Wesley Strick Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Writing for "Arachnophobia" in 1991
• Was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture for "True Believer" in 1990
• Won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for "Wolf" in 1995
• Graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Creative Writing in the mid 1970s
• Started out as the writer of "True Believer" in 1989
• Started out as a rock journalist for the bands Circus, Creem, and the Rolling Stones, and also interviewed the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Blondie
• Quote: "(On "Cape Fear"): "I tried to create a psychopath who is more interesting, who has a real sense about himself, about being on a religious quest; the vengeance that he's seeking is pure and just and cleansing - not only for [Cady] but for Sam, too․""
• Best known as the writer of 1991's "Cape Fear," "Doom," and 2010's "A Nightmare on Elm Street․"
• Wrote and directed the films "Hitched" and "Watching, Waiting," and also directed the film "The Tie That Binds․"
• Wrote and executive produced the film "Love is the Drug" in 2006