Ken and Jim Wheat


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 Silent Scream (1979 film)|The Silent Scream], as well as A [Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master] and The Fly II. 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.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleDirectorsWritersProducers
1979Silent Scream
1980The Return
1983Lies
1988A [Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master]
1989The Fly II
1989After Midnight
2000Pitch Black

Executive producers
TV movies
YearTitleDirectorsWriters
1985Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1994The Birds II: Land's End
1994Trick of the Eye
1996It Came from Outer Space II
1996Rattled
1996The Stepford Husbands
1999Free Fall