Doug Lefler

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1970-07-17 (54 years old)

Place of Birth California, USA

Also Known As Doug Leffler, Douglas Lefler

Doug Lefler

Biography

Doug Lefler (born in California) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and storyboard artist, best known as the director of the Dragonheart fantasy adventure film sequel Dragonheart: A New Beginning and The Last Legion. Lefler was born in Southern California and started making his first home movies at the age of twelve. He started in the film industry as an animator, having made short films as a child and then attended the California Institute of the Arts. His classmates included Tim Burton, John Lasseter, John Musker, and Brad Bird. After two years, he worked for Disney and other studios for several years as a storyboard artist and animator before progressing to directing. He worked for many years as a writer and storyboard artist on live-action features before getting his first chance to direct second unit on Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness in 1991. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Lefler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2007
The Last Legion

as Director

2002
Spider-Man

as Second Unit Director

1998
A Simple Plan

as Second Unit Director

1998
1997
Spy Game

as Director

1996
FX: The Series

as Director

1995
American Gothic

as Director

1995
JAG

as Director

1995
1994
Babylon 5

as Director

1992
Army of Darkness

as Second Unit Director

Art

2022
Uncharted

as Storyboard Artist

1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Art Department Assistant

1993
Ghost in the Machine

as Storyboard Artist

1993
Hard Target

as Storyboard Artist

1992
Army of Darkness

as Storyboard Artist

1988
D.O.A.

as Storyboard Artist

1986
Soul Man

as Storyboard Artist

Writer

2018
Deadpool 2

as Head of Story

1987
Steel Dawn

as Writer

Actor

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2007
The Pixar Story

as Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

1989
The Little Mermaid

as Visual Development

Camera

1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Director of Photography

Lighting

1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Directing Lighting Artist