Richard Jefferies (screenwriter)
Richard L. Jefferies (* May 1956) is an American screenwriter.
Life
Richard L. Jefferies came early on as a child with the medium of film in contact since his father was a cinema manager. Therefore, he studied from 1974 to 1978 at the California Institute of the Arts and graduated with a bachelor's degree in film and video from. Together with Mark Kirkland he became the first CalArts Student Ever a student Academy Award for Animated Short Film Fame, which is a song by David Bowie. After his studies he founded with David Koenigsberg, Osvaldo Zornizer and Mark Kirkland with New Hollywood Inc. his first company.
Richard Jefferies wrote frequently for B-movies and television films like Fatal Attraction invention, Cold Creek Manor - The house on the river and Scary - Horror trip into madness. He also made repeatedly screenplay for bigger films such as Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Tron: Legacy, which was not mentioned in the credits, which is why he stated many a time that he would indeed have earned good money after 30 years of Hollywood, but today could be proud of a film, for which he wrote.