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Wes Craven

Aug 2, 1939 - Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Wes Craven
Movie	2005	Becoming a Werewolf	Wes Craven
Movie	1994	New Nightmare	Self
Movie	2011	Scream: The Inside Story	Self
Movie	1993	Body Bags	Pasty Faced Man
Movie	2008	Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX	Self
Movie	2004	The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing	Self
Movie	2006	Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film	Self
Movie	1995	The Fear	Dr. Arnold
Movie	1992	Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies	Self
Movie	2006	The Tripper	Hippie (uncredited)
Movie	1976	Sweet Cakes	Photographer (uncredited)
Movie	2011	I Am Nancy	Self
Movie	1999	Welcome to Primetime	Self
Movie	2002	Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out	Undead Cowboy (uncredited)
Movie	2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self
Movie	1996	Shadow Zone: The Undead Express	Counsellor
Movie	2000	The American Nightmare	Self
Movie	2011	Scream 4	Coroner (uncredited)
Movie	2005	Red Eye	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Movie	1989	Gorgon Video Magazine	Self
Movie	2011	Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective	Self
Movie	2003	Celluloid Crime of the Century	Self
Movie	1991	Fear in the Dark	Self
Movie	2004	Tales from the Crapper	Party Goer (uncredited)
Movie	1997	Scream 2	Doctor (uncredited)
Movie	1989	Shocker	Man Neighbor
Movie	1989	Stephen King's World of Horror	Self
Movie	2006	Paris Je T'aime	La victime de la vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine)
Movie	1986	Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors	Self
Movie	1975	The Fireworks Woman	Nicholas Burns / The Fireworks Man (uncredited)
Movie	2000	Welcome to Hollywood	Wes Craven
Movie	2013	Trespassing Bergman	Self
Movie	2012	Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger	Self
Movie	2002	It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'	Self
Movie	2005	Ban the Sadist Videos!	Self
Movie	2004	The Thick Brown Line	Self
Movie	2002	Masters of Horror	Self
Movie	2003	Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'	Self
Movie	2013	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th	Self
Movie	2000	Scream 3	Man with Video Camera on Studio Tour (uncredited)
Movie	2007	Diary of the Dead	Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Movie	2013	House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!	Self
Movie	2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.	(archive footage)
Movie	2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1	Self
Movie	2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis	Self
Movie	1989	The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'	Self
Movie	2006	Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Self
Movie	1973	It Happened in Hollywood	Kings Litter Bearer
Movie	1996	Scream	Fred the Janitor (uncredited)
Movie	2006	Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares	Self
Movie	2006	The House That Freddy Built	Self
Movie	2000	Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film	Self
Movie	2011	The Future of Fear	Self
Movie	2020	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	(archive footage)
Movie	2011	The Making of 'Scream 4'	Self
Movie	2000	Behind the Scream	Self
Movie	2005	Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection	Self
TV Show	1999	Stark Raving Mad	Terrance Sterling	1
TV Show	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	1
TV Show	1985	The Twilight Zone	(segment "Children's Zoo")	1
TV Show	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		2
TV Show	2007	On the Lot		1
TV Show	2004	Boston Legal	Self	1
TV Show	2009	Castle	Self	1
TV Show	2004	100 Scariest Movie Moments	Self	5
TV Show	2023	The Fourth Wall	Self	1

