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May 3, 2024 · Wes Craven, American director and screenwriter who was known for his horror films, several of which—including The Last House on the Left (1972), The Hills Have Eyes (1977), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Scream (1996)—are classics of the genre.
Aug 31, 2015 · Aug. 31, 2015. Wes Craven, a master of horror cinema and a proponent of the slasher genre who was best known for creating the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream” franchises, died on ...
A.V. Club Interview with Wes Craven. Raised in a strict Baptist family in Cleveland, Ohio, and ensconced in academia as a young adult, Wes Craven doesn’t seem to fit the profile of a master of horror. But when he and producer Sean S. Cunningham (who went on to direct Friday The 13th) got the opportunity to make a drive-in movie on the cheap ...
1972 - 1983. Rising out of the mid-western suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold visions since the release of his first feature film, The Last House of the Left, which he wrote, directed, and edited in 1972. In the years since that controversial ...
Aug 30, 2015 · Wes Craven, man behind ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ and ‘Scream,’ dies at 76. Link Copied! Wes Craven, the visionary filmmaker who defined the horror genre with the long-enduring “A ...
Oct 5, 2023 · 13. Stranger in Our House (a.k.a. Summer of Fear) (1978) Lee Purcell and Linda Blair in 'Stranger in Our House'. Everett Collection. After three feature films, Craven moved from New York to Los ...
Aug 31, 2015 · Wesley Earl “Wes” Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 1939, to a strictly Baptist family. Though he earned a Master’s Degree in philosophy and writing from John Hopkins University and briefly taught as a college professor in Pennsylvania and New York, his start in movies was in pornography, where he worked under pseudonyms.
