Victor Salva
| Victor Salva | |
|---|---|
 Salva in 2000 | |
| Born |
Victor Ronald Salva March 29, 1958 Martinez, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1986 – present |
| Notable work(s) |
Powder Jeepers Creepers |
| Awards |
Moxie! Award for Best Feature – Santa Monica Film Festival 1999 Rites of Passage |
Victor Ronald Salva[1] (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director. He is best known for directing the films Powder and Jeepers Creepers.
Early life
Salva was born into a conservative Catholic family in Martinez, California. His biological father abandoned the family and Salva reports that his stepfather was often drunk and physically abusive.[2]
Career
In 1986, he made the low budget horror film Something in the Basement which attracted the attention of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who in turn helped Salva finance his first feature-length film, Clownhouse (1989), and many subsequent films.[2] At the age of 29, Salva, sexually molested a 12 year old who had a part in one of his films. Salva pled guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious conduct, one count of oral sex with a person under 14, and three counts of procuring child pornography.[1] Salva was sentenced to three years in prison and served 15 months before being paroled.[2] Salva held a series of odd jobs, while trying to acquire work as a film director.[2]
Seven years after Clownhouse, Salva made another film, The Nature of the Beast. In 1995, he directed the Disney-financed Powder. The subsequent media coverage of Salva's criminal history, and speculation as to why Disney would hire a convicted sex offender, ensured that Salva would not make another film until 1999's Rites of Passage. Salva wrote and directed the horror film Jeepers Creepers (2001) and its sequel Jeepers Creepers II (2003). In 2006, he directed Peaceful Warrior,[2] which opened up to mixed reviews. In 2011, Salva filmed Rosewood Lane, a thriller starring Rose McGowan and Ray Wise.[3]
Filmography
- 2015: Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral
- 2012: Haunted
- 2011: Rosewood Lane
- 2006: Peaceful Warrior
- 2003: Jeepers Creepers II
- 2001: Jeepers Creepers
- 1999: Rites of Passage
- 1995: The Nature of the Beast
- 1995: Powder
- 1989: Clownhouse
- 1986: Something in the Basement
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "California Registered Sex Offender Profile – Victor Salva". Megan's Law – California Sex Offender Registry. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Patrick Goldstein. "Victor Salva's horror stories". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Fear the Paperboy(!) on Rosewood Lane".
External links
- Victor Salva at the Internet Movie Database
- Media reports archive related to the director's sexual molestation of a child actor and his films Powder and Jeepers Creepers
- Victor Salva's entry at Florida Sex Offender Registry
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