Crew

Media
Movie	1984	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge	Characters	Writing
Movie	2005	Cursed	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	The Breed	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2005	Feast	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1996	Scream	Director	Directing
Movie	1997	Scream 2	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Scream 3	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	Characters	Writing
Movie	1989	A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child	Characters	Writing
Movie	2000	Dracula 2000	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2006	Paris Je T'aime	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	Characters	Writing
Movie	1988	The Serpent and the Rainbow	Director	Directing
Movie	2005	Red Eye	Director	Directing
Movie	1994	New Nightmare	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Characters	Writing
Movie	1977	The Hills Have Eyes	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	The Hills Have Eyes	Editor	Editing
Movie	1995	Vampire in Brooklyn	Director	Directing
Movie	1999	Music of the Heart	Director	Directing
Movie	1989	Shocker	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1989	Shocker	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Deadly Blessing	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Deadly Blessing	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	2007	The Hills Have Eyes 2	Producer	Production
Movie	2007	The Hills Have Eyes 2	Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Producer	Production
Movie	1991	The People Under the Stairs	Writer	Writing
Movie	1991	The People Under the Stairs	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	Deadly Friend	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Together	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	2011	Scream 4	Director	Directing
Movie	2011	Scream 4	Producer	Production
Movie	1972	The Last House on the Left	Editor	Editing
Movie	1972	The Last House on the Left	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	My Soul to Take	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	My Soul to Take	Writer	Writing
Movie	1979	Stranger in Our House	Director	Directing
Movie	1982	Swamp Thing	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	The Hills Have Eyes Part 2	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	The Hills Have Eyes Part 2	Writer	Writing
Movie	1984	Invitation to Hell	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Chiller	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Night Visions	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	The Fireworks Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	My Soul to Take	Producer	Production
Movie	2009	The Last House on the Left	Producer	Production
Movie	2007	Diary of the Dead	Thanks	Crew
Movie	1989	Shocker	Writer	Writing
Movie	1994	New Nightmare	Writer	Writing
Movie	2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Original Film Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Characters	Writing
Movie	2006	Pulse	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Characters	Writing
Movie	1982	Swamp Thing	Writer	Writing
Movie	1972	The Last House on the Left	Writer	Writing
Movie	2009	The Last House on the Left	Characters	Writing
Movie	1977	The Hills Have Eyes	Writer	Writing
Movie	2007	The Hills Have Eyes 2	Characters	Writing
Movie	2002	Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	The People Under the Stairs	Original Film Writer	Writing
Movie	1995	Mind Ripper	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1986	Casebusters	Director	Directing
Movie	1994	New Nightmare	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1994	New Nightmare	Characters	Writing
Movie	2002	They Shoot Divas, Don't They?	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1993	The Nightmare Begins Again	Characters	Writing
Movie	2016	Mortal Nightmare	Thanks	Crew
Movie	2022	Scream	In Memory Of	Crew
Movie	2003	Freddy vs. Jason	Characters	Writing
Movie	1985	The Hills Have Eyes Part 2	Characters	Writing
Movie	1971	You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat	Editor	Editing
Movie	1972	Deep Throat	Other	Crew
Movie	1998	Hollyweird	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1978	The Evolution of Snuff	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1990	Bloodfist II	Other	Crew
Movie	2015	The Girl in the Photographs	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1981	Kent State	Producer	Production
Movie	1998	Carnival of Souls	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1973	It Happened in Hollywood	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1973	It Happened in Hollywood	Editor	Editing
Movie	2003	Dracula II: Ascension	Presenter	Crew
Movie	1978	Here Come the Tigers	Gaffer	Lighting
Movie	1998	Hollyweird	Presenter	Crew
Movie	2005	Dracula III: Legacy	Presenter	Crew
Movie	1993	The Nightmare Begins Again	Creator	Crew
Movie	2000	Dracula 2000	Presenter	Crew
Movie	1975	Kitty Can't Help It	Editor	Editing
Movie	1975	The Fireworks Woman	Editor	Editing
Movie	1990	Night Visions	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1990	Night Visions	Writer	Writing
Movie	1997	Wishmaster	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1971	Together	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2002	They	Presenter	Crew
Movie	1998	Don't Look Down	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1991	The People Under the Stairs	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2006	Paris Je T'aime	Writer	Writing
Movie	2004	The Nightmare Ends on Halloween	Thanks	Crew
Movie	1975	The Fireworks Woman	Writer	Writing
Movie	2018	Terrifier	In Memory Of	Crew
Movie	2009	The Last House on the Left	Original Film Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Original Film Writer	Writing
Movie	1984	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Writer	Writing
Movie	1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Story	Writing
Movie	2013	Krueger: Another Tale from Elm Street	Characters	Writing
Movie	2013	Krueger: Another Tale from Elm Street	Thanks	Crew
Movie	2015	The Confession of Fred Krueger	Characters	Writing
TV Show	1985	The Twilight Zone	Director	Directing
TV Show	1992	Nightmare Cafe	Director	Directing
TV Show	1992	Nightmare Cafe	Producer	Production
TV Show	2015	Scream: The TV Series	Executive Producer	Production
TV Show	1988	Freddy's Nightmares	Characters	Writing
TV Show	1988	Freddy's Nightmares	Creator	Creator
TV Show	1992	Nightmare Cafe	Creator	Creator
TV Show	1989	The People Next Door	Creator	Creator