Wes Craven Highlights

  • 2007: Wrote and produced the sequal, "The Hills Have Eyes 2"
  • 2006: Produced a remake of his 1977 film, "The Hills Have Eyes" directed by Alexandre Aja
  • 2006: Executive produced "Feast" a horror film, which is a result of the third season of the Project Greenlight contest
  • 2006: Penned the screenplay for "Pulse," a remake of cult Japanese helmer Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Kairo"
  • 2005: Directed Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy in the thriller "Red-Eye"
  • 2005: Directed Christina Ricci in the thriller "Cursed"
  • 2000: Helmed the concluding segment of the trilogy, "Scream 3"
  • 1999: Directed non-horror film "Music of the Heart", a biopic of music teacher Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras, who had been profiled in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Small Wonders"
  • 1998: Signed four-year production deal with Miramax; projects include "Scream 3"
  • 1998: With Shaun Cassidy, co-created the Fox series "Hollyweird"; Cassidy withdrew from project after conflicts with network; project put on hold pending further development
  • 1997: Helmed the sequel "Scream 2"; the second in a projected trilogy
  • 1996: Had box-office hit with the self-reflexive horror film "Scream"
  • 1993: Collaborated with producer-director Tim Burton on "Laurel Canyon", an unsold pilot
  • 1992: Created and executive produced short-lived fantasy TV series, "Nightmare Cafe"; also wrote pilot and several episodes
  • 1989: TV producing debut, executive producer of short-lived fantasy sitcom, "The People Next Door"; also wrote the story for the pilot
  • 1987: Provided story and co-wrote screenplay for "A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III: Dream Warriors"
  • 1984: Voluntarily signed a contract with New Line Pictures in which he gave up up rights to all sequels and merchandising "and everything else" to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" in return for completion money and assurance that he would direct future pictures (date approximate)
  • 1984: Wrote and directed the popular and influential feature, "A Nightmare on Elm Street"; inaugurated a $500 million grossing film franchise
  • 1978: TV-movie directing debut, "Stranger in Our House"
  • 1977: Wrote, directed, and edited his second horror feature, "The Hills Have Eyes"
  • 1972: Feature directing and writing debut, "The Last House on the Left" (produced by Sean Cunningham)
  • 1972: Spent five years as an editor and unproduced screenwriter
  • 1971: First "adult" documentary feature as assistant producer (co-produced with director Sean Cunningham), "Together/Sensual Paradise"
  • 1971: First feature film as editor, "You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat"
  • 1966: At age 27, decided not to pursue a doctorate, opting to become a filmmaker instead (date approximate)
  • 1964: Taught Humanities and modern drama at Clarkson College in Potsdam, New York (date approximate)
  • Became interested in experimental, art, and documentary cinema
  • Raised in a working-class fundamentalist Baptist family in Cleveland, Ohio
  • After graduate school, taught Humanities at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
  • Purchased a 16mm camera from a NYC pawnshop
  • As a teen, read the complete works of Dostoyevsky, Poe, and Dickens
  • Began making short films with his students
  • Wrote various unsold scripts including "American Beauty", a comedy about beauty pageants; "Mustang", a biopic about Col. Anthony Herbert, an Army inspector general who reported American atrocities in Vietnam; and a love story
  • Taught that movies were tools of the Devil; never saw a film until reaching college
  • Left teaching and took a job as a messenger for a film post-production company on 25th Street in NYC for $60 a week

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