Wes Craven
Department: Directing
Biography
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
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
Becoming a Werewolf
2005
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
Scream: The Inside Story
2011
Body Bags
1993
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
The Fear
1995
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
The Tripper
2006
Sweet Cakes
1976
I Am Nancy
2011
Welcome to Primetime
1999
Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out
2002
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Shadow Zone: The Undead Express
1996
The American Nightmare
2000
Scream 4
2011
Red Eye
2005
Gorgon Video Magazine
1989
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011
Celluloid Crime of the Century
2003
Fear in the Dark
1991
Tales from the Crapper
2004
Scream 2
1997
Shocker
1989
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
The Fireworks Woman
1975
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'
2002
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005
The Thick Brown Line
2004
Masters of Horror
2002
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
2003
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
Scream 3
2000
Diary of the Dead
2007
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'
1989
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
2006
It Happened in Hollywood
1973
Scream
1996
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares
2006
The House That Freddy Built
2006
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
2000
The Future of Fear
2011
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
The Making of 'Scream 4'
2011
Behind the Scream
2000
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Unmasking the Horror
1998
Stark Raving Mad
1999
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Twilight Zone
1985
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
On the Lot
2007
Boston Legal
2004
Castle
2009
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004
The Fourth Wall
2023