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Adam Rifkin

b. 1966 (age 60) Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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.

Known For

Filmography

Last Train to Fortune
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★ 5.4
Last Train to Fortune
2025 Director
BFFs
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★ 4.4
BFFs
2025 Writer
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Airports
2025 Director
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Lockdown Romance
2024 Actor
Narrator
I Am Burt Reynolds
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★ 7.3
I Am Burt Reynolds
2020 Self
The Last Movie Star
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★ 7.0
The Last Movie Star
2018 Director Writer
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Faster Pussycat: Russ Meyer
2018 Director Writer
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The Best Is Yet to Come: Adam Rifkin on the Last Movie Star
2018 Self
A Taboo Identity
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★ 6.1
A Taboo Identity
2017 Self
Director's Cut
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★ 5.9
Director's Cut
2016 Actor Director
Adam Rifkin
Shooting the Warwicks
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★ 6.2
Shooting the Warwicks
2015 Actor Director Writer
TV producer
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
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★ 7.7
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
2014 Director Writer Cinematographer
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Visions: Live from the Red Carpet
2013 Self
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★ 6.6
Reality Show
2012 Actor Director Writer
Mickey Wagner
Chillerama
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★ 5.5
Chillerama
2011 Actor Director Writer
Miles Munson (segment: Wadzilla)
Knucklehead
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★ 5.1
Knucklehead
2010 Writer
Look
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★ 6.9
Look
2010 Director Writer
Fairy Tale Police
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★ 6.9
Fairy Tale Police
2008 Actor
Donner
Underdog
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★ 4.8
Underdog
2007 Writer
Homo Erectus
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★ 3.5
Homo Erectus
2007 Actor Director Writer
Ishbo
Look
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★ 6.6
Look
2007 Director Writer
Zoom
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★ 4.4
Zoom
2006 Writer
Night at the Golden Eagle
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★ 5.7
Night at the Golden Eagle
2001 Director Writer
Without Charlie
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★ 2.4
Without Charlie
2001 Director Writer
Detroit Rock City
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★ 6.8
Detroit Rock City
1999 Director
Small Soldiers
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★ 6.3
Small Soldiers
1998 Writer
Denial
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★ 5.3
Denial
1998 Director Writer
Welcome to Hollywood
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★ 4.9
Welcome to Hollywood
1998 Actor Director Writer
Adam Rifkin
Mousehunt
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★ 6.5
Mousehunt
1997 Writer
Bone Chillers
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★ 7.3
Bone Chillers
1996 Director Writer
The Chase
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★ 5.9
The Chase
1994 Director Writer
Psycho Cop Returns
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★ 5.1
Psycho Cop Returns
1993 Director
Bikini Squad
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★ 3.5
Bikini Squad
1993 Actor
Singing Teacher
Last Dance
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★ 4.2
Last Dance
1992 Actor
Mark
The Nutt House
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★ 3.8
The Nutt House
1992 Director
The Dark Backward
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★ 5.8
The Dark Backward
1991 Director Writer
The Invisible Maniac
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★ 4.3
The Invisible Maniac
1990 Director Writer
Disturbed
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★ 5.1
Disturbed
1990 Actor
Gary
Going Overboard
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★ 1.8
Going Overboard
1989 Actor Writer
Miss Spain
Tale of Two Sisters
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★ 2.8
Tale of Two Sisters
1989 Director
Never on Tuesday
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★ 4.6
Never on Tuesday
1988 Director Writer
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Toad
Director Writer