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Name
Wes Craven

Known For
Directing

Birthday
1939-08-02

Deathday
2015-08-30 (76 years old)

Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was a prolific and influential American film director, writer, producer, and occasional actor known for his pioneering work in the horror genre, and particularly in the teen slasher subgenre. Among his best-known works are such landmark films as "The Last House on the Left" (1972), "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) and the "Scream" series (1996–2011).

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Wes Craven
2005 Becoming a Werewolf as Wes Craven
1994 Wes Craven's New Nightmare as Wes Craven
2011 Scream: The Inside Story as Self
1993 Body Bags as Pasty Faced Man
2008 Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self
1995 The Fear as Dr. Arnold
1992 Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies as Self
2006 The Tripper as Hippie (uncredited)
1976 Sweet Cakes as Photographer (uncredited)
2011 I Am Nancy as Self
1999 Welcome to Primetime as Self
2002 Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out as Undead Cowboy (uncredited)
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
1996 Shadow Zone: The Undead Express as Counsellor
2000 The American Nightmare as Self
2005 Red Eye as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
1989 Gorgon Video Magazine as Self
2011 Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
2003 Celluloid Crime of the Century as Self
1991 Fear in the Dark as Self
2004 Tales from the Crapper as Party Goer (uncredited)
1997 Scream 2 as Doctor (uncredited)
1989 Shocker as Man Neighbor
1989 Stephen King's World of Horror as Self
2006 Paris Je T'aime as La victime de la vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine)
1986 Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors as Self
1975 The Fireworks Woman as Nicholas Burns / The Fireworks Man (uncredited)
2000 Welcome to Hollywood as Wes Craven
2013 Trespassing Bergman as Self
2012 Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger as Self
2002 It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left' as Self
2005 Ban the Sadist Videos! as Self
2004 The Thick Brown Line as Self
2002 Masters of Horror as Self
2003 Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
2013 Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self
2000 Scream 3 as Man with Video Camera on Studio Tour (uncredited)
2007 Diary of the Dead as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
2013 House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! as Self
2020 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 as Self
2020 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. as (archive footage)
2020 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis as Self
1989 The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV' as Self
2006 Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ as Self
1973 It Happened in Hollywood as Kings Litter Bearer
1996 Scream as Fred the Janitor (uncredited)
2006 Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares as Self
2006 The House That Freddy Built as Self
2000 Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film as Self
2011 The Future of Fear as Self
2020 The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
2011 The Making of 'Scream 4' as Self
2000 Behind the Scream as Self
2005 Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
1998 Unmasking the Horror
2005 Inside Deep Throat as Self

1999 Stark Raving Mad ( 1 episode ) as Terrance Sterling
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "Children's Zoo")
1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 2 episodes )
2007 On the Lot ( 1 episode )
2004 Boston Legal ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 Castle ( 1 episode ) as Self
2004 100 Scariest Movie Moments ( 5 episodes ) as Self
2023 The Fourth Wall ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy ( 2 episodes )

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