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Wes Craven (born August 2, 1939), is an American film director best known as the creator and director of many horror films, including the Nightmare On Elm Street feature film series.

Craven holds an undergraduate degree in writing and psychology from Wheaton College in Illinois, and a masters degree from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to landing his first job in the film industry as a sound editor for a post-production company in New York, Craven was a humanities professor at Clarkston College.

Filmography

Director

• Scream 3 (2000)
• Music of the Heart (1999)
• Scream 2 (1997)
• Scream (1996)
• Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
• The People Under the Stairs (1991)
• Shocker (1989)
• The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
• Deadly Friend (1986)
• The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
• Swamp Thing (1982)
• Deadly Blessing (1981)
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
• Last House on the Left (1972)
• Together (1971)

Actor

• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
• Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
• The American Nightmare (2000)
• Scream 3 (2000, uncredited)
• Unmasking the Horror (1998, voice)
• Scream 2 (1997, uncredited)
• Scream (1996, uncredited)
• The Fear (1995)
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
• Night of the Living Dead: 25th Anniversary Edition (1993)
• Shocker (1989)
• Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986, voice)

Producer

• Freddy Vs. Jason (2003, executive producer)
• Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 (2000, executive producer)
• Carnival of Souls (1998, executive producer)
• Wishmaster (1997, executive producer)
• The Outpost (1995, executive producer)
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994, executive producer)
• The People Under the Stairs (1991, executive producer)
• Shocker (1989, executive producer)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• Together (1971, associate producer)

Writer

• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
• The People Under the Stairs (1991)
• Shocker (1989)
• The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
• Swamp Thing (1982)
• Deadly Blessing (1981)
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
• Last House on the Left (1972)

Editor

• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
• The Carhops (1974)
• It Happened in Hollywood (1973)
• Last House on the Left (1972)
• You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)

Cinematographer

• Together (1971)

other

• Bloodfist II (1990, advisor)