Ken Wheat

Born 1950 · American screenwriter

Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat are an American screenwriting, producing, and directing duo. Mainly known for their horror films, the brothers co-wrote the slasher film The Silent Scream (1979), as well as A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) and The Fly II (1989). They wrote and directed the 1985 Star Wars television film Ewoks: The Battle for Endor and the 1989 anthology horror film After Midnight. They later devised the story and co-wrote the screenplay of the science fiction horror film Pitch Black (2000).

Ken Wheat, in order

1. 1985 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor: directed · critics 64%, audiences 51% · streaming on Disney+
2. 1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master: wrote · directed by Renny Harlin
3. 1989 After Midnight: directed
4. 1989 The Fly II: wrote · directed by Chris Walas · critics 27%, audiences 24%
5. 2000 Pitch Black: wrote · directed by David Twohy
6. 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (short film): wrote · directed by Peter Chung