June Carter Cash
Famous Fiction Authors
Donna Summer
Angelina Jolie
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
- NAME: Wes Craven
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
- BIRTH DATE: August 02, 1939 (Age: 73)
- EDUCATION: Wheaton College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Cleveland, Ohio
- Full Name: Wesley Earl Craven
- AKA: Wes Craven
- AKA: Wes Earl Craven
- AKA: Wesley Craven
- ZODIAC SIGN: Leo
Best Known For
Wes Craven is a horror film director, screenwriter and producer known for projects like Swamp Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street and the Scream series.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowWes Craven. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 05:28, May 19, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498.
Wes Craven. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498 [Accessed 19 May 2013].
"Wes Craven." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 19 2013, 05:28 http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498.
"Wes Craven," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498 [accessed May 19, 2013].
"Wes Craven," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498 (accessed May 19, 2013).
Wes Craven [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 19] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498.
Wes Craven, http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498 (last visited May 19, 2013).
Wes Craven. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/wes-craven-193498. Accessed May 19, 2013.
He directed this suspense thriller about a young woman (Rachel McAdams) who gets caught up in an assassination plot.
Craven returned to the genre that made him famous in 2010 with My Soul to Take, which he wrote and directed. In an interview with Variety, he described the movie as "a coming-of-age horror film." The following year, Craven returned to the popular Scream franchise to direct its fourth installment.
Contents
Personal Life
Craven has two children with ex-wife Bonnie Broecker: Jonathan and Jessica. He is currently married to Iya Labunka. The couple shares an interest in birds and nature. Craven serves on the board of directors for Audubon California.
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: Wes Craven profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Eerie Filmmakers
View groupTheir creative visions unsettle, shock and haunt us—then leave us begging for more. Meet some of the biggest horror-film directors in Hollywood; the ones who not only sent chills down our spines and thrilled us with their suspenseful work, but who also made films so good, it became fun to be a little afraid.
Eerie Filmmakers 17 people in this group
-
Famous Leos 514 people in this group
-
Famous Actors
View groupBrowse notable actors such as Woody Allen, John Belushi, and Steve Buscemi.
Famous Actors 939 people in this group
