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Victor Salva (born March 29, 1958 in Martinez, California) is an American film director, mostly of horror movies. His body of work includes the films Powder and Jeepers Creepers.

His directing career has been overshadowed by his 1988 conviction for having mutual oral sex with a 12-year-old boy, Nathan Forest Winters, who had acted in his low-budget slasher movie Clownhouse. The sexual acts were videotaped by Salva, forcing a guilty plea. In 1995, the boy brought attention to Salva's past by publicly boycotting his film Powder, which was a moderate success despite the unwanted publicity. Salva did not make another studio film until 2001, when he emerged from pariah status in Hollywood with the hit horror film Jeepers Creepers and its 2003 sequel.

Salva's early work attracted the attention of Francis Ford Coppola, who produced Clownhouse, Powder, Jeepers Creepers, and Jeepers Creepers 2.

In April 1988, Salva 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 a child for pornography. Salva was sentenced to three years in prison. He served 15 months of the sentence before being paroled.

Salva has consistently downplayed his crime, asserting that the sexual contact with the sixth grader was "consensual." Nonetheless, he has expressed regret over what he has termed his "terrible mistake."

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