Adam Rifkin

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

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