US director Wes Craven , master of horror films like “Scream” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” , has died at age 76 in Los Angeles victim of brain cancer, according to his publicist told AFP.
The filmmaker “was surrounded by love, in the presence of his family” at the time of his death, according to the statement his agent.
Craven laid the foundations of his career with “ The Last House of the Lef t,” a horror film written, directed and edited by him in 1972 . “A Nightmare on Elm Street” became 1984 one of the best films of its genre , which gave birth to one of the most dismal and feared characters in film history: Freddy Krueger. This psychopath played by Robert Englund appeared in a total of eight films and a TV series, and was forever linked to the life of Craven. The film was also the debut of Johnny Depp , a young actor who nobody knew at the time. It is that Craven had an eye for young talent: he made Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis his first starring in “Deadly Blessing” (1981) and in an episode of “The Twilight Zone” (“The Shape unknown “in 1985) respectively.
The success of Craven, born on August 2, 1939 in Cleveland (Ohio), was multiplied in 1996 with” Scream “, a story that ended up giving rise to a trilogy and grossed over $ 600 million worldwide.
In the first installment of the saga appeared artists like Drew Barrymore, David Arquette and Courtney Cox. The film tells the story of a murderer with a mask layer and emulating a painting “The Scream” (The Scream) Edvard Munch -. That attacks a high school
Craven’s death aroused a wave of social networks stag actors and colleagues. Robert Englund said that Hollywood lost “a real gentleman”. “RIP Wes Craven, my director, my friend. A brilliant man, well, kind and very funny. A sad day for Elm St and everywhere. I will miss him,” Englund said on Twitter. Scream actress Courtney Cox -famous also be part of the cast of the renowned series Friends- said. “Today the world has lost a great man, a friend and a mentor, Wes Carven”
RIP Wes Craven, my Director, my friend. A brilliant, kind, gentle and very funny man. A sad day on Elm St and everywhere. I’ll miss him
-. Robert B. Englund (RobertBEnglund) August 31, 2015 _mce_bogus=”1″
Hollywood’s lost a rare species in Wes Craven. . The true Gentleman
– Robert B. Englund (RobertBEnglund) August 31, 2015 _mce_bogus=”1″
Today the world lost a great man, my friend and mentor, Wes Craven. My heart goes out to His Family. x
– Courteney Cox (CourteneyCox) August 31, 2015 _mce_bogus=”1″
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