Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Wes Craven: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Wesley Earl Craven
Born August 2, 1939 • Cleveland • Ohio
Died August 30, 2015 (aged 76) • Los Angeles • California
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”

Photos

Wes Craven smiles at a formal event, wearing a black shirt and jacket, with a step-and-repeat banner in the background.
Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson turns in fear as Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, with a burned face and glove of blades, raises his hand in a bedroom scene from A Nightmare on Elm Street.
See All Images →
Brian De Palma in 2006, wearing a dark collared jacket and shirt, looking at the camera with a slight smile.
Brian De Palma
American director and screenwriter
Tod Browning, wearing a pinstripe suit and bow tie, stands in profile examining a strip of film held above his head in a black-and-white portrait.
Tod Browning
American director
lobby card for The Comedy of Terrors
Jacques Tourneur
French-American director
default image
William Castle
American director
Roger Corman smiling and wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and a dark jacket at the Los Angeles premiere of Flags of Our Fathers.
Roger Corman
American writer and director
default image
James Whale
American director
Sam Raimi wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, smiling at the Los Angeles premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Sam Raimi
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Portrait of film director George A. Romero smiling outdoors at the 66th Venice Film Festival, with greenery blurred in the background.
George A. Romero
American director, writer, and producer
default image
Robert Wiene
German film director
Guillermo del Toro smiles on the red carpet in a black suit, black shirt, and black tie at the Venice International Film Festival.
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican director
David Cronenberg wearing black glasses, a black suit, and a black tie, standing in front of a dark backdrop with white logos.
David Cronenberg
Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor
Poster for Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Honda Ishirō
Japanese director
default image
Harold Ramis
American actor, writer, and director
default image
Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress
default image
Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
default image
Michael Cimino
American director
default image
Joel Coen
American filmmaker
default image
Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
default image
Stan Brakhage
American filmmaker
default image
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker