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Biography

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.

Acting (30 movies)

6.8

Sixteen Candles

1984

-

The Flesh Merchant

1993

5.2

Psycho Cop Returns

1993

5.6

The Dark Backward

1991

3.9

Homo Erectus

2007

6.5

Tales from the Script

2009

-

Bikini Squad

1993

3.8

Never on Tuesday

1989

5.8

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy

2001

-

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020

5.7

Chillerama

2011

-

Sharksploitation

2024

4.7

Susan's Plan

1998

-

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020

3.8

Welcome to Hollywood

2000

6.1

Director's Cut

2016

2.4

Going Overboard

1989

6.7

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time

2016

6.7

Detroit Rock City

1999

4.5

Shooting the Warwicks

2015

4.4

Denial

1998

2.9

Bikini Island

1991

-

Last