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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-07-17 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

California, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

2022

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)

2007

The Pixar Story as Self (archive footage)

Directing

2007

The Last Legion as Director

2002

Spider-Man as Second Unit Director

1998

A Simple Plan as Second Unit Director

1997

Spy Game as Director

1996

FX: The Series as Director

1995

American Gothic as Director
JAG as Director

1994

1992

Army of Darkness as Second Unit Director

Writing

2018

Deadpool 2 as Head of Story

1987

Steel Dawn as Writer

Art

2022

Uncharted as Storyboard Artist

1995

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Art Department Assistant

1993

Ghost in the Machine as Storyboard Artist
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

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