
🎬 Director
Wes Craven
🎂 Born 2 August 1939 (age 76)✝ 30 August 2015📍 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Popularity Score
56
Acting Credits
28
Directed
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
Directed Films(28)

★ 7.4
Scream
1996
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★ 7.3
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
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★ 6.5
Scream 2
1997
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★ 6.5
Scream 4
2011
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★ 6.0
Scream 3
2000
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★ 6.5
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
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★ 6.4
Red Eye
2005
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★ 5.4
Cursed
2005
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★ 6.0
The Last House on the Left
1972
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★ 6.8
Paris Je T'aime
2006
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★ 6.2
The Hills Have Eyes
1977
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★ 6.5
The People Under the Stairs
1991
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★ 5.6
Shocker
1989
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★ 6.4
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
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★ 6.7
Music of the Heart
1999
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★ 5.1
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
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★ 5.4
Swamp Thing
1982
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★ 6.2
Deadly Friend
1986
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★ 5.5
My Soul to Take
2010
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★ 5.3
Stranger in Our House
1979
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★ 5.6
Deadly Blessing
1981
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★ 4.3
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
1985
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★ 5.1
Invitation to Hell
1984
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★ 4.6
Night Visions
1990
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★ 4.2
Chiller
1985
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★ 6.5
Casebusters
1986
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Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out
2002
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★ 5.1
The Fireworks Woman
1975
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Full Filmography(56 films)
YearTitleRating
1996Scream★ 7.41997Scream 2★ 6.52000Scream 3★ 6.01994Wes Craven's New Nightmare★ 6.52005Red Eye★ 6.42007Diary of the Dead★ 5.62001Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back★ 6.42006Paris Je T'aime★ 6.81989Shocker★ 5.61993Body Bags★ 6.12013Trespassing Bergman★ 6.62004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing★ 7.02006The Tripper★ 4.92010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy★ 7.82000Welcome to Hollywood★ 4.11995The Fear★ 4.12011Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective★ 7.72011Scream: The Inside Story★ 5.92000The American Nightmare★ 6.82013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th★ 7.92020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault—2011I Am Nancy★ 6.42006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film★ 6.82004Tales from the Crapper★ 4.31996Shadow Zone: The Undead Express★ 5.82005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection★ 8.01989Gorgon Video Magazine★ 9.02002Masters of Horror★ 7.82006Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’★ 8.22000Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film★ 7.02011The Making of 'Scream 4'—2005Becoming a Werewolf★ 3.01999Welcome to Primetime★ 9.02008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX★ 6.61989Stephen King's World of Horror★ 8.01986Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors★ 6.72020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.—2006The House That Freddy Built★ 6.02020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis★ 6.52020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1★ 8.02005Ban the Sadist Videos!★ 6.81989The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'★ 5.01991Fear in the Dark★ 9.02000Behind the Scream—2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger★ 5.52003Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'★ 6.32013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!—1992Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies★ 9.31998Unmasking the Horror★ 10.02003Celluloid Crime of the Century★ 6.72002Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out—2002It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'★ 6.32006Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares★ 5.51976Sweet Cakes★ 6.31975The Fireworks Woman★ 5.11973It Happened in Hollywood★ 7.0