The Man that is Wes Craven and His Works

Wes Craven, formally known as Wesley Earl Craven, was born on August 2nd 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. Craven is an American Film Director who has produced many popular horror genre films such as The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street featuring the famous Freddie Krueger and all the Scream films. Although Craven is mostly known for being a film director he has also been part of the post production side of a film by being a producer and is also a writer and an actor.

One of Craven’s popular horror films is the original A Nightmare on Elm Street. A Nightmare on Elm Street was produced in 1984 and it was the first part of a series of films following after it. The film’s cast included John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia and Robert Englund. Also among the cast was the famous Johnny Depp and A Nightmare on Elm Street was his first ever film debut. The main setting of A Nightmare on Elm Street starts in the fictional Midwestern town of Springwood in Ohio. The main plot of the film focuses on several teenagers who are being terrorised in their nightmares by the ghost of a serial child murderer; Fred Krueger. The cost of making the film itself is said to be an estimate of $1.8 million. However the film earned all this back and more in its first week of premiere’s with the sum of $25.5 million. A television series and a remake of the film in 2009 was made inspired by the film A Nightmare On Elm Street.

During Wes Craven’s career as a well known Horror Film Director, he has won nine awards and received three nominations for them. He has had nominations for Shocker and Scream. And he has won awards with his films The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The People Under the Stairs, New Nightmare and Scream.

As well as Craven using his film directing skills he also uses his producer skills. He has been part of producing a remake of his own original films of The Hills Have Eyes in 2006, The Hills Have Eyes 2 in 2007 and The Last House on the Left in 2009.

Craven has also been guest star actors on many films and television series. Some of his cameo’s include his own film Scream in 1996 and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back in 2001. The most recent appearances include in The Tripper in 2007 and Dairy of the Dead in 2008.

In Craven’s early years of working, this multi-talented man also produced and directed television series as well as films. He produced television series like They Shoot Diva’s, Don’t They? in 2002. And he has directed television series like Nightmare Cafe in 1992.