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• Wes Craven is an American film director and writer, who is famous for creating the classic horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street, among others. He also directed the Scream trilogy.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: August 2, 1939
  2. Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
  3. First movie: The Last House on the Left in 1972
  4. Spouse: Iya Labunka
  5. Children: Jonathan and Jessica with former wife Bonnie Broecker
  6. Production company: Craven/Maddalena Films with professional partner Marianne Maddalena
  7. Craven is reportedly working on Scream 4
  8. • 1977
     : Prize of the International Critics' Jury for The Hills Have Eyes
  9. • 1985
     : Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival's Critics Award for A Nightmare on Elm Street
  10. • 1992
      : Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film's Pegasus Audience Award for The People Under the Stairs and Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival's Special Jury Award for The People Under the Stairs
  11. • 1995
      : Fantasporto's International Fantasy Film Award for best screenplay, New Nightmare
  12. • 1997
      : Grand Prize at the Gerardmer Film Festival for Scream

• Early Life

  Craven was raised a strict Baptist in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a degree in English and Psychology from Wheaton College in Illinois and went on to earn his masters in Philosophy and Writing from Johns Hopkins University. He briefly worked as a professor before entering the film industry.

• Notable Films

  • 1972 The Last House on the Left
  • 1977 The Hills Have Eyes
  • 1978 Summer Of Fear and The Evolution of Snuff
  • 1981 Deadly Blessing
  • 1982 Swamp Thing
  • 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • 1985 The Hills Have Eyes Part II
  • 1986 Deadly Friend
  • 1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow
  • 1989 Shocker
  • 1991 The People Under the Stairs
  • 1994 New Nightmare
  • 1995 Vampire in Brooklyn
  • 1996 Scream
  • 1997 Scream 2
  • 1999 Music of the Heart
  • 2000 Scream 3
  • 2005 Cursed and Red Eye
  • 2006 Paris, je t'aime
  • 2007 Agitation

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  A Nightmare on Elm Street | The People Under the Stairs | The Hills Have Eyes | Swamp Thing | Scream | Vampire in Brooklyn | Last House on the Left | Samuel Bayer

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