Jeff Lieberman

Jeff Lieberman (born October 16, 1947)[1] is an American film director and screenwriter, known for his cult horror and thriller films, namely Squirm (1976), Blue Sunshine (1978), and Just Before Dawn (1981).

Jeff Lieberman
Born	October 16, 1947 Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	School of Visual Arts
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter

Biography

Jeff Lieberman was born in 1947 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.[2] He made his feature film debut as the writer and director of the nature horror film Squirm (1976), about earthworms inundating a small Southern town and wreaking havoc.[3] His following film, Blue Sunshine (1978), followed a series of murders in Los Angeles, connected to the killers' use of a certain strain of LSD.[4] Blue Sunshine screened at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the London Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival.[4] In 1981, Lieberman wrote and directed the slasher film Just Before Dawn, about a group of campers stalked by a killer in the backwoods of Oregon.[5]

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.[6] He subsequently wrote the screenplay for The NeverEnding Story III (1994).[6] He later wrote and directed the satirical comedy horror film Satan's Little Helper (2004).[7]

Filmography

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1972	The Ringer	Short film
1976	Squirm
1978	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
1976	Squirm
1978	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

1. "Jeff Lieberman". AllMovie. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
2. Towlson 2016, p. 131.
3. Towlson 2016, p. 130.
4. Towlson 2016, p. 132.
5. Towlson 2016, pp. 131–132.
6. Towlson 2016, p. 133.
7. Towlson 2016, p. 130, 133–134.

Sources

• Towlson, Jon (2016). McCarthy, Elizabeth; Murphy, Bernice M. (eds.). Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic: Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 130–134. ISBN 978-1-476-62653-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Jeff Lieberman at IMDb