Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
March 29, 1958 (67 years old)
Martinez, California, United States
Also Known As
- Victor Ronald Salva
Victor Salva
Biography
Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director and screenwriter. The self-described protégé of Francis Ford Coppola, he is best known for writing and directing the horror films Jeepers Creepers (2001), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017).
In 1988, Salva was convicted of sexually abusing child actor Nathan Forrest Winters during the production of Clownhouse (1989), he also videotaped one of the encounters and was found to possess child pornography, though this was not publicized until 2006. Protests against his films soon followed, including boycotts organized by Winters. Despite this, he has continued to work in the industry and has made the films Powder (1995), Peaceful Warrior (2006), Rosewood Lane (2011), and Dark House (2014).
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Known For
Acting
Directing
Jeepers Creepers 3
Director, Characters, Writer, Producer
2017
Dark House
Director, Screenplay
2014
Rosewood Lane
Director, Producer, Writer
2011
Fear Itself
Writer
2008
Peaceful Warrior
Director
2006
Jeepers Creepers 2
Director, Characters, Writer
2003
Jeepers Creepers
Director, Writer
2001
Rites of Passage
Director, Writer
1999
Powder
Director, Screenplay
1995
Nature of the Beast
Director, Writer
1995
Clownhouse
Writer, Producer, Director
1990