Victor Salva Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Born in Martinez, California, 20 miles outside San Francisco, Victor Salva had written and directed over 20 short and feature-length films before graduating from high school. In the mid-'80s his 37-minute short Something in the Basement (1986) took first place in the fiction category at the Sony/AFI Home Video Competition. A horror allegory about ...
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize - U.S. Dramatic, Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Feature Film, Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award
Movies
Jeepers Creepers, Jeepers Creepers 2, Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral, Clownhouse, Powder, Peaceful Warrior, Dark House, Rosewood Lane, The Nature of the Beast, Something in the Basement, Rites of Passage, Jeepers Creepers 4, The Old Hag Syndrome
[on Powder (1995)] [It] contains many of my thoughts from my time in prison in its subtext. It was a terrible time for me, enduring the constant taunts. I often felt like Flanery's [Sean Patrick Flanery's] albino character. My power did not come from within myself, though; my close friend Francis [Francis Ford Coppola] gave me that power. He visited me weekly, we discussed my crimes. Francis helped me to accept my past . . . which is certainly powerful!
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[on his films)] Atmospheric and macabre, with no happy endings, but not to be taken totally seriously.
Grew up watching Creature Features (1971) on TV. This sparked his early interest in the horror/thriller genre.
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In 1995, the boy he molested (then in his 20s) publicly boycotted the film Powder (1995) to bring attention to Salva's sexual misdeeds, which contributed to the film's less-than-stellar box office.
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Grew up in San Francisco.
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Is a convicted child molester. In 1988 he confessed to five felony counts of sexual relations with a 12-year-old boy who he videotaped in sexual situations. Salva sent a year in state prison for the crimes.
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Has been making films since the age of 12.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jeepers Creepers III
2017
screenplay pre-production
Haunted
2014/IV
screenplay
Rosewood Lane
2011
written by
Fear Itself
2008
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Jeepers Creepers II
2003
characters / written by
Behind the Peepers: The Making of 'Jeepers Creepers'
2002
Video documentary creator
Jeepers Creepers
2001
written by
Rites of Passage
1999
writer
Powder
1995
written by
The Nature of the Beast
1995
written by
Clownhouse
1989
written by
Something in the Basement
1986
Short
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jeepers Creepers III
2017
pre-production
The Old Hag Syndrome
pre-production
Haunted
2014/IV
Rosewood Lane
2011
Peaceful Warrior
2006
Jeepers Creepers II
2003
Jeepers Creepers
2001
Rites of Passage
1999
Powder
1995
The Nature of the Beast
1995
Clownhouse
1989
Something in the Basement
1986
Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jeepers Creepers
2001
Victim (uncredited)
Rites of Passage
1999
Piano Player at Hotel (uncredited)
The Nature of the Beast
1995
Radio Newscaster / Truck Driver in Diner (uncredited)
Clownhouse
1989
Radio Newscaster / Extra at Carnival (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Haunted
2014/IV
producer
Rosewood Lane
2011
producer
Clownhouse
1989
producer
Something in the Basement
1986
Short producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jeepers Creepers II
2003
lyrics: "The Bannon County Fight Song" / music: "The Bannon County Fight Song"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
All the Marbles
2013
Short special thanks
Trigger
2012
special thanks
Two Rooms in the Valley
2008
Video very special thanks
No moriré sola
2008
spiritual support
36 pasos
2006
spiritual support
Naked Beneath the Water
2006
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film
Documentary post-production
Himself
Jeepers Creepers: Then and Now
2016
Video documentary short
Himself
Jeepers Creepers 2: Then and Now
2016
Video documentary short
Himself
The Secret World of Superfans
2008
Documentary
Himself
Hitchcocked!
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
A Day in Hell: On the Set of 'Jeepers Creepers II'
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
Lights, Camera, Creeper: Making 'Jeepers Creepers 2'
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
Behind the Peepers: The Making of 'Jeepers Creepers'
2002
Video documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2000
Moxie! Award
Santa Monica Film Festival
Best Feature
Rites of Passage (1999)
1996
Audience Award
Gérardmer Film Festival
Powder (1995)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2004
Golden Reel Award
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Feature Film
Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
2001
Best Film
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
1999
Rosebud
Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival