Ken Wheat

Ken Wheat (born 1950) and Jim Wheat (born 1952) are an American screenwriting, producing, and directing duo. Mainly known for their horror films, the brothers co-wrote the slasher film The Silent Scream, 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).

Filmography Film Year Title Directors Writers Producers 1979 Silent Scream 1980 The Return 1983 Lies 1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 1989 The Fly II After Midnight 2000 Pitch Black

Executive producers American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978) (Documentary film)

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