Wes Craven filmography

Wes Craven (1939–2015) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and actor. He contributed to many projects as either the director, writer, producer, editor, actor, or a combination of the five.

Craven in 2010

Films

Film	Year	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Actor	Notes
The Last House on the Left	1972	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Directorial debut
The Fireworks Woman	1975	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	"Nicholas Burns" (Uncredited), Credited as Abe Snake
The Hills Have Eyes	1977	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Deadly Blessing	1981	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Swamp Thing	1982	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
A Nightmare on Elm Street	1984	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
The Hills Have Eyes Part II	1985	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Deadly Friend	1986	Yes	No	No	No	No
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	1987	No	Yes	Executive	No	No
The Serpent and the Rainbow	1988	Yes	No	No	No	No
Shocker	1989	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
The People Under the Stairs	1991	Yes	Yes	Executive	No	No
Wes Craven's New Nightmare	1994	Yes	Yes	Executive	No	Yes
Vampire in Brooklyn	1995	Yes	No	No	No	No
Scream	1996	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Scream 2	1997	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Music of the Heart	1999	Yes	No	No	No	No
Scream 3	2000	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Cursed	2005	Yes	No	No	No	No
Red Eye	2005	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Pulse	2006	No	Yes	No	No	No	Remake
Paris, je t'aime	2006	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Segment: "Père-Lachaise"
The Hills Have Eyes 2	2007	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
My Soul to Take	2010	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Scream 4	2011	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes

Producer only

Title	Year	Notes
Together	1971	Associate
Wishmaster	1997	Executive
Carnival of Souls	1998	Executive
Dracula 2000	2000	Executive
Feast	2005	Executive
The Hills Have Eyes	2006
The Breed	2006	Executive
The Last House on the Left	2009
The Girl in the Photographs	2015	Executive; posthumously credited

Other credits

Title	Year	Role
Pandora's Experimentia	1968	Cinematographer
You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat	1971	Editor
It Happened in Hollywood	1973	Editor; assistant director; actor
Kitty Can't Help It	1975	Editor
Sweet Cakes	1976	Actor
Here Comes the Tigers	1978	Gaffer
The Evolution of Snuff	1978	Cinematographer
The Fear	1995	Actor
Welcome to Hollywood	1998	Actor
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	2001	Actor
They	2002	Producer
Diary of the Dead	2007	Actor

Television

Film	Year	Director	Writer	Producer	Actor	Notes
Stranger in Our House	1978	Yes	No	No	No	TV movie
Invitation to Hell	1984	Yes	No	No	No	TV movie
Wes Craven's Chiller	1985	Yes	No	No	No	TV movie
The Twilight Zone	1985–86	Yes	No	No	Yes	Cameo; 7 episodes
Disneyland	1986	Yes	No	No	No	Episode: "Casebusters"
Freddy's Nightmares	1988–90	No	Yes	No	No	Creator; 44 episodes
The People Next Door	1989	No	Yes	Executive	No	Co-creator; 10 episodes
Night Visions	1990	Yes	Yes	Executive	No	TV movie
Nightmare Cafe	1992	Yes	No	Executive	No	Co-creator; 6 episodes

Producer only

Title	Year	Notes
Kent State	1981	TV movie
Laurel Canyon	1993	Executive; TV movie
Mind Ripper	1995	TV movie
Don't Look Down	1998	Executive; TV movie
Hollyweird	1998	Executive; TV movie
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?	2002	Executive; TV movie
Scream	2015–19	Executive (season 1); posthumously credited (seasons 2 & 3)

Actor only

Title	Year	Notes
Body Bags	1993	TV movie
Shadow Zone: The Undead Express	1996	TV movie
Stark Raving Mad	2000	Episode: "The Pigeon"
Boston Legal	2006	Episode: "Spring Fever"
Castle	2013	Episode: "Scared to Death"

External links

• Wes Craven at AllMovie
• Wes Craven at the Internet Movie Database
• Wes Craven at Rotten Tomatoes