FILM DIRECTOR

Victor Salva

1958 - Today

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Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter and a convicted child sex offender. The self-described protégé of Francis Ford Coppola, he is best known for writing and directing the horror films Jeepers Creepers (2001), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017). In 1988, Salva was convicted of sexually abusing child actor Nathan Forrest Winters during the production of Clownhouse (1989), he also videotaped one of the encounters and was found to possess child pornography, though this was not publicized until 2006. Protests against his films soon followed, including boycotts organized by Winters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Salva is the 1,569th most popular film director (down from 1,482nd in 2024), the 11,678th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,472nd in 2019) and the 441st most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Victor Salva ranks 1,569 out of 2,041. Before him are Nabil Ayouch, Peter Chan, Birt Acres, Barrie M. Osborne, Lee Cheol-ha, and Nikolai Ekk. After him are Ron Underwood, Jean-François Richet, Stuart Baird, Mike van Diem, Don Coscarelli, and Peyton Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Victor Salva ranks 513. Before him are Tony Pulis, Sergio Omar Almirón, Oscar Nunez, Julio César Uribe, José Luis Clerc, and Jean Charest. After him are John Aldridge, Neville Southall, Louise Ritter, Betsy DeVos, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, and Boris Kagarlitsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Victor Salva ranks 11,680 out of 20,380. Before him are DJ Qualls (1978), Kevin Chapman (1962), Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Joseph Mascolo (1929), and Gay Talese (1932). After him are Kay Lenz (1953), Scott Asheton (1949), Adrian Smith (1936), Sterling K. Brown (1976), Ann Robinson (1929), and Belva Ann Lockwood (1830).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Victor Salva ranks 441. Before him are Martha Coolidge (1946), Mark Sandrich (1900), Tom McGrath (1964), F. Gary Gray (1969), Birt Acres (1854), and Barrie M. Osborne (1944). After him are Ron Underwood (1953), Peyton Reed (1964), Ward Kimball (1914), Rowland V. Lee (1891), Tim Van Patten (1959), and Alan Rudolph (1943).

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