Jeffrey Hirschfield

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Jeffrey Hirschfield is co-developer of the science fiction series Lexx . He wrote for three of its four seasons and voiced the character of the robot head 790. [1]

Hirschfield is also creator of the live action/animation sci-fi adventure series Zixx and served as series story editor and wrote five of the first thirteen episodes. [2]

Hirschfield co-created El Mundo del Lundo for Canada's Comedy Network, on which he also performed. Further writing credits include The Outer Limits, I Was A Sixth Grade Alien , Olliver's Adventures and Starhunter . [3] He has also written a number of stage plays and radio dramas.

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  2. "Zixx official website". Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  3. "A Far-out 'Universe' is Fun..." The New York Times . July 17, 1997. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2010.