Director 1939 - 2015

Wes Craven

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

21 titles

Scream 4

Wes Craven 2011 1h 51m 5.8

Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.

My Soul to Take

Wes Craven 2010 1h 47m 4.5

A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest.

Paris, je t'aime

Gérard Depardieu, Wes Craven 2006 2h 7.3

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life.

Red Eye

Wes Craven 2005 1h 25m 6.7

An overnight flight to Miami quickly becomes a battle for survival when Lisa realizes her seatmate plans to use her as part of a chilling assassination plot against the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed.

Cursed

Wes Craven 2005 1h 37m 4.8

A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.

Scream 3

Wes Craven 2000 1h 56m 5.6

In the final instalment to this trilogy, a murdering spree begins to happen again. This time its targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie inside a movie, Stab 3. Sydney must face the demons of her past to stop the killer.

Music of the Heart

Wes Craven 1999 2h 4m 7.0

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

Scream 2

Wes Craven 1997 2h 6.4

Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

Scream

Wes Craven 1996 1h 52m 7.4

One year after the death of Sidney Prescott's (Campbell) mother, two students turn up gutted. When a serial killer appears, Sidney begins to suspect whether her mother's death and the two new deaths are related. No one is safe, as the killer begins to pick everyone off one by one. Everyone's a suspect in this case.

Vampire in Brooklyn

Wes Craven 1995 1h 42m 4.3

Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires, comes to Brooklyn in search of a way to live past the next full moon. His ticket to survival is Rita, a NYPD detective who doesn't know she's half vampire -- and Maximillian will do whatever's necessary to put her under his spell.

New Nightmare

Wes Craven 1994 1h 52m 7.2

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

The People Under the Stairs

Wes Craven 1991 1h 42m 6.7

Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.

Shocker

Wes Craven 1989 1h 51m 6.1

After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Wes Craven 1988 1h 38m 6.7

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses.

Deadly Friend

Wes Craven 1986 1h 31m 5.4

Paul is a new kid in town with a robot named "BB". He befriends Samantha and the three of them have a lot of good times together. That is, until Samantha's abusive father throws her down some stairs and kills her. In an effort to save her life, Paul implants BB's computer brain into Samantha's human brain.

The Hills Have Eyes Part II

Wes Craven 1984 1h 30m 5.0

A group of young and wild motocross racers venture through the desert and are stranded at an old mining ranch. They soon realize that they are being watched by a group of savage cannibals unknown to the civilized world. The film is full of flashbacks to the original film; even the dog has a flashback.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Wes Craven 1984 1h 31m 7.9

The A Nightmare on Elm Street series is the most successful Horror film series of all times. Wes Craven’s first and most successful film from the series, now a cult classic, stars the mass murderer Freddy Krueger and a young Johnny Depp in his first major feature.