Wes Craven
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Birth Name: Wesley Earl Craven
Born: 2 August 1939 Died: 30 August 2015
Country of origin: United States
Height: 6' 2"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Iya Labunka
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One of the horror genre's best-known and most celebrated directors, Wes Craven was widely credited with reinventing the teen horror movie. Initially gaining fame and notoriety for his Nightmare on Elm Street series in the 1980s, Craven enjoyed a second wave of popularity in the 1990s with his phenomenally successful Scream series, which spoofed the teen horror genre even as they revived it. The films kicked off a trend in teen horror films, inspiring any number of imitators that, for the most part, failed to live up to Craven's own work.
A product of a strict Baptist upbringing in Cleveland, OH, Craven received a B.A. in Psyc
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2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Rating: | 2651 Watched |

3. Scream 2 (1997)
Rating: | 2125 Watched |

4. Scream 3
Rating: | 1733 Watched |

5. Paris, I Love You (2006)
Rating: | 991 Watched |
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1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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2. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
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3. Paris, I Love You (2006)
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4. Freddy vs. Jason (2003) (2003)
Rating: | 1314 Watched |

5. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Rating: | 1033 Watched |
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2. Scream 2 (1997)
Rating: | 2125 Watched |

3. Scream 3
Rating: | 1733 Watched |

4. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Rating: | 1473 Watched |

5. Paris, I Love You (2006)
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1. The Daily Show (1996)
Rating: | 1155 Watched |

2. Castle (2009)
Rating: | 761 Watched |

3. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Rating: | 682 Watched |

4. Boston Legal
Rating: | 422 Watched |

5. The Twilight Zone (1985)
Rating: | 328 Watched |
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1. The Twilight Zone (1985)
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3. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
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1. Last House on the Left (2013)
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"Favourite films: Scream 2, Scream 4, Swamp Thing, Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Red Eye, The People Under the Stairs, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and Wes Cravenโs A Nee Nightmare "
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