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Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director. He is best known for directing the horror films Powder and Jeepers Creepers. Salva was born into a conservative Catholic family in Martinez, California. His biological father abandoned the family and Salva reports that the stepfather was often drunk and physically abusive. One of his favorite pastimes as a kid was watching Creature Features on television and is a self-confessed "Jaws baby". In 1986, he made the low budget horror film Something in the Basement which attracted the attention of filmmaker Francis Ford... MORE

Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director. He is best known for directing the horror films Powder and Jeepers Creepers. Salva was born into a conservative Catholic family in Martinez, California. His biological father abandoned the family and Salva reports that the stepfather was often drunk and physically abusive. One of his favorite pastimes as a kid was watching Creature Features on television and is a self-confessed "Jaws baby". In 1986, he made the low budget horror film Something in the Basement which attracted the attention of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who in turn helped Salva finance his first feature-length film, Clownhouse (1989), and many subsequent films. While directing Clownhouse, Salva, then 29, molested one of the film's actors, 12-year-old Nathan Forrest Winters. The sexual acts were videotaped by Salva, who pleaded guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious conduct, one count of oral copulation with a person under 14, and three counts of procuring child pornography. Salva was sentenced to three years in prison. He served 15 months of the sentence before being paroled, and has registered as a sex offender. After being released LESS