Adam Rifkin

Adam Rifkin

Known for

Writing

Life

Born 1966 (age 59)

Born in

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Credits

27 acting credits

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Biography

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.

Known For

Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

04 May 1984

Detroit Rock City

Detroit Rock City

13 Aug 1999

Going Overboard

Going Overboard

11 May 1989

Chillerama

Chillerama

14 Oct 2011

Psycho Cop Returns

Psycho Cop Returns

08 Nov 1993

The Dark Backward

The Dark Backward

26 Jul 1991

Homo Erectus

Homo Erectus

10 Jul 2007

Director's Cut

Director's Cut

19 Jul 2016

Filmography

2025

2016

2015

2012

2011

2007

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1984