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Adam Rifkin(I)

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Adam Rifkin is a Writer/Director whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty dramas. Most recently, Rifkin Wrote and Directed THE LAST MOVIE STAR, a poignant drama starring Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter and Chevy Chase. The critically acclaimed film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where it was bought and released by A24. Rifkin also Directed DIRECTOR'S CUT, a wild and twisted meta-thriller penned by iconic illusionist and comedian, Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller. DIRECTOR'S CUT was the opening night film of the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival and was released by Epic Pictures under their new, DREAD CENTRAL PRESENTS, horror banner. Additionally, Rifkin Directed GIUSEPPE MAKES A MOVIE, an outrageous yet touching documentary about trailer park filmmaker Giuseppe Andrews and the misfit family of homeless people he's assembled to perform in all of his bizarre yet heartfelt movies. GIUSEPPE MAKES A MOVIE holds a coveted 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Previously, Rifkin Wrote and Directed the award winning film LOOK, a controversial drama that takes us into the foreboding world of surveillance and explores the conceit that the average American is captured on camera at least 300 times a day. Adam also Executive Produced LOOK: The Series for Showtime. The stand alone limited series enjoyed the highest ratings in its time slot in Showtime's history. Rifkin earned cult status when his film THE DARK BACKWARD was named one of the top ten films of its year by The New York Post. He would then be immortalized as the director responsible for New Line Cinema's DETROIT ROCK CITY, a bona fide cult classic that continues to speak to and inspire generations of rock fans around the world. Rifkin gained critical recognition for NIGHT AT THE GOLDEN EAGLE. The dark drama was an official selection of the London Film Festival and opened to rave reviews. An A-list screenwriter, Rifkin has a penchant for family fare. He wrote UNDERDOG for Walt Disney Studios, a tent pole comedy based on the iconic 1960's cartoon show, ZOOM, starring Tim Allen and two hits for DreamWorks, MOUSEHUNT and SMALL SOLDIERS. His next foray into family entertainment will be PEEPS, a Lego Movie-esque animated feature he'll write and produce based on the icon PEEPS candies.
BornDecember 31, 1966
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Known for

Burt Reynolds in The Last Movie Star (2017)
The Last Movie Star
7.0
  • Writer
  • 2017
Gene Simmons in Detroit Rock City (1999)
Detroit Rock City
6.8
  • Director
  • 1999
Look (2007)
Look
6.6
  • Writer
  • 2007
Tommy Lee Jones, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Frank Langella, and Clint Walker in Small Soldiers (1998)
Small Soldiers
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1998

Credits

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Writer

  • Faster Pussycat: Russ Meyer
  • Burt Reynolds in The Last Movie Star (2017)
    The Last Movie Star
  • Shooting the Warwicks (2015)
    Shooting the Warwicks
  • Giuseppe Makes a Movie (2014)
    Giuseppe Makes a Movie
  • Reality Show
  • Chillerama (2011)
    Chillerama
    • (segment Wadzilla)
  • Look (2010)
    Look
  • Dennis Farina, Melora Hardin, Wendie Malick, Mark Feuerstein, Paul Wight, and Bobb'e J. Thompson in Knucklehead (2010)
    Knucklehead
  • Jason Lee in Underdog (2007)
    Underdog
  • Look (2007)
    Look
  • Homo Erectus (2007)
    Homo Erectus
  • Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara, Ryan Whitney, and Michael Cassidy in Zoom (2006)
    Zoom
  • Without Charlie (2001)
    Without Charlie
  • Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
    Night at the Golden Eagle
  • Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
    Welcome to Hollywood

Director

  • El Cambio (The Change) Chesca/Diane Warren (2021)
    El Cambio (The Change) Chesca/Diane Warren
  • Faster Pussycat: Russ Meyer
  • Burt Reynolds in The Last Movie Star (2017)
    The Last Movie Star
    • (directed by)
  • Harry Hamlin, Penn Jillette, and Missi Pyle in Director's Cut (2016)
    Director's Cut
  • Shooting the Warwicks (2015)
    Shooting the Warwicks
  • Giuseppe Makes a Movie (2014)
    Giuseppe Makes a Movie
  • Reality Show
  • Chillerama (2011)
    Chillerama
    • (segment Wadzilla)
  • Look (2010)
    Look
  • Look (2007)
    Look
  • Homo Erectus (2007)
    Homo Erectus
  • Without Charlie (2001)
    Without Charlie
  • Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
    Night at the Golden Eagle
  • Gene Simmons in Detroit Rock City (1999)
    Detroit Rock City: Deleted Scenes
  • Gene Simmons in Detroit Rock City (1999)
    Detroit Rock City

Producer

  • Watch Jessica Die
    • Post-production
  • Nicolas Cage, Duke Jackson, Jiri Stanek, Kai Kadlec, BJ Guyer, Billy Bussey, Christopher Bradley, Taylor Towery, Emily Tosta, Terayle Hill, and Caylee Cowan in Willy's Wonderland (2021)
    Willy's Wonderland
  • Faster Pussycat: Russ Meyer
  • Burt Reynolds in The Last Movie Star (2017)
    The Last Movie Star
    • (p.g.a.)
  • Harry Hamlin, Penn Jillette, and Missi Pyle in Director's Cut (2016)
    Director's Cut
  • Shooting the Warwicks (2015)
    Shooting the Warwicks
  • Giuseppe Makes a Movie (2014)
    Giuseppe Makes a Movie
  • Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger
  • Reality Show
  • Chillerama (2011)
    Chillerama
  • Look (2010)
    Look
  • Blump's Squeezable Documentary
  • Garbanzo Gas (2007)
    Garbanzo Gas
  • Grandpa
  • Getting Hal (2003)
    Getting Hal
  • Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
    Night at the Golden Eagle
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Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger
Full Movie 4:35
Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger
Director's Cut
Clip 1:14
Director's Cut
Director's Cut
Clip 2:09
Director's Cut
Shooting the Warwicks
Trailer 2:36
Shooting the Warwicks
Chillerama
Trailer 2:14
Chillerama
National Lampoon's The Stoned Age
Trailer 1:27
National Lampoon's The Stoned Age
Welcome To Hollywood
Trailer 2:36
Welcome To Hollywood
Tales from the Script
Trailer 2:23
Tales from the Script

Personal details

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    • December 31, 1966

Did you know

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    At 21 Rifkin was hired by 20th Century Fox to write and direct Return of the Planet of the Apes, which he compared to Halloween (2018) on the Best Movies Never Made podcast. In Rifkin's original script the ape empire had reached its Roman era and the film was going to feel very much like Spartacus with primates. The studio loved Rifkin's draft but several days before pre-production was to commence the head of the studio was fired and the project was shelved. Subsequently the project changed many hands including Oliver Stone, Chris Columbus, James Cameron and eventually Tim Burton.
  • Quotes
    An Adam Rifkin movie is really a movie that I think of as a career movie. Rif Coogan movies are more for fun, my own personal edification, and for practice.

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