Ken and Jim Wheat

Ken Wheat (born 1950) and Jim Wheat (born 1952) are an American screenwriting, producing, and directing duo. ^[1] 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). ^{[2] [3]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Directors	Writers	Producers
1979	Silent Scream [4]	No	Yes	Yes
1980	The Return	No	Yes	No
1983	Lies	Yes	Yes	Yes
1988	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	No	Yes	No
1989	The Fly II	No	Yes	No
	After Midnight	Yes	Yes	Yes
2000	Pitch Black [5]	No	Yes	No

Executive producers

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

TV movies

Year	Title	Directors	Writers
1985	Ewoks: The Battle for Endor [6]	Yes	Yes
1994	The Birds II: Land's End [7]	No	Yes
	Trick of the Eye	No	Yes
1996	It Came from Outer Space II	No	Yes
	Rattled	No	Yes
	The Stepford Husbands	No	Yes
1999	Free Fall	No	Yes

References

1. Chitwood, Scott (February 18, 2000). "Ken Wheat Talks About Writing Pitch Black". IGN . Archived from the original on March 29, 2020.
2. Fine, Marshall (February 18, 2000). "The Brothers Grim". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
3. Mengarelli, Frank (October 19, 2015). "PTS Presents DIRECTOR'S CHAIR with THE WHEAT BROTHERS". Podcasting Them Softly. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
4. Martell, William C. "Ken Wheat- He Knows What Scares You". www.scriptsecrets.net. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
5. "Pitch Black". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
6. "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor". Lucasfilm.com. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
7. Everett, Todd (March 17, 1994). "Showtime Original Movie the Birds II: Land's End". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2026.

External links

• Ken and Jim Wheat at IMDb