Michael Paul Nelson (born December 18, 1982) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the horror films The Domestics (2018), Wrong Turn (2021) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025).
2026Beware BoiúnaMovieDirector · Executive Producer
2025Silent Night, Deadly NightMovieDirector · Writer
2025Sweet RevengeMovieDirector · Writer
2023V/H/S/85MovieDirector · Screenplay
2023Edge of InsanityMovieas Customer (uncredited)
2021Wrong TurnMovieTitle Designer · Director
2020One MinnesotaMovie
2018AhockalypseMovieExecutive Producer
2018The DomesticsMovieas Horned Gambler (uncredited) · Director · Writer
2016The GoodbyeMovieDirector · Editor2012The Retirement of Joe CorduroyMovieDirector · Writer · Editor
2008An American ClassicMovieDirector · Screenplay · Editor
2006Summer SchoolMovieas The Monsters · Director · Writer · Director of Photography · Editor · Sound Designer
2004The G.I.MovieDirector · Writer · Special Effects Makeup Artist · Editor
—Untitled Saw FilmMovieDirector