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Ken Wheat (born 1950) and Jim Wheat (born 1952) are an American screenwriting, producing, and directing duo.[1] Mainly known for their horror films, the brothers co-wrote the slasher film The Silent Scream (1979), as well as A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) and The Fly II (1989). In 1989, they wrote, directed, and produced the anthology horror film After Midnight. They later devised the story and co-wrote the screenplay of the science fiction horror film Pitch Black (2000).

Filmography

Year Title Directors Writers Producers Notes
1978 American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince No No Executives Documentary film
1979 Silent Scream No Yes Yes
1980 The Return No Yes No
1983 Lies Yes Yes Yes
1985 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Yes Yes No Television film
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master No Yes No
1989 The Fly II No Yes No
After Midnight Yes Yes Yes
1994 The Birds II: Land's End No Yes No Television films
Trick of the Eye No Yes No
1996 It Came from Outer Space II No Yes No
Rattled No Yes No
The Stepford Husbands No Yes No
1999 Free Fall No Yes No
2000 Pitch Black No Yes No

Also credited as "Based on characters created by" in The Chronicles of Riddick franchise (second and third films, television special, animation short, motion comics, video games, books and comic books).

References

  1. ^ Chitwood, Scott (February 18, 2000). "Ken Wheat Talks About Writing Pitch Black". IGN. Archived from the original on March 29, 2020.

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