Ethan Wiley
Ethan Wiley is an American screenwriter, film producer, director and musician. Wiley wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film "House" and has written and directed several other horror films, including, "", "", starring David Carradine and Eva Mendes, "Blackwater Valley Exorcism" and "Brutal", starring Jeffrey Combs, Michael Berryman and Sarah Thompson. In 2006, Wiley formed Wiseacre Films, an independent production company. Producing credits include "Blackwater Valley Exorcism", "A Dead Calling", "Drifter", "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 "Elf-Man" 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 "Return of the Jedi", "Gremlins" and "Romancing the Stone". Music career. Wiley is a mandolin and mandocello player. He composed and produced the instrumental CD, "Take A Stand", featuring Jon Sholle (guitar), Joe Craven (percussion), Jim Whitney (bass) and Joyce Andersen (violin). Ethan composed and performed two songs for the soundtrack  of "Jason X", 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.