Jeff Lieberman

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Jeff Lieberman (born October 16, 1947)[1] 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

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In 1988, Lieberman wrote and directed Remote Control, a science fiction film following a video store clerk who discovers a videotape circulating in his store is brainwashing its viewers.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He subsequently wrote the screenplay for The NeverEnding Story III (1994).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He later wrote and directed the satirical comedy horror film Satan's Little Helper (2004).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Filmography

As director

Year Title Notes
1972 The Ringer Short film
1976 Squirm
1977 Blue Sunshine
1980 Doctor Franken Television film
1981 Just Before Dawn
1988 Remote Control
1994 But... Seriously Documentary
1995 Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion Television film
2004 Satan's Little Helper

As screenwriter

Year Title Notes
1972 The Ringer
1973 Blade
1976 Squirm
1977 Blue Sunshine
1980 Doctor Franken
1981 Just Before Dawn
1988 Remote Control
1994 The Neverending Story III
2004 Satan's Little Helper
2006 'Til Death Do Us Part Television series, creator, 3 episodes

References

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Bibliography

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External links

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