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Craven, Wes

LC control no.n 88639693
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Personal name headingCraven, Wes
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Variant(s)Craven, Wesley Earl
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1939-08-02
Death date2015-08-30
Place of birthCleveland (Ohio)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activitySlasher films--Production and direction Horror films--Production and direction Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion picture authorship Acting
Profession or occupationMotion picture producers and directors Screenwriters Actors
Found innuc88-65768: 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)
Associated languageeng