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FILM DIRECTOR

Wes Craven

1939 - 2015

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Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and editor. Craven has commonly been recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre due to the cultural impact and influence of his work. Amongst his prolific filmography, Craven was best known for his pioneering work in the horror genre, particularly slasher films, where he mixed horror cliches with humor and satire.Craven created the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (1984–2010), specifically 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wes Craven has received more than 6,801,082 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Wes Craven is the 109th most popular film director (up from 112th in 2019), the 714th most popular biography from United States (up from 742nd in 2019) and the 29th 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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  • 59

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Wes Craven ranks 109 out of 1,581. Before him are Ang Lee, Jean-Pierre Melville, Robert Altman, Manoel de Oliveira, Victor Fleming, and Jules Dassin. After him are Louis Malle, George Cukor, David Fincher, Elia Kazan, Peter Jackson, and Erich von Stroheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Wes Craven ranks 33. Before him are Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Peter Grünberg, John Cleese, Tzvetan Todorov, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and Ricardo Bofill. After him are Jorge Sampaio, Romano Prodi, Marvin Gaye, Paul Hogan, Ray Manzarek, and Kenzō Takada. Among people deceased in 2015, Wes Craven ranks 32. Before him are Maya Plisetskaya, Eduardo Galeano, Val Logsdon Fitch, Douglass North, Tariq Aziz, and Manoel de Oliveira. After him are Oliver Sacks, Yves Chauvin, James Last, Charles H. Townes, Yevgeny Primakov, and Günter Schabowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wes Craven ranks 714 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Stanley Cohen (1922), Harold Urey (1893), and James Rainwater (1917). After him are John Goodman (1952), William Saroyan (1908), Billy Graham (1918), Maya Angelou (1928), Asaph Hall (1829), and Les Paul (1915).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Wes Craven ranks 29. Before him are Terrence Malick (1943), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Sidney Lumet (1924), Robert Altman (1925), Victor Fleming (1889), and Jules Dassin (1911). After him are George Cukor (1899), David Fincher (1962), Sam Peckinpah (1925), John Carpenter (1948), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), and Michael Mann (1943).

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