Wes Craven | |
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Job(s) | Director Producer |
Date of Birth | August 2, 1939 - August 30th, 2015 (aged 76) ✝ |
Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven ✝(born August 2, 1939-August 30, 2015) was an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films, including A Nightmare on Elm Street and Wes Craven's New Nightmare, featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character, the Scream films, alongside The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under the Stairs, Vampire in Brooklyn, Red Eye, and My Soul to Take. He portrays Fred in Scream. He died after a long fight with brain cancer on August 30th, 2015.
External links
- Wes Craven at the Internet Movie Database
- Wes Craven at Allmovie
- Official site