Ethan Wiley is an American screenwriter, film producer,

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and musician. Wiley wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film '' House'' and has written and directed several other horror films, including, '' House II: The Second Story'', '' Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror'', starring

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and

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, ''Blackwater Valley Exorcism'' and '' Brutal'', starring

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and Sarah Thompson. In 2006, Wiley formed Wiseacre Films, an independent production company. Producing credits include ''Blackwater Valley Exorcism'', ''A Dead Calling'', ''

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'', '' Brutal'', '' Deadwater'' (a.k.a. ''Black Ops''), '' Bear'' and ''The Butterfly Room''. Ethan was the co-writer, director and producer of the family comedy movie ''

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'' and the Chinese action-adventure feature '' Journey to the Forbidden Valley''. Ethan was a Production Consultant for the Universal Pictures action film '' The Man with the Iron Fists 2'', and teleplay writer for Universal's '' Dead Again in Tombstone''. Earlier in his career, Wiley worked as a special effects artist and puppeteer on ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Music career

Wiley is a mandolin and

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player. He composed and produced the instrumental CD, ''Take A Stand'', featuring Jon Sholle (guitar),

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(percussion),

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(bass) and Joyce Andersen (violin). Ethan composed and performed two songs for the soundtrack of ''

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'', has contributed mandolin, mandocello and guitar to other feature film soundtracks, and has performed and recorded with various singer-songwriters, including Robert Morgan Fisher, Jeff Geoffray, Kevin Meade and Coale Johnson. In 2021, Wiley debuted the Virtuosity Podcast on Spotify, YouTube and Patreon, with musician Timo Shanko, exploring the world of musical virtuosity.

Partial filmography

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'' *'' House'' *'' House II: The Second Story'' *'' Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror'' *''Blackwater Valley Exorcism'' *''Brutal'' *'' Deadwater'' *'' Bear'' *''

The Butterfly Room ''The Butterfly Room'' is a 2012 American-Italian thriller- horror film directed by Jonathan Zarantonello. It is based on Zarantonello's novel ''Alice dalle 4 alle 5'' (''Alice from 4 to 5''). The film won the Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award at th ...

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'' *'' The Man with the Iron Fists 2'' *''Dead Again in Tombstone''

References

External links

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Mean Bunny, Inc.
Official website for Ethan Wiley
Ethan Wiley Music CD "Take a Stand"

Virtuosity Podcast on Spotify
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiley, Ethan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film directors American male screenwriters American record producers