Jeff Lieberman (born October 16, 1947)
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
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borough of
New York City
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. 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. His following film, ''
Blue Sunshine'' (1977), followed a series of murders in
Los Angeles
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, connected to the killers' use of a certain strain of
LSD. ''Blue Sunshine'' screened at the
Cannes Film Festival
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, as well as the
London Film Festival and
Edinburgh International Film Festival. 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
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.
In 1988, Lieberman wrote and directed ''
Remote Control
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'', a science fiction film following a video store clerk who discovers a videotape circulating in his store is
brainwashing its viewers. He subsequently wrote the screenplay for ''
The NeverEnding Story III'' (1994). He later wrote and directed the satirical
comedy horror film ''
Satan's Little Helper'' (2004).
Filmography
As director
As screenwriter
References
Bibliography
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1947 births
American horror film directors
Film directors from New York City
Filmmakers from Brooklyn
Screenwriters from New York (state)
Living people
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