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Profile of Victor Salva
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Victor Salva |
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29th March 1958 |
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Martinez, California, USA |
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Victor Salva (born March 29, 1958 in California) is an American film director, mostly of horror movies. His body of work includes the films Powder and Jeepers Creepers. His directing career has been overshadowed by his conviction in 1989 for molesting a 12-year-old boy who had starred in his low-budget slasher movie Clownhouse.
In 1995, the boy he molested publicly boycotted his film Powder to bring attention to Salva's criminal past, which may have contributed to the film's the less-than-stellar box office. Despite the scandal and Salva's pariah status in Hollywood emerging from it, his 2001 effort Jeepers Creepers was a notable box office success, as was its 2003 sequel.
Salva's early work attracted the attention of Francis Ford Coppola, who produced Clownhouse, Powder, Jeepers Creepers, and Jeepers Creepers 2. When asked in the press about producing the films of a sex offender, representatives from Coppola's production company said all that mattered to them was the films' quality and box office earnings.
Filmography
- 2004: The Watch
- 2003: Jeepers Creepers 2
- 2001: Jeepers Creepers
- 1999: Rite of Passage
- 1995: Nature of the Beast
- 1995: Powder
- 1989: Clownhouse
- 1986: Something in the Basement
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