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Eric Red(I)

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Writer/director Eric Red was born as Eric Joseph Durdaller on February 16, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was raised in Manhattan. He specializes in hard, edgy pictures that have tough, no-nonsense tones and frequently address the darker aspects of human nature. Red attended the AFI Conservatory, which he graduated from in 1983. Eric was forced to work as a cab driver in New York City for a year after he went broke getting national distribution for his short movie "Gunmen's Blues." The tide of good fortunate turned Red's way when his brutal and challenging script for "The Hitcher" was turned into a terrific and terrifying film which has deservedly become a cult favorite. (The story for "The Hitcher" was inspired by an actual incident in which Eric picked up a creepy hitchhiker while driving cross country to Texas.) Next up was the beautifully chilling and stylish vampire doozy "Near Dark." Eric subsequently collaborated again with "Near Dark" director Kathryn Bigelow on the exciting "Blue Steel." Red hit another one out of the ballpark as both the writer and director of the grim and gripping thriller "Cohen and Tate." This particular triumph was followed by the excellent "Body Parts" (Red received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Director for this movie), the so-so werewolf outing "Bad Moon," and the nifty "Undertow." In addition, Eric wrote and co-produced the gritty made-for-cable-TV Western "The Last Outlaw." Red also wrote and created the comic book series and graphic novel "Containment." His latest features are the supernatural thriller "100 Feet" and the made-for-TV item "Night of the Wild." Eric's hobbies include film, books, comics, Cuban cigars, and gymnastics. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Meredith Casey.
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With star Famke Janssen on 100 FEET.
Filming BODY PARTS.
Filming 100 FEET.
Jeff Fahey and Eric Red in Body Parts (1991)

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Famke Janssen in 100 Feet (2008)
100 Feet
5.5
  • Writer
  • 2008
Body Parts (1991)
Body Parts
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1991
Adam Baldwin and Roy Scheider in Cohen and Tate (1988)
Cohen and Tate
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1988
Bad Moon (1996)
Bad Moon
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1996

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Writer

  • White Knuckle
    • Pre-production
  • No Man's Ridge
    • Pre-production
  • Famke Janssen in 100 Feet (2008)
    100 Feet
  • The Hitcher (2007)
    The Hitcher
    • (1986 film)
  • Jake Busey, C. Thomas Howell, and Kari Wuhrer in The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)
    The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
  • Bad Moon (1996)
    Bad Moon
  • Mia Sara, Charles Dance, and Lou Diamond Phillips in Undertow (1996)
    Undertow
  • The Last Outlaw (1993)
    The Last Outlaw
  • Body Parts (1991)
    Body Parts
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron Silver in Blue Steel (1990)
    Blue Steel
  • Adam Baldwin and Roy Scheider in Cohen and Tate (1988)
    Cohen and Tate
  • Bill Paxton in Near Dark (1987)
    Near Dark
  • Telephone
  • C. Thomas Howell in The Hitcher (1986)
    The Hitcher
  • Gunmen's Blues (1981)
    Gunmen's Blues

Director

  • White Knuckle
    • Pre-production
  • No Man's Ridge
    • Pre-production
  • Night of the Wild (2015)
    Night of the Wild
  • Famke Janssen in 100 Feet (2008)
    100 Feet
  • Bad Moon (1996)
    Bad Moon
  • Mia Sara, Charles Dance, and Lou Diamond Phillips in Undertow (1996)
    Undertow
  • Body Parts (1991)
    Body Parts
  • Adam Baldwin and Roy Scheider in Cohen and Tate (1988)
    Cohen and Tate
  • Telephone
  • Gunmen's Blues (1981)
    Gunmen's Blues

Producer

  • No Man's Ridge
    • Pre-production
  • Murder for Dummies (2020)
    Murder for Dummies
  • The Last Outlaw (1993)
    The Last Outlaw
  • Bill Paxton in Near Dark (1987)
    Near Dark
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Personal details

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    • February 16, 1961
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Meredith RedJune 26, 2004 - present
  • Other works
    Wrote five issue comic book Eric Red's Containment to be published in 2005 for IDW.
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    Studied Screenwriting at the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles, California.
  • Quotes
    I want to give evil poignancy instead of making it straight-out monstrous. People aren't black and white. They live in gray areas, and I like giving my heroes and villains different shadings.

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