Jack Sholder (born June 8, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired American director, best known for his work in the horror film genre, notably
Alone in the Dark, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge,
The Hidden, and
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies. In the DVD commentary of
The Hidden, Jack Sholder states that his favorite film director is Jean Renoir. In September 2004, he joined the faculty of Western Carolina University in the Department of Stage and Screen, retiring in 2017. During his interview for Behind the Curtain Part II (2012), he confessed that of all the films he had made,
Arachnid (2001) was his least favorite. In the same interview, he cited
Alone in the Dark (1982),
The Hidden (1987),
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