
Place of Birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date of Birth:
8/2/1939
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).

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Becoming a Werewolf

New Nightmare

Scream: The Inside Story

Body Bags

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

The Fear

Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies

The Tripper

Sweet Cakes

I Am Nancy

Welcome to Primetime

Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Shadow Zone: The Undead Express

The American Nightmare

Scream 4

Red Eye

Gorgon Video Magazine

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

Celluloid Crime of the Century

Fear in the Dark

Tales from the Crapper

Scream 2

Shocker

Stephen King's World of Horror

Paris Je T'aime

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

The Fireworks Woman

Welcome to Hollywood

Trespassing Bergman

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'

Ban the Sadist Videos!
The Thick Brown Line

Masters of Horror

Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Scream 3

Diary of the Dead

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

It Happened in Hollywood

Scream

Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares

The House That Freddy Built

Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
The Future of Fear

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The Making of 'Scream 4'

Behind the Scream