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Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939-August 30, 2015) was an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character.

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  • Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939-August 30, 2015) was an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character.
  • Wes Craven (Born Wesley Earl Craven) is an American film actor, director, producer and writer who made special cameo appearance as himself on Castle. Mr. Craven died of brain cancer on August 30, 2015 at Los Angeles his home at the age of 76.
  • The Late Wes Craven is the Director of Swamp Thing.
  • __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Wes Craven Real Name Wes Craven Job Titles Director; Writer Characteristics Gender Date of Birth August 2, 1939 Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America First publication
  • Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven ✝(born August 2, 1939-August 30, 2015) was an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films, including A Nightmare on Elm Street and Wes Craven's New Nightmare, featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character, the Scream films, alongside The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under the Stairs, Vampire in Brooklyn, Red Eye, and My Soul to Take. He portrays Fred in Scream. He died after a long fight with brain cancer on August 30th, 2015.
  • Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 - August 30, 2015) was an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street and his eponymous New Nightmare, featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character. He is also well known as the director of the Scream Franchise, as well as The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under the Stairs, Vampire in Brooklyn, Red Eye and My Soul to Take. Craven also produced many horror movies.
  • Wesley Earl Craven (nacido el 2 de agosto de 1939 en Cleveland, Ohio) es un guionista y director de cine estadounidense, conocido por ser el creador de numerosas películas de terror, destacando entre ellas sagas como Scream o Pesadilla en Elm Street. Hijo de padres baptistas, Wes se graduó en literatura y psicología en el Wheaton College (en) de Illinois, y obtuvo un máster en los seminarios de literatura en la Johns Hopkins University. Antes de iniciar su relación con la industria del cine como editor de sonido, fue profesor de inglés y humanidades en institutos de enseñanza media.
  • Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American film director, producer and writer, and is the creator of many iconic and genre-defining horror films. He is probably best known for his creation of Freddy Krueger, the dream-haunting villain introduced in A Nightmare on Elm Street. He also found great success a decade later with the movie Scream, a Deconstruction of the slasher sub-genre that launched a slew of late 90's imitation horror films. Additionally, he directed a lot of episodes of The Twilight Zone in the 80's. His personal website is located here.
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  • Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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  • Cleveland, Ohio,
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  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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