Wesley Earl Craven

NAME: Wesley Earl Craven

BORN: August 2, 1939

PARENTS:

Paul Craven and Caroline (Miller) Craven

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:

born...Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)

EDUCATION:

graduated, Wheaton College, B.A., 1963
graduated, Johns Hopkins, M.A., 1964

OCCUPATION:

author

FAST FACTS:

Craven wrote and directed the horror classic, Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). He is also the creator of the highly popular Scream trilogy.