High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saw is an American horror franchise that currently consists of six films distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment and various other forms of media. The franchise began with the 2003 short film, which was created by director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell to potentially pitch it as a feature film?which was successfully done in 2004 with the first feature film being released at the Sundance Film Festival and released theatrically the following ...