Adam Rifkin

AKA: Rif Coogan
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1966-12-31

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Crew Roles

The Chase
Director
The Chase
Screenplay
MouseHunt
Screenplay
Small Soldiers
Screenplay
Underdog
Novel
Detroit Rock City
Director
The Invisible Maniac
Screenplay
The Invisible Maniac
Director
Zoom
Screenplay
Psycho Cop Returns
Director
Look
Director
Look
Writer
Denial
Director
The Dark Backward
Director
The Dark Backward
Writer
Night at the Golden Eagle
Writer
Night at the Golden Eagle
Director
Chillerama
Director
Chillerama
Writer
Underdog
Screenplay
Underdog
Story
Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life
Director
Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life
Writer
Never on Tuesday
Director
Never on Tuesday
Writer
Shooting the Warwicks
Director
Shooting the Warwicks
Writer
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Producer
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Cinematography
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Writer
Tale of Two Sisters
Director
Babysitter
Producer
Jacuzzi Rooms
Producer
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Director
Welcome to Hollywood
Director
Without Charlie
Director
Without Charlie
Writer
Welcome to Hollywood
Writer
Denial
Writer
Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey
Director
Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey
Writer
Garbanzo Gas
Producer
The Invisible Maniac
Story
Knucklehead
Writer
Director's Cut
Director
Last Train to Fortune
Director
Homo Erectus
Director
Homo Erectus
Writer
The Lady Giant
Director
The Lady Giant
Camera Operator
War Is A 4 Letter Word
Director
Lyclops
Producer
Lyclops
Set Decoration
Lyclops
Special Effects
Lyclops
Makeup Artist
The Demon Dog
Director
Lyclops
Camera Operator
Lyclops
Sound
Monster BBQ
Director
Canned Rabbi And Other Shorts
Director
Lyclops
Director
Lyclops
Writer
The Lady Giant
Producer
Untitled Atomic Bomb Frankenstein Film
Director
The Paperboy Crimes
Director
The Burglar From Out Of The Dishwasher
Director
Murder Can Kill You
Camera Operator
Armageddon
Camera Operator
The Burglar From Out Of The Dishwasher
Props
Murder Can Kill You
Props
Murder Can Kill You
Producer
Murder Can Kill You
Animation
Murder Can Kill You
Costumer
The Burglar From Out Of The Dishwasher
Camera Operator
The Paperboy Crimes
Camera Operator
You Are About To Witness A Crime
Director
The Paperboy Crimes
Props
Cheep Remake Of Alien
Director
Murder Can Kill You
Editor
Oh My
Director
Pork And Beans And Other Shorts
Director
Murder Can Kill You
Director
Murder Can Kill You
Makeup Artist
Armageddon
Director
Cornstawker
Director
Untitled Man Goes To Work
Director
A Cartoon That I Made That's Almost Totally Blurry
Director
Untitled Film Ephemera Montage
Director
Pervis Proves His Worth
Director
Shuffle Shuffle Step Step
Writer
A Pseudo-Intellectual Film
Director
Shuffle Shuffle Step Step
Director
Pervis Proves His Worth
Writer
A Pseudo-Intellectual Film
Writer
Untitled Atomic Bomb Frankenstein Film
Writer
Monster BBQ
Camera Operator
The Paperboy Crimes
Writer
Cheep Remake Of Alien
Writer
Canned Rabbi And Other Shorts
Writer
Monster BBQ
Writer
Canned Rabbi And Other Shorts
Camera Operator
War Is A 4 Letter Word
Writer
The Lady Giant
Writer
Cheep Remake Of Alien
Camera Operator
War Is A 4 Letter Word
Camera Operator
The Burglar From Out Of The Dishwasher
Writer
Armageddon
Writer
The Demon Dog
Writer
The Demon Dog
Camera Operator
You Are About To Witness A Crime
Camera Operator
Untitled Atomic Bomb Frankenstein Film
Camera Operator
You Are About To Witness A Crime
Writer
Murder Can Kill You
Writer
Oh My
Camera Operator
Zoom
Screenstory
Cornstawker
Writer
Pork And Beans And Other Shorts
Writer
A Pseudo-Intellectual Film
Camera Operator
Untitled Man Goes To Work
Camera Operator
Shuffle Shuffle Step Step
Camera Operator
A Cartoon That I Made That's Almost Totally Blurry
Writer
A Cartoon That I Made That's Almost Totally Blurry
Camera Operator
Cornstawker
Camera Operator
Untitled Film Ephemera Montage
Writer
Untitled Film Ephemera Montage
Camera Operator
Untitled Man Goes To Work
Writer
Oh My
Writer
Pork And Beans And Other Shorts
Camera Operator
The Nutt House
Director
The Last Movie Star
Producer
The Last Movie Star
Writer
The Last Movie Star
Director
Going Overboard
Other
Going Overboard
Co-Producer
Grandpa
Producer
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Makeup Effects
Touch Me in the Morning
Producer
The Adam Rifkin Film Festival
Director
Toad
Director
Toad
Screenplay
Toad
Producer
Director's Cut
Producer
Chillerama
Executive Producer
Night at the Golden Eagle
Producer
Willy's Wonderland
Executive Producer
BFFs
Writer
BFFs
Producer
Actor
Producer
Script
Director
Writer
Teleplay
Director
Creator
Creator
Creator
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