Wes Craven
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).
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Stark Raving Mad
6.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
The Twilight Zone
7.762
E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
On the Lot
5.8
Boston Legal
7.9
Castle
7.987
100 Scariest Movie Moments
8
Movies
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
6.429
Becoming a Werewolf
3
New Nightmare
6.448
Scream: The Inside Story
6.1
Body Bags
6.1
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
7
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
6.969
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
6.8
The Fear
3.9
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
10
The Making of 'Red Eye'
6
The Tripper
4.9
Sweet Cakes
4.5
I Am Nancy
6.4
Welcome to Primetime
0
Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out
0
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
7.8
Shadow Zone: The Undead Express
5.188
The American Nightmare
7
Scream 4
6.465
Red Eye
6.392
Gorgon Video Magazine
0
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
7.7
Celluloid Crime of the Century
6
Fear in the Dark
10
Tales from the Crapper
4.167
Scream 2
6.497
Shocker
5.564
Stephen King's World of Horror
8
Paris Je T'aime
6.771
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
8.2
The Fireworks Woman
4.4
Welcome to Hollywood
3.6
Trespassing Bergman
6.6
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
5.5
It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'
6
Ban the Sadist Videos!
6.9
The Thick Brown Line
0
Masters of Horror
7.7
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
5
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
7.9
Scream 3
5.99
Diary of the Dead
5.567
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
0
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
0
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
8
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
6.5
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'
4.7
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
8.2
It Happened in Hollywood
5.5
Scream
7.415
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares
5.5
The House That Freddy Built
6
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
6
The Future of Fear
0
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
0
The Making of 'Scream 4'
0
Freddy's Nightmares: Making Of
0
Behind the Scream
0