Wes Craven

American director and screenwriter

Also known as: Wesley Earl Craven

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Wes Craven

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Category: Arts & Culture

In full:: Wesley Earl Craven

Born:: August 2, 1939, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

Died:: August 30, 2015, Los Angeles, California (aged 76)

Notable Works:: “A Nightmare on Elm Street”; “Music of the Heart”; “My Soul to Take”; “Red Eye”; “Scream 3”; “Scream 4”; “Scream”; “Swamp Thing”; “The Hills Have Eyes”; “The Last House on the Left”

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Mark Kermode on… director Wes Craven, who made horror ‘a positive force in a world filled with fear’

Wes Craven (born August 2, 1939, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.—died August 30, 2015, Los Angeles, California) American director and screenwriter who was known for his horror films, several of which are classics of the genre. Craven earned an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois) in 1963 and went on to earn an M.A. in writing and philosophy from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) in 1964. He taught at Westminster College (New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) and then at Clarkson College (Potsdam, New York). He also spent a year teaching high school before taking his first film-industry job as a messenger in New ...(100 of 426 words)

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