Jeff Lieberman
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{{short description|American film director and screenwriter (born 1947)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jeff Lieberman
| birth_date = {{birth_date_and_age_|1947|10|16}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York
| nationality = American
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter
| alma_mater = School of Visual Arts
}}
Jeff Lieberman (born October 16, 1947){{cite web|work=AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/jeff-lieberman-p99725|access-date=March 19, 2020|title=Jeff Lieberman}} is an American film director and screenwriter, known for his cult horror and thriller films Squirm (1976), Blue Sunshine (1977) and Just Before Dawn (1981).
Biography
Jeff Lieberman was born in 1947 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.{{sfn|Towlson|2016|p=131}} He made his feature film debut as the writer and director of the nature horror film Squirm (1976), about earthworms inundating a small Southern town and wreaking havoc.{{sfn|Towlson|2016|p=130}} His following film, Blue Sunshine (1977), followed a series of murders in Los Angeles, connected to the killers' use of a certain strain of LSD.{{sfn|Towlson|2016|p=132}} Blue Sunshine screened at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the London Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival.{{sfn|Towlson|2016|p=132}} In 1981, Lieberman wrote and directed the slasher film Just Before Dawn, about a group of campers stalked by a killer in the backwoods of Oregon.{{sfn|Towlson|2016|pages=131–132}}
In 1988, Lieberman wrote and directed Remote Control, a science fiction film following a video store clerk who discovers a videotape circulating in his store is brainwashing its viewers.{{sfn|Towlson|2016|p=133}} He subsequently wrote the screenplay for The NeverEnding Story III (1994).{{sfn|Towlson|2016|p=133}} He later wrote and directed the satirical comedy horror film Satan's Little Helper (2004).{{sfn|Towlson|2016|p=130, 133–134}}
Filmography
=As director=
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| Year
! Title ! Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Ringer | Short film |
| 1976 | Squirm | |
| 1977 | Blue Sunshine | |
| 1980 | Doctor Franken | Television film |
| 1981 | Just Before Dawn | |
| 1988 | Remote Control | |
| 1994 | But... Seriously | Documentary |
| 1995 | Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion | Television film |
| 2004 | Satan's Little Helper |
=As screenwriter=
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Year
! Title ! Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Ringer | |
| 1973 | Blade | |
| 1976 | Squirm | |
| 1977 | Blue Sunshine | |
| 1980 | Doctor Franken | |
| 1981 | Just Before Dawn | |
| 1988 | Remote Control | |
| 1994 | The Neverending Story III | |
| 2004 | Satan's Little Helper | |
| 2006 | 'Til Death Do Us Part | Television series, creator, 3 episodes |
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Towlson|first=Jon|pages=130–134|title=Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic: Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others|year=2016|editor1=Elizabeth McCarthy|editor2=Bernice M. Murphy|publisher=McFarland|location=North Carolina Jefferson|isbn=9781476626536}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0006639}}
- {{official|https://jeffliebermandirector.com}}
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Category:American horror film directors
Category:Film directors from New York City
Category:Filmmakers from Brooklyn
Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)
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