Legendary horror filmmaker Wes Craven has died, his family confirm. Craven, who directed the slasher classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, died on Sunday afternoon aged 76. Craven, who was also behind the 1990s horror hit Scream, was surrounded by his loved ones at his Los Angeles home when he lost his battle with brain cancer.
‘It is with deep sadness we inform you that Wes Craven passed away,’ the family said.
‘Our hearts are broken.’Craven suffered from ailing health over the past three years, but continued to work on projects including several television shows, a graphic novel and a new film, The Girl in the Photographs, which is set to premiere at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival next month.
He was awarded lifetime achievement awards by the New York City Horror Film Festival and the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, according to IMDB. Tributes poured in for the film director, writer and producer over social media as news of his death spread.
‘Today the world lost a great man, my friend and mentor, Wes Craven. My heart goes out to his family,’ actress Courtney Cox, who starred in Craven’s 1996 Scream, wrote on Twitter. Actress Rose McGowan, who was also featured in the original Scream, said on Twitter: ‘Shedding tears now. A giant has left us.’
-Metro
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