Darren Bousman began his career directing commercials and music videos and quickly rose to fame when he was hired to direct SAW II, the sequel to the box office success film SAW. Bousman went on to direct sequels in the franchise SAW III and SAW IV, with his first three major films garnering global distribution and opening at #1 at the box office three years in a row. To date, Bousman has created over a dozen films that had $500 million in worldwide box office receipts.