
Adam Rifkin
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Adam Rifkin sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public access television to Hollywood. Adam Rifkin is a writer/director/producer/actor whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty urban dramas. Rifkin is best known in Hollywood circles for writing family-friendly comedies like Mousehunt and 2007's Underdog. Most recently Rifkin wrote, executive produced and directed all 11 episodes of Look for Showtime. Based on his award winning film of the same name, LOOK is a drama that takes the viewer into the foreboding world of hidden cameras. Armed with the knowledge that Americans are captured on surveillance cameras more than 300 times a day, the topical series, like the film, tells its story exclusively through the eyes of the security cameras, web cams, and cell phone cameras Americans live in front of everyday, bringing to light the realities of what it means to be watched in a camera consumed culture.
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The Invisible Maniac (1990)
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Chillerama (2011)
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The Chase (1994)
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Detroit Rock City (1999)
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Last Train to Fortune (2025)
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Homo Erectus (2007)
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Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
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The Nutt House (1992)
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Never on Tuesday (1989)
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Look (2007)
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Denial (1998)
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The Last Movie Star (2018)
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Psycho Cop Returns (1993)
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Tale of Two Sisters (1989)
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Director's Cut (2016)
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The Dark Backward (1991)
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Toad (—)
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Night at the Golden Eagle (2002)
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Shooting the Warwicks (2015)
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Cornstawker (—)
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Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey (1996)
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Oh My (—)
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Without Charlie (2001)
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Lyclops (—)
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Monster BBQ (—)
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The Lady Giant (—)
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Murder Can Kill You (—)
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Giuseppe Makes a Movie (2014)
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Armageddon (—)
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Untitled Man Goes To Work (—)
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Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life (1997)
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Untitled Atomic Bomb Frankenstein Film (—)
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Pervis Proves His Worth (—)
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The Demon Dog (—)
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Canned Rabbi And Other Shorts (—)
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The Paperboy Crimes (—)
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War Is A 4 Letter Word (—)
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Shuffle Shuffle Step Step (—)
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A Cartoon That I Made That's Almost Totally Blurry (—)
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Untitled Film Ephemera Montage (—)
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The Burglar From Out Of The Dishwasher (—)
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A Pseudo-Intellectual Film (—)
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Cheep Remake Of Alien (—)
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Pork And Beans And Other Shorts (—)
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The Adam Rifkin Film Festival (2023)
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You Are About To Witness A Crime (—)
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