Wes Craven
Wes Craven, Director and writer (1939-2015), joins the permanent Shrine record.
Life, work & what’s documented
Wes Craven was born on 1939-08-02 and died on 2015-08-30 at age 76. A horror innovator who repeatedly reinvented the slasher and its relationship with audiences. Representative work and achievements include A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Last House on the Left.
Why They're Awesome
A horror innovator who repeatedly reinvented the slasher and its relationship with audiences. Representative work and achievements include A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Last House on the Left.
Essential works: A Nightmare on Elm Street · Scream · The Last House on the Left
Context is not destiny
Born 1939-08-02; died 2015-08-30; age at death 76. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: Wes Craven died on 2015-08-30 at age 76. This Shrine records the sourced date and age without adding unsupported medical or death-circumstance detail.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
The cosmic file
Sun
Leo 9.3°
MoonAquarius or Pisces 3.6°
Mercury
Venus
Cancer 29.9°
Mars
Capricorn 26.9°
Jupiter
Aries 8.8°
Saturn
Taurus 1.2°
Uranus
Neptune
Virgo 21.5°
PlutoThese placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.
Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated with sign boundary uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.
Sources & provenance
- Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: highSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: mediumSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.
Official links
- Official siteOfficial
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Research last updated 2026-08-30.
Portrait provenance
Bob Bekian from Thousand Oaks Ca., USA | CC BY-SA 2.0 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wes_Craven_2010.jpg
Exact source file · CC BY-SA 2.0 2.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-30.
No Commons personality restriction was surfaced, but editorial review remains required.
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