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Doug Lefler
California, USA
Doug Lefler (born in California) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and storyboard artist, best known as the director of the Dragonheart fantasy adventure…
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Doug Lefler (born in California) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and storyboard artist, best known as the director of the Dragonheart fantasy adventure film sequel Dragonheart: A New Beginning and The Last Legion. Lefler was born in Southern California and started making his first home movies at the age of twelve. He started in the film industry as an animator, having made short films as a child and then attended the California Institute of the Arts. His classmates included Tim Burton, John Lasseter, John Musker, and Brad Bird. After two years, he worked for Disney and other studios for several years as a storyboard artist and animator before progressing to directing. He worked for many years as a writer and storyboard artist on live-action features before getting his first chance to direct second unit on Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness in 1991. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Lefler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie Self - Storyboard Artist
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2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2022
Uncharted
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2018
Deadpool 2
Movie Head of Story
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
The Pixar Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
The Last Legion
Movie Director
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2005
Robots
Movie Additional Storyboarding
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2005
Boogeyman
Movie Co-Producer
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2002
Spider-Man
Movie Second Unit Director
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2000
DragonHeart: A New Beginning
Movie Director
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1998
A Simple Plan
Movie Second Unit Director
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1998
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
TV show Director
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1997
Spy Game
TV show Director
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1996
FX: The Series
TV show Director
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1995
JAG
TV show Director
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1995
American Gothic
TV show Director
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1995
Xena: Warrior Princess
TV show Director
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1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
TV show Director
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1994
Hercules and the Circle of Fire
Movie Director
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1994
Babylon 5
TV show Director
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1993
Ghost in the Machine
Movie Storyboard Artist
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1993
Hard Target
Movie Storyboard Artist
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1992
Army of Darkness
Movie Second Unit Director
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1990
Widget the World Watcher
TV show Writer
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1989
The Little Mermaid
Movie Visual Development
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1989
Vytor: The Starfire Champion
Movie Writer
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1988
Denver, the Last Dinosaur
TV show Writer
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1988
D.O.A.
Movie Storyboard Artist
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1987
Steel Dawn
Movie Writer
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1986
Soul Man
Movie Storyboard Artist
