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J. D. Lifshitz | |
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| Born | Jordan David Lifshitz October 13, 1992 |
| Occupation(s) | film director screenwriter actor producer |
Jordan David Lifshitz (born October 13, 1992) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. [1]
Lifshitz is the co-founder of the independent Production company BoulderLight Pictures. In 2009 he began to work on his directorial debut the psycho-thriller Killed on the Fourth of July, [2] as well as working on Tim Sullivan's 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams and Brothers of the Blood as associate producer. [3] He also starred in a supporting role in Chillerama . Liftshitz produced the 2012 thriller Contracted and its 2015 sequel Contracted: Phase II . [4]
In 2022, Lifshitz and producing partner Raphael Margules produced Zach Cregger's directorial debut Barbarian , which was a major critical and commercial success; shortly after, BoulderLight signed a first-look feature development deal with New Line Cinema. [5] Lifshitz and Margules' upcoming projects for New Line include Drew Hancock's Companion and Cregger's Weapons .
He is Orthodox Jewish. [6]
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Killed on the Fourth of July | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2014 | Valentine Surprise | No | No | Yes |
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