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).

Filmography

• 2023Dylan’s New Nightmare — Characters
• 2023The Spot — Thanks
• 2022Scream — In Memory Of
• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. — (archive footage)
• 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault — (archive footage)
• 2018Terrifier — In Memory Of
• 2016Mortal Nightmare — Thanks
• Scream: The TV Series — Executive Producer
• 2015The Girl in the Photographs — Executive Producer
• 2013It's a Miserable Life — Writer
• 2011Scream 4 — Director, Producer
• 2010A Nightmare on Elm Street — Characters, Original Film Writer
• 2010My Soul to Take — Director, Writer, Producer
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
• 2009The Last House on the Left — Producer, Characters, Original Film Writer
• 2007Diary of the Dead — Newsreader (voice) (uncredited), Thanks
• On the Lot
• 2007The Hills Have Eyes 2 — Producer, Writer, Characters
• 2006Paris Je T'aime — La victime de la vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine), Director, Writer
• 2006Pulse — Screenplay
• 2006The Breed — Executive Producer
• 2006The Hills Have Eyes — Producer, Characters, Original Film Writer
• 2006The Tripper — Hippie (uncredited)
• 2005Becoming a Werewolf — Wes Craven
• 2005Cursed — Director
• 2005Dracula III: Legacy — Presenter
• 2005Feast — Executive Producer
• 2005Red Eye — Airline Passenger (uncredited), Director
• Boston Legal — Wes Craven
• 2004Tales from the Crapper — Party Goer (uncredited)
• 2003Dracula II: Ascension — Presenter
• 2003Freddy vs. Jason — Characters
• 2002Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out — Undead Cowboy (uncredited), Director
• 2002They — Presenter
• 2002They Shoot Divas, Don't They? — Executive Producer
• 2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back — Wes Craven
• 2000Dracula 2000 — Executive Producer, Presenter
• 2000Scream 3 — Man with Video Camera on Studio Tour (uncredited), Director
• 2000Welcome to Hollywood — Wes Craven
• 1999Music of the Heart — Director
• Stark Raving Mad — Terrance Sterling
• 1998Carnival of Souls — Executive Producer
• 1998Don't Look Down — Executive Producer
• 1998Hollyweird — Executive Producer, Presenter
• 1997Scream 2 — Doctor (uncredited), Director
• 1997Wishmaster — Executive Producer
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Scream — Fred (uncredited), Director
• 1996Shadow Zone: The Undead Express — Counsellor
• 1995Mind Ripper — Executive Producer
• 1995The Fear — Dr. Arnold
• 1995Vampire in Brooklyn — Director
• 1994Wes Craven's New Nightmare — Wes Craven, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Characters
• 1993Body Bags — Pasty Faced Man
• 1993The Nightmare Begins Again — Characters, Creator
• Nightmare Cafe — Producer, Director, Creator
• 1991Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare — Characters
• 1991The People Under the Stairs — Writer, Director, Executive Producer
• 1990Bloodfist II — Other
• 1990Night Visions — Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• 1989A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child — Characters
• 1989Shocker — Man Neighbor, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
• The People Next Door — Creator
• 1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master — Characters
• Freddy's Nightmares — Characters, Creator
• 1988The Serpent and the Rainbow — Director
• 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — Executive Producer, Screenplay, Characters, Story
• 1986Casebusters — Director
• 1986Deadly Friend — Director
• 1985A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge — Characters
• 1985Chiller — Director
• 1985The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 — Director, Writer, Characters
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Children's Zoo"), Director
• 1984A Nightmare on Elm Street — Director, Writer
• 1984Invitation to Hell — Director
• 1982Swamp Thing — Director, Writer
• 1981Deadly Blessing — Director, Screenplay
• 1981Kent State — Producer
• 1979Stranger in Our House — Director
• 1978Here Come the Tigers — Gaffer
• 1978The Evolution of Snuff — Director of Photography
• 1977The Hills Have Eyes — Director, Editor, Writer
• 1976Sweet Cakes — Photographer (uncredited)
• 1975Kitty Can't Help It — Editor
• 1975The Fireworks Woman — Nicholas Burns / The Fireworks Man (uncredited), Director, Editor, Writer
• 1973It Happened in Hollywood — Kings Litter Bearer, Assistant Director, Editor
• 1972Deep Throat — Other
• 1972The Last House on the Left — Editor, Director, Writer
• 1971Together — Associate Producer, Director of Photography
• 1971You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat — Editor
• Freddy’s Back — Original Concept
• The People Under the Stairs — Original Film Writer
• Untitled A Nightmare on Elm Street Film — Original Film Writer, Characters

Appearances as themselves (40)

• The Fourth Wall — Self
• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 — Self
• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis — Self
• 2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th — Self
• 2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! — Self
• 2013Trespassing Bergman — Self
• 2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger — Self
• 2011I Am Nancy — Self
• 2011Scream: The Inside Story — Self
• 2011Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective — Self
• 2011The Future of Fear — Self
• 2011The Making of 'Scream 4' — Self
• 2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy — Self
• Castle — Self
• 2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX — Self
• 2006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film — Self
• 2006Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ — Self
• 2006Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares — Self
• 2006The House That Freddy Built — Self
• 2005Ban the Sadist Videos! — Self
• 2005Inside Deep Throat — Self
• 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection — Self
• 100 Scariest Movie Moments — Self
• 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing — Self
• 2004The Thick Brown Line — Self
• 2003Celluloid Crime of the Century — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' — Self
• 2002It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left' — Self
• 2002Masters of Horror — Self
• 2000Behind the Scream — Self
• 2000Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film — Self
• 2000The American Nightmare — Self
• 1999Welcome to Primetime — Self
• 1992Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies — Self
• 1991Fear in the Dark — Self
• 1989Gorgon Video Magazine — Self
• 1989Stephen King's World of Horror — Self
• 1989The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV' — Self
• 1986Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors — Self