Actor

Victor Salva

Directing

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TMDB popularity

1.0

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Movies: 12Series: 1Crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 56349

IMDb ID: nm0759207

Known for: Directing

Born: March 29, 1958

Age: 67

Place of birth: Martinez, California, United States

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2017

Years active: 28

Average TMDB rating: 5.98

Wikidata: Q946039

Also known as

Victor Ronald Salva

Other jobs

Director (10)Writer (2)

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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).