Johannes Christopher Edward Roberts (born 24 May 1976) is an English 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), Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) and Primate (2025).
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Career
Johannes Roberts started his career making a series of micro budget horror films such as Sanitarium (2001), Hellbreeder (2003), Darkhunters (2004), Forest of the Damned (2005), Roberts wrote and directed the slasher film F (2010), which was made for only £100k, the film was picked up by Studio Canal and released theatrically in the United Kingdom.
Roberts then directed the television horror film Roadkill (2011) for Syfy and then directed the science fiction horror film Storage 24 (2012) for Magnet Releasing.
In 2016, Roberts wrote and directed the horror film The Other Side of the Door for 20th Century Fox. The film was produced by Alexandre Aja and starred Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky, and Javier Botet.
In 2017, Roberts wrote and directed the survival horror film 47 Meters Down, starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Modine. Originally set to be released by The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films in 2016, the film was released on DVD by mistake in stores under the original title In the Deep. Entertainment Studios acquired the film and released it theatrically in 2017.
In 2018, Roberts directed the slasher film The Strangers: Prey at Night, a sequel to the 2008 film The Strangers and the second installment in The Strangers franchise, the film was released by Aviron Pictures it starred Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman.
