---
name: "Lee Cronin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-cronin"
fi1m_id: "lee-cronin"
imdb_id: "nm2091846"
tmdb_id: 1398631
wikidata_id: "Q55215630"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "24 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T21:32:39.084266+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lee Cronin

## Identity

Lee Cronin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-cronin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-cronin
- **IMDb ID:** nm2091846
- **TMDB ID:** 1398631
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55215630
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cronin_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55215630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091846/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1398631

Director and writer. Born 24 January 1982 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 24 January 1982, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 producing
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cronin_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55215630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091846/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1398631

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Evil Dead Rise*](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-rise.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lee Cronin is an Irish film director and screenwriter. Born in Dublin on 24 January 1982, he began his career making short films. His short horror film *Ghost Train* (2013) won the Méliès d'Argent and was included in the anthology *Minutes Past Midnight* (2016).

Cronin made his feature directorial debut with *The Hole in the Ground* (2019). He directed two episodes of the series *50 States of Fright* (2020) and wrote and directed *Evil Dead Rise* (2023), the fifth film in the Evil Dead franchise. He is attached to write and direct *Lee Cronin's The Mummy* (2026). In 2024 he co-founded the production company Wicked/Good with John Keville and Macdara Kelleher.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Evil Dead Rise* (2023), Fi1m 72, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-rise.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Evil Dead Burn* (2026), Fi1m 55, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-burn.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Evil Dead Burn* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-burn.md)
- *Lee Cronin's The Mummy* (2026), Writer, Director, Executive Producer
- *Evil Dead Rise* (2023), Writer, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-rise.md)
- *50 States of Fright* (2020), series, Director
- *The Hole in the Ground* (2019), Director, Writer
- *Minutes Past Midnight* (2016), Director, Writer
- *Ghost Train* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Billy & Chuck* (2011), Director, Writer
- *Through the Night* (2010), Screenplay, Director, Story
- *Wilbur & Anto* (2004), Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Lee Cronin](https://film.one/media/person/21225/gallery-b25eaaf32d55.jpg) Lee Cronin — Sean Dudley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Evil_Dead_Rise_-_SXSW_2023_Panel_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![An image from SXSW that I took when viewing the panel in person. It features the producer of the film, Rob Tapert, the director, Lee Cronin, producer Sam Raimi, (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/21225/gallery-801ccb89277b.jpg) An image from SXSW that I took when viewing the panel in person. It features the producer of the film, Rob Tapert, the director, Lee Cronin, producer Sam Raimi, (2023) — Sean Dudley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Evil_Dead_Rise_-_SXSW_2023_Panel.jpg/1280px-Evil_Dead_Rise_-_SXSW_2023_Panel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lee Cronin](https://film.one/media/person/21225/gallery-159664c2abfe.jpg) Lee Cronin — Image via TMDB
- ![Lee Cronin](https://film.one/media/person/21225/gallery-13fab1f9b4a4.jpg) Lee Cronin — Image via TMDB

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