Richard Jefferies (screenwriter)
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Richard L. Jefferies (born March 1956) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director and editor. He wrote and executive produced ''
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and directed the 2008 Syfy Original film '' Living Hell''. Jefferies partners with writer/director/producer Ethan Wiley in transmedia production company Wiseacre Films.


Career

Jefferies' father was a movie theater manager.Richard Jefferies
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He studied from 1974 to 1978 at
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. After his studies he founded ''New Hollywood Inc.'' together with David Koenigsberg, Osvaldo Zornizer and Mark Kirkland. His work on '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' and '' Tron: Legacy'' was not credited.Rehfeld, Nina
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Filmography

* 1982: ''
Blood Tide ''Blood Tide'' is a 1982 British horror film directed by Richard Jefferies, and starring James Earl Jones, José Ferrer, Lila Kedrova, Lydia Cornell, Mary Louise Weller, Martin Kove, and Deborah Shelton. Its plot follows a young American co ...
'' * 1984: ''Action Impossible'' * 1988: '' 14 Going on 30'' * 1988: ''
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'' * 1992: '' The Vagrant'' * 1995: '' Man of the House'' * 2003: ''
Cold Creek Manor ''Cold Creek Manor'' is a 2003 American thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart, and Christopher Plummer. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells th ...
'' * 2007: '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' * 2008: '' Living Hell'' * 2010: '' Tron: Legacy'' * 2012: ''
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* American male screenwriters Living people 1956 births {{US-film-bio-stub