Robert Ray Hedden (born March 2, 1954) is an American writer and film director.
Early life
Hedden was born in
Los Angeles, California, and raised in
Laguna Beach.
[ ] While a student at
Laguna Beach High School
Laguna Beach High School is a 4-year public high school located in Laguna Beach, California. It is the only high school in the Laguna Beach Unified School District. It was established in 1934 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schoo ...
, he began making short films.
[ Hedden enrolled at ]Orange Coast College
Orange Coast College (OCC) is a public community college in Costa Mesa in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It provides Associate of Art and Associate of Science degrees, cert ...
, studying film and music, subsequently transferring to the Brooks Institute to study film.[
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Career
After graduating, Hedden worked for around seven years for Universal Studios.[ ] He wrote and directed his first feature film '' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' (1989), which polarized critics, with Leonard Maltin dubbing it "The best film in the Friday series, imaginatively directed and written by Hedden" yet '' Entertainment Weekly'' labeling the film the eighth-worst sequel ever made.
Hedden is known for such films as '' You May Not Kiss The Bride'', '' The Condemned'', and '' Clockstoppers'', which he co-produced.[page on Rob Hedden]
''imdb.com '' Accessed 3 March 2018 He also wrote and directed the TV movies '' The Colony'', ''Alien Fury: Countdown To Invasion'' (2000), directed and co-wrote ''Dying To Live'' (1999) and directed the USA TV Movies ''Any Place But Home'' (1997) and ''Kidnapped In Paradise'' (1999).[
He is a graduate of the ]Brooks Institute of Photography
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in Santa Barbara, California.[
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Awards
''What Is Brazil?'' (1985), his documentary film on the making of Terry Gilliam's acclaimed film '' Brazil'',What Is Brazil? (1985)
''imdb.com'' Accessed 3 March 2018 earned a CINE Eagle Award and a C.I.N.D.Y. Award, and was selected for exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution.[
Rob Hedden also wrote, directed and co-produced the independent feature '']Boxboarders!
''Boxboarders!'' is a 2007 independent comedy film written and directed by Rob Hedden and starring, among others, Marieh Delfino, Melora Hardin, Dale Midkiff, Michelle Pierce and The Lizardman.
Plot
Imagine a refrigerator box with a pair of skate ...
'' The comedy won the 'Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking' award at the 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival and was nominated for 'Best Picture' at the 2007 Hollywood Giffoni International Film Festival.[
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References
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Screenwriters from California
Brooks Institute alumni
Film directors from Los Angeles
People from Laguna Beach, California
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