Wes Craven

Biography

Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was a prolific and influential American film director, writer, producer, and occasional actor known for his pioneering work in the horror genre, and particularly in the teen slasher subgenre. Among his best-known works are such landmark films as "The Last House on the Left" (1972), "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) and the "Scream" series (1996–2011).

Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Castle

Self

The Twilight Zone

(segment "Children's Zoo")

Boston Legal

Self

Scream 2

Doctor (uncredited)

Stark Raving Mad

Terrance Sterling

On the Lot

Scream

Fred the Janitor (uncredited)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	Self
2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.	Self
2020	AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1	Self
2020	AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS	Self
2013	Trespassing Bergman	Self
2013	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th	Self
2013	House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!	Self
2012	Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger	Self
2011	Scream: The Inside Story	Self
2011	I Am Nancy	Self
2011	Scream 4	Coroner (uncredited)
2011	Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective	Self
2011	The Future of Fear	Self
2011	The Making of 'Scream 4'	Self
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self
2010	Freddy's Nightmares: Making Of	Self
2008	Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX	Self
2007	Diary of the Dead	Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
2006	Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film	Self
2006	The Making of 'Red Eye'	Self
2006	The Tripper	Hippie (uncredited)
2006	Paris Je T'aime	La victime de la vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine)
2006	Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Self
2006	Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares	Self
2006	The House That Freddy Built	Self
2005	Becoming a Werewolf	Wes Craven
2005	Red Eye	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
2005	Ban the Sadist Videos!	Self
2004	The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing	Self
2004	Tales from the Crapper	Party Goer (uncredited)
2004	The Thick Brown Line	Self
2003	Celluloid Crime of the Century	Self
2003	Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'	Self
2002	Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out	Undead Cowboy (uncredited)
2002	It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'	Self
2002	Masters of Horror	Self
2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Wes Craven
2000	The American Nightmare	Self
2000	Scream 3	Man with Video Camera on Studio Tour (uncredited)
2000	Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film	Self
2000	Behind the Scream	Self
1999	Welcome to Primetime	Self
1998	Welcome to Hollywood	Wes Craven
1997	Scream 2	Doctor (uncredited)
1996	Shadow Zone: The Undead Express	Counsellor
1996	Scream	Fred the Janitor (uncredited)
1995	The Fear	Dr. Arnold
1994	New Nightmare	Wes Craven
1993	Body Bags	Pasty Faced Man
1992	Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies	Self
1991	Fear in the Dark	Self
1989	Gorgon Video Magazine	Self
1989	Shocker	Man Neighbor
1989	Stephen King's World of Horror	Self
1989	The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'	Self
1986	Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors	Self
1976	Sweet Cakes	Photographer (uncredited)
1975	The Fireworks Woman	Nicholas Burns (uncredited)
1973	It Happened in Hollywood	Kings Litter Bearer

Year	TV Show	Role
2009	Castle	Self
2007	On the Lot
2004	Boston Legal	Self
2004	100 Scariest Movie Moments	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
1999	Stark Raving Mad	Terrance Sterling
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1985	The Twilight Zone	(segment "Children's Zoo")