is killed; and Alice must face the unbelievable truth behind the death of her son before insanity, grief and guilt break her mind


Sanitarium
2001 · 1h 26m
country: United Kingdom
A generation ago, Dr Max Warick was researching a mysterious experimental drug which was scientifically proven to cure certain types of madness. But as the most deranged test subjects miraculously regained their sanity, the control patients, who were given no drugs at all, suffered horrific consequences. Because no one could find the cause of such deadly side effects, the experiments were stopped. But now twenty years later, a new set of hospital officials are about to release the drug into the marketplace. And the only man who can prevent this terror from eating away at the masses has since traded in his lab coat for a straight jacket.