Victor Salva

Victor Salva
Born (1958-03-29) March 29, 1958
Martinez, California, U.S.
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Years active1986–present
AwardsMoxie! Award for Best Feature – Santa Monica Film Festival
1999 Rites of Passage

Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American child sex offender and filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre, most notably as the writer-director of the commercially successful Jeepers Creepers (2001) and its sequels Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017). Outside of horror, Salva wrote and directed the fantasy-drama film Powder (1995).

Salva's filmmaking career has been controversial due to his 1988 conviction for sexually abusing a 12-year-old actor who starred in his feature film debut Clownhouse (1989), along with possessing child pornography. This controversy has led to protests against his films, including a boycott of Powder organized by his victim.

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