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Wes Craven

1939 - 2015

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Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Amongst his prolific filmography, Craven worked primarily in the horror genre, particularly slasher films, where he mixed horror cliches with humor. Craven has been recognized as one of the masters of the horror genre. Craven created the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (1984–present), writing and directing the first film, co-writing and producing the third, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and writing and directing the seventh, Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wes Craven is the 118th most popular film director (up from 124th in 2019), the 1,023rd most popular biography from United States (down from 842nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Film Director.

Wes Craven is most famous for his horror movies, including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, and The Hills Have Eyes.

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Among film directors, Wes Craven ranks 118 out of 2,041. Before him are Mel Brooks, Satyajit Ray, Costa-Gavras, John Woo, Jules Dassin, and William Hanna. After him are Michael Curtiz, Sam Peckinpah, Kenji Mizoguchi, Peter Jackson, Victor Fleming, and Claude Lelouch.

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Among people born in 1939, Wes Craven ranks 40. Before him are F. Murray Abraham, Sidney Altman, Clay Regazzoni, Tzvetan Todorov, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, and Leka, Crown Prince of Albania. After him are Jorge Sampaio, Ratko Janev, Ali MacGraw, Richard Kiel, Marie Laforêt, and João Bernardo Vieira. Among people deceased in 2015, Wes Craven ranks 40. Before him are Otto Carius, Tariq Aziz, Maya Plisetskaya, Zito, Eduardo Galeano, and Alcides Ghiggia. After him are Benedict Anderson, Douglass North, Fatema Mernissi, James Last, Colleen McCullough, and René Girard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wes Craven ranks 1,023 out of 20,380. Before him are William Hanna (1910), Dorothea Lange (1895), Lillian Gish (1893), Hulk Hogan (1953), Karl Malden (1912), and Bill Cosby (1937). After him are Harold Ramis (1944), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Matthau (1920), Carl Barks (1901), Powers Boothe (1948), and Sondra Locke (1944).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Wes Craven ranks 34. Before him are George Cukor (1899), Robert Altman (1925), Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), Jules Dassin (1911), and William Hanna (1910). After him are Sam Peckinpah (1925), Victor Fleming (1889), James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), David Fincher (1962), and Michael Cimino (1939).

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