Wes Craven

Categories: Entertainment
    • Born: August 2, 1939
    • Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
    • First movie: The Last House on the Left in 1972
    • Spouse: Iya Labunka
    • Children: Jonathan and Jessica with former wife Bonnie Broecker
    • Production company: Craven/Maddalena Films with professional partner Marianne Maddalena
    • Craven is reportedly working on Scream 4
      • 1977
      :       Prize of the International Critics' Jury for The Hills Have Eyes
      • 1985
      :       Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival's Critics Award for A Nightmare on Elm Street
      • 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
      • 1995
      :       Fantasporto's International Fantasy Film Award for best screenplay, New Nightmare
      • 1997
      :       Grand Prize at the Gerardmer Film Festival for Scream

  • 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.

  • 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

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