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Wes Craven
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2 August 1939 - 30 August 2015
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American director, screenwriter, producer Wes Craven was born on August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. His childhood was almost devoid of ordinary joys. It was because his parents were Baptists. After graduation, Wes Craven studied at Wheaton College, studying English, literature, psychology. This was followed by the University of Baltimore, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature. Very quickly he was given a degree not only as a psychologist, but also as a writer. A year later he received the title of
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American director, screenwriter, producer Wes Craven was born on August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. His childhood was almost devoid of ordinary joys. It was because his parents were Baptists. After graduation, Wes Craven studied at Wheaton College, studying English, literature, psychology. This was followed by the University of Baltimore, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature. Very quickly he was given a degree not only as a psychologist, but also as a writer. A year later he received the title of Master. After that, Wes worked for several years teaching at the College of Humanities. There he met his first wife. Their marriage lasted almost 10 years. During this period, they had a son and daughter.
After the family broke up, Wes Craven moved to New York. At first he had to work as a taxi driver. This continued until he was offered the position of sound engineer in one of the film companies. His debut took place in 1971. In collaboration with another director, he produced the horror film Together. Then followed by 2 more pictures, which, despite the small budget, very liked the audience. In fact, one of them even won a prize. The theme of all films is horror. This is what Wes Craven did best. Such success was noticed in Hollywood. And it came out in 1984.
Nightmare on Elm Street brought the director worldwide recognition. Despite this success, Wes Craven did not earn much capital, because he refused copyright. However, his reputation attracted many people, and he was offered various projects: "Electroshock".
Night flight" . Particularly popular among his works.
Screaming .
He also spent a lot of time writing scripts (Pulse, Hills Have Eyes 2). In recent years, he has paid more attention to production.