Victor Salva

Quick Facts

Full Name	Victor Salva
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1958(1958-03-29)
Age	66
Birthplace	Martinez
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Pisces

Victor Salva Biography

Victor Salva is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on March 29, 1958 in Martinez, California, United States. Director and writer of the dramatic Powder as well as The horror movie Jeepers Creepers, as well as the follow-up Jeepers Creepers II.

The film he directed in 1995 Powder was a film that starred His 1995 film Powder featured Sean Patrick Flannery as a boy with paranormal powers. as a young man who has paranormal abilities.

The adolescent Salva was very interested in horror and sci-fi; his favorite monster movie was Creature from the Black Lagoon and, in 1975, the local newspaper reported that Salva had sat through Jaws 55 times. By the time he graduated from high school, Salva had written and directed more than 20 short and feature films. To finance his filmmaking hobby, he often held two jobs during the week. Salva’s family disowned him at 18 when he came out as gay to his mother and stepfather.

In the mid-1980s, his 37-minute short film Something in the Basement (1986) took first place in the fiction category at the Sony/AFI Home Video Competition. A horror allegory about a young boy awaiting his brother’s return from a bloody war, the highly acclaimed film went on to win several national awards (including a Bronze Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival) and brought Salva to the attention of Francis Ford Coppola, who then produced Salva’s first theatrical feature, Clownhouse (1989), which Salva again wrote and directed.

He was the son of a traditional Catholic who left the family.

Victor Salva Net Worth

Victor Salva is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Victor Salva 's net worth $100 Thousand. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

One of his favorite activities as a child was the watching of Creature Features on television.

The film’s low-budget horror Something in the Basement caught the interest from His low-budget horror film Something in the Basement caught the attention of Francis Ford Coppola, who helped him finance his first feature-length film Clownhouse. who helped finance his first feature film Clownhouse.

Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American filmmaker and convicted sex offender. He is best known for directing the films Powder (1995) and Jeepers Creepers (2001). The latter of these has been expanded into a franchise with two sequels that he has also directed.

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Salva next made Rites of Passage (1999), a coming-of-age thriller. The film depicts a homophobic father who unwittingly pushes his gay son into the arms of a psychotic killer.

Facts & Trivia

Victor Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Victor Salva celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.

In 2001, Salva wrote and directed Jeepers Creepers, which was a breakout hit and set a record for the largest Labor Day box-office ever. Salva followed this up with his sixth feature film, Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), breaking his old record and setting another Labor Day milestone. Principal photography began in February 2017 for another sequel, Jeepers Creepers 3, which was released in September of that year.

What happened with Victor Salva?

Victor Salva – director of the Jeepers Creepers franchise – was sentenced to three years in prison in 1988 for abusing the 12-year-old child star of his film Clownhouse at the age of 30 as well as filming the molestation and possession of child pornography. He served just 15 months.

Why is Jeepers Creepers controversial?

Jeepers Creepers 3 caused controversy over its alleged use of child molestation as a plotline.

Why was Jeepers Creepers 3 Cancelled?

The planned world premiere of horror sequel ‘Jeepers Creepers 3’ has been cancelled over concerns about protests, due to the dark past of filmmaker Victor Salva. The event had been scheduled to take place on 13 September at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, and had reportedly sold out.

Was Jeepers Creepers based on a true story?

Jeepers Creepers seems like fictional horror, given the nature of its supernatural primary antagonist, but is actually based in part on a true story. A terrifying true story partially inspired the 2001 horror movie Jeepers Creepers.

Is Victor Salva in Jeepers Creepers 4?

Victor Salva had already written his script for Jeepers Creepers 4 and was expected to return with original star Gina Philips (Trish Jenner) as the lead after her brief appearance in Jeepers Creepers III (2017). This has since been rejected and neither Salva nor Philips will be involved.