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Jeffrey Reddick (born 12 July 1969)[1] is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for creating the Final Destination franchise.

Jeffrey Reddick
Born	(1969-07-12) 12 July 1969 (age 53) Jackson, Kentucky, U.S.
Education	Breathitt County High School
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director
Notable work	Final Destination

Life and career

Reddick was born in Jackson, Kentucky[2] and attended Breathitt County High School. He studied at Berea College, and is a member of the Bahá'í Faith.[3]

When Reddick was fourteen, he wrote a ten-page treatment of a prequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street and sent it to New Line Cinema. The studio did not accept unsolicited material, and it was returned unread. Reddick proceeded to contact studio founder Robert Shaye and asked him to read the treatment. Shaye read it and responded. This was the beginning of a letter-and-phone relationship with Shaye and his assistant that lasted for years. While in college, Jeffrey landed an internship at New Line and worked for the studio for almost eleven years. In 2000, New Line produced Reddick's screenplay for the film Final Destination.[4]

Reddick is mostly known for writing horror films, but he recently worked on two animated series for Netflix, including a spin-off of the classic Japanese comic book Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai. He is currently adapting the YA book series, The Adventures of Young Captain Nemo. He made his directorial debut with the his mystery thriller Don't Look Back in 2020. Reddick is openly gay.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Director
2000	Final Destination	Yes	No	James Wong
2003	Final Destination 2	Story	Executive	David R. Ellis
2005	Tamara	Yes	No	Jeremy Haft
2005	A Life's Work	No	Yes	Jason Crain
2008	Day of the Dead	Yes	No	Steve Miner
2017	200 Hours	No	Executive	Phillip Guzman
2018	The Final Wish	Yes	Yes	Timothy Woodward Jr.
2020	The Call	No	Yes	Timothy Woodward Jr.
2020	Good Samaritan	Yes	Yes	Himself

Television

Year(s)	Title	Writer	Executive Producer	Creator	Notes
2001	Return to Cabin by the Lake	Yes	No	No	Television film
2007	Dante's Cove	No	Supervising	No	5 episodes
2022	Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles	Yes	No	No	3 episodes Original animated Netflix series

Other credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Midnight, Texas	Story editor	3 episodes

References

External links

• Jeffrey Reddick at IMDb

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