Which sibling duo created Stranger Things?

The Duffer Brothers—identical twins Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer—created Stranger Things. They also write, direct, and serve as showrunners and executive producers on the Netflix series.

The brothers developed the project after working on the 2015 horror film Hidden and writing for the science-fiction series Wayward Pines. Their pitch combined childhood adventure, supernatural horror, and strong 1980s influences. Dan Cohen of 21 Laps Entertainment helped bring the project to Shawn Levy, whose company partnered with the Duffers before Netflix acquired the series.

Stranger Things premiered on July 15, 2016. It is set mainly in the fictional Indiana town of Hawkins, where children investigate disappearances, secret experiments, and the alternate dimension known as the Upside Down. The show’s look and tone draw on filmmakers and writers such as Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Stephen King, and George Lucas.

The Safdie Brothers, the Wachowskis, and the Russo Brothers are also prominent filmmaking teams, but they did not create Stranger Things. The canonical credit is the Duffer Brothers.