Wes Craven

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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).

Filmography

• The Spot (2023)
• Dylan’s New Nightmare (2023)
• Scream (2022)
• AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis (2020)
• AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020)
• AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 (2020)
• The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)
• Terrifier (2018)
• Mortal Nightmare (2016)
• The Girl in the Photographs (2015)
• House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)
• Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
• Trespassing Bergman (2013)
• Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger (2012)
• The Future of Fear (2011)
• The Making of 'Scream 4' (2011)
• I Am Nancy (2011)
• Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective (2011)
• Scream 4 (2011)
• Scream: The Inside Story (2011)
• My Soul to Take (2010)
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
• The Last House on the Left (2009)
• Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008)
• Diary of the Dead (2007)
• The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
• Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
• Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (2006)
• Pulse (2006)
• Paris Je T'aime (2006)
• The Breed (2006)
• The Tripper (2006)
• The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
• Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares (2006)
• The House That Freddy Built (2006)
• Feast (2005)
• Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
• Red Eye (2005)
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
• Becoming a Werewolf (2005)
• Cursed (2005)
• Inside Deep Throat (2005)
• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005)
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
• Tales from the Crapper (2004)
• The Thick Brown Line (2004)
• Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' (2003)
• Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
• Celluloid Crime of the Century (2003)
• Masters of Horror (2002)
• They (2002)
• They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002)
• Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out (2002)
• It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left' (2002)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
• Dracula 2000 (2000)
• Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (2000)
• Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
• Behind the Scream (2000)
• The American Nightmare (2000)
• Scream 3 (2000)
• Music of the Heart (1999)
• Welcome to Primetime (1999)
• Don't Look Down (1998)
• Carnival of Souls (1998)
• Hollyweird (1998)
• Scream 2 (1997)
• Wishmaster (1997)
• Scream (1996)
• Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (1996)
• Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
• Mind Ripper (1995)
• The Fear (1995)
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
• Body Bags (1993)
• The Nightmare Begins Again (1993)
• Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992)
• The People Under the Stairs (1991)
• Fear in the Dark (1991)
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
• Night Visions (1990)
• Bloodfist II (1990)
• The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV' (1989)
• Shocker (1989)
• Gorgon Video Magazine (1989)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
• Stephen King's World of Horror (1989)
• It's a Miserable Life (1988)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
• The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• Deadly Friend (1986)
• Casebusters (1986)
• Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
• The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1985)
• Chiller (1985)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Invitation to Hell (1984)
• Swamp Thing (1982)
• Deadly Blessing (1981)
• Kent State (1981)
• Stranger in Our House (1979)
• The Evolution of Snuff (1978)
• Here Come the Tigers (1978)
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
• Kitty Can't Help It (1975)
• The Last House on the Left (1972)
• Together (1971)
• You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)
• The People Under the Stairs
• Untitled A Nightmare on Elm Street Film
• Freddy’s Back