The Los Angeles Film School welcomes the Creator of the Scream Trilogy, Wes Craven, & Producer Marianne Maddalena

The Los Angeles Film School screened "Scream 3" for students and faculty. Following the screening, the creator of the Scream Trilogy, Wes Craven, along with producer, Marianne Maddalena, engaged in an informal question and answer session on the making of genre films. Wes Craven has been challenging audiences with his bold vision for more than 25 years. In 1984, Craven reinvented the youth horror genre with the classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Although he did not go on to direct any of the five sequels, Craven deconstructed the genre a decade later to create "Wes Craven's New Nightmare," which was nominated Best Feature at the 1995 Independent Spirit Awards. This year alone, he has created three dramatically different works. He directed Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep in "Music of the Heart," his first dramatic feature film; he completed filming the highly anticipated "Scream" trilogy; and he made his debut as a novelist with Simon & Schuster's publication of "Fountain Society," which is going into development with Dreamworks in the summer of 2000. Producer Marianne Maddalena is President of Craven/Maddalena films and has collaborated with Director Wes Craven for the past thirteen years. She joined his creative team in 1987 for production of the Universal film "The Serpent and the Rainbow." She served as executive producer of "Vampire in Brooklyn," and she has produced "The People Under the Stairs," "Wes Craven's New Nightmare," "Shocker," and the NBC series "Nightmare Café." In 1999, Maddalena produced "Scream 3" and "Music of the Heart."