Ken 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 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).