Wes Craven
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Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, writer, editor, and actor.
He was known for his pioneering work in horror film, particularly slasher films, in which he mixed horror cliches with comedy and satire.
His influence in the field was acknowledged as both prolific and influential.
Craven is best known for his horror film adaptations, including Freddy Krueger, Nancy Thompson, Scream (1996), as well as Sidney Prescott.
His other films include The Last House on the Left (1972), Swamp Thing (1981), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1989), The People Under the Stairs (1991), Vampire in Brooklyn (1999), and Red Eye (2005).
Early life
Carmel Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Caroline (née Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He was born in a strict Baptist family. Craven earned a bachelor's degree in English and psychology from Wheaton College in Illinois, as well as a master's degree in philosophy and writing from Johns Hopkins University.
Craven taught English at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, from 1964 to 1965, and was a humanities professor at Clarkson College of Technology (later identified Clarkson University) in Potsdam, New York. He has also taught at the Madrid-Waddington High School in Madrid, New York. He started making short films during this period when he bought a used 16 mm film camera. Steve Chapin told him he was told of a messenger position at a New York City film production company, where his brother, future folk-rock star Harry Chapin, worked. Craven moved into the building where his buddy Steve Chapin lived at 136 Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights. He started his career as a sound editor.
"Harry was a great film editor and producer of industrials," Craven said in 1994. [of editing]: He taught me the Chapin method [of editing]: Nuts and bolts!Nuts and bolts!
Get rid of the shit!'"
Craven, the firm's assistant manager, then went on to film editing, "You've Gotta Talk It Like You Talk It" (1971).Personal life
Jonathan Craven (born 1965) and Jessica Craven (born 1968). Jonathan is a writer and director. Jessica was a member of the Chapin Sisters, a singer-songwriter. In 1970, the marriage took place.
Craven married Mimi Craven, a woman who came to fame as an actress. The two married soon divorced, with Wes Craven stating in interviews that the union ended after he discovered it "was nothing more than a sham." Craven married Iya Labunka in 2004; she spent time as a producer on Craven's films.
In 2010, Craven joined Audubon California's board of directors. Night of the Dead (1968), The Virgin Spring (1960) and Red River (1948) were among his favorite films.
Career
Craven had a letter published in the July 19, 1968, edition of Life praising that periodical's coverage of contemporary rock music, in particular Frank Zappa's. Craven left the academic world for the more lucrative role of pornographic film director. In the documentary Inside Deep Throat, Craven says on camera he made "many hardcore X-rated films" under pseudonyms. While his role in Deep Throat is undisclosed, most of his early known work involved writing, film editing, or both.
Craven's first feature film as director was The Last House on the Left, which was released in 1972. Craven expected the film to be shown at only a few theaters, which according to him "gave me a freedom to be outrageous, and to go into areas that normally I wouldn't have gone into, and not worry about my family hearing about it, or being crushed." Ultimately the movie was screened much more widely than he assumed, leaving him ostracized due to the content of the film.
After the negative experience of Last House, Craven attempted to move out of the horror genre, and began writing non-horror films with his partner Sean S. Cunningham, none of which attracted any financial backing. Finally, based on advice from a friend about the ease of filming in the Nevada deserts, Craven began to write a new horror film based on that locale. The resulting film, The Hills Have Eyes, cemented Craven as a "horror film director" with Craven noting, "It soon became clear that I wasn't going to do anything else unless it was scary".
Craven frequently collaborated with Sean S. Cunningham. In Craven's debut feature, The Last House on the Left, Cunningham served as producer. They pooled all of their resources and came up with $90,000. Later, in Craven's best-known film, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Cunningham directed one of the chase scenes, although he was not credited. Craven had a hand in launching actor Johnny Depp's career by casting him in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Depp's first major film role.
Elm Street villain Freddy Krueger appeared with Cunningham's Jason Voorhees in the 2003 slasher film Freddy vs. Jason, produced by Cunningham with screenwriter Victor Miller credited as "Character Creator". In the 2009 remake of The Last House on the Left, Cunningham and Craven share production credits.
Although known for directing horror/thriller films, he worked on two films which are outside this genre: Music of the Heart (1999) and Paris, je t'aime (2006) (as one of the 22 directors responsible for it). Craven designed the Halloween 2008 logo for Google and was the second celebrity personality to take over the YouTube homepage on Halloween.
Craven created Coming of Rage, a five-issue comic book series, with 30 Days of Night writer Steve Niles. The series was released in digital form in 2014 by Liquid Comics with a print edition scheduled for an October 2015 debut.