[5] Greutert wrote the original story for and was signed on to direct Paranormal Activity 2, but he was forced off the project and onto Saw 3D after Twisted Pictures (production company behind the Saw films) exercised a "contractual clause" in his contract.

[9] Greutert also directed the 2015 horror film Visions, starring Isla Fisher, Anson Mount, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Parsons, and Eva Longoria, also for producer Jason Blum.

Greutert later directed a thriller entitled Jackals, starring Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, and Deborah Kara Unger, which was released in 2017.

[citation needed] In August 2022, Bloody Disgusting reported that Greutert would return in a directing capacity to the Saw franchise as the director of its tenth film Saw X, which was released on September 29, 2023.

[11] Likewise, in February 2024, Greutert was confirmed to be returning again to direct Saw XI, the eleventh film in the series, set for a release on September 27, 2024.