Biography
An American filmmaker, convicted sex offender & pedophile. 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). In 1988, Salva was convicted of sexual misconduct with one of Clownhouse's underage stars who was 12 years old at the time and videotaping one of the...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Jeepers Creepers 3
2017
Director, Characters, Writer
Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on ...
Dark House
2014
Screenplay, Director
A young man sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion that holds the origins of his dark family legacy.
Rosewood Lane
2011
Director, Producer, Writer
Radio talk show therapist Sonny Blake moves back to her childhood home on seemingly idyllic Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies. But upon ar...
Hitchcocked!
2006
as Self
A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.
Peaceful Warrior
2006
Director
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Jeepers Creepers 2
2003
Director, Characters, Writer
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not surviv...
Jeepers Creepers
2001
Director, Writer
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what ap...
Rites of Passage
1999
as Piano Player at Hotel
A father and his two sons go on holiday together hoping to reconcile some of their differences, but when the arrival of two escaped convicts interrupt...
Rites of Passage
1999
Director, Writer
A father and his two sons go on holiday together hoping to reconcile some of their differences, but when the arrival of two escaped convicts interrupt...
Powder
1995
Screenplay, Director
Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when...
Nature of the Beast
1995
Director, Writer
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
Clownhouse
1990
as Radio Newscaster / Extra at Carnival (uncredited)
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.
Clownhouse
1990
Producer, Writer, Director
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.
Something in the Basement
1986
Producer, Director, Writer
A youth waits for his brother to return home from a bloody war. He encounters something very nasty and evil in the basement of his house, claiming his...
Purgatory
N/A
Director
A broken-down sheriff is forced to join forces with an obsessed Victorian vampire hunter to defeat an undead force consuming a small frontier town in ...
The Old Hag Syndrome
N/A
Director
As children, Rheanna and Annette are happy. However, after an evening of ghost stories and games with their friend Tara, what started as innocent fun ...