| LC control no. | n 88639693 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Craven, Wes |
| Variant(s) | Craven, Wesley Earl |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1939-08-02 |
| Death date | 2015-08-30 |
| Place of birth | Cleveland (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Slasher films--Production and direction Horror films--Production and direction Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion picture authorship Acting |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters Actors |
| Found in | nuc88-65768: His A nightmare on Elm Street, 1984 (hdg. on NN rept.: Craven, Wes; usage: Wes Craven) Italia, R. The dream master, 1992: CIP t.p. (Wes Craven) Wes Craven, 1999: (Wes Craven) p. 7 (Wesley Earl Craven b. 08-02-1939, Cleveland, Ohio) Wikipedia, August 11, 2014 (Wes Craven; Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (born August 2, 1939); American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films; born Cleveland, Ohio) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 31, 2015 (Wes Craven; b. Wesley Earl Craven, Aug. 2, 1939, Cleveland; d. Sunday [Aug. 30, 2015], Los Angeles, aged 76; master of horror cinema and a proponent of the slasher genre best known for creating the Freddy Krueger and "Scream" franchises) IMDb, January 14, 2019: (Wes Craven, writer, producer, director, actor ; b. August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA ; d. August 30, 2015 (age 76) in Los Angeles, California, USA ; birth name: Wesley Earl Craven) Comic vine site, viewed July 9, 2024: Wes Craven page (Best known as a director of horror films, he also wrote the 1982 Swamp Thing film as well as contributing to other comic books) |
| Associated language | eng |
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