Jeffrey Reddick | |
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| Born | July 12, 1969 Jackson, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Education | Breathitt County High School |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film director |
| Notable work | Final Destination |
Jeffrey Reddick (born July 12, 1969) [1] is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for creating the Final Destination franchise.
Reddick was born in Jackson, Kentucky [2] and attended Breathitt County High School. He studied at Berea College.
When Reddick was fourteen, he wrote a ten-page treatment of a prequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street and sent it to New Line Cinema. The studio did not accept unsolicited material, and it was returned unread. Reddick proceeded to contact studio founder Robert Shaye and asked him to read the treatment. Shaye read it and responded. This was the beginning of a letter-and-phone relationship with Shaye and his assistant that lasted for years. While in college, Jeffrey landed an internship at New Line and worked for the studio for almost eleven years.
In 2000, New Line produced Reddick's first studio project Final Destination . [3]
Reddick is mostly known for writing horror films, but he recently worked on two animated series for Netflix, including a spin-off of the classic Japanese comic book Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai. He is currently adapting the YA book series, The Adventures of Young Captain Nemo. He made his directorial debut with his mystery thriller Don't Look Back in 2020.
Reddick is a member of the Baháʼí Faith. [4] Reddick is gay.
| Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Director |
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| 2000 | Final Destination | Yes | No | James Wong |
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 | Story | Executive | David R. Ellis |
| 2005 | Tamara | Yes | No | Jeremy Haft |
| 2005 | A Life's Work | No | Yes | Jason Crain |
| 2008 | Day of the Dead | Yes | No | Steve Miner |
| 2016 | Dead Awake | Yes | Executive | Phillip Guzman |
| 2017 | Sleep No More | No | Executive | |
| Bodysnatch | No | Yes | Louis Benjamin Del Guercio | |
| 2018 | The Night Sitter | No | Executive | Abiel Bruhn & John Rocco |
| The Final Wish | Yes | Yes | Timothy Woodward Jr. | |
| 2020 | The Call | No | Yes | |
| Don't Look Back | Yes | Yes | Himself | |
| 2022 | Solo Respira | No | Yes | Felix Lemardo |
| 2023 | New Fears Eve | No | Yes | Eric Huskisson & P.J. Starks |
| The Bell Keeper | No | Executive | Colton Tran | |
| Til Death Do Us Part | No | Yes | Timothy Woodward Jr. |
| Year(s) | Title | Writer | Supervising producer | Notes |
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| 2001 | Return to Cabin by the Lake | Yes | No | Television film |
| 2007 | Dante's Cove | No | Yes | 5 episodes |
| 2021 | A Tale Dark & Grimm | Yes | No | 2 episodes Animated Netflix series |
| 2022 | Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles | Yes | No | 3 episodes Original animated Netflix series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th | Himself | Documentary |
| 2018 | Midnight, Texas | Story editor | 3 episodes |
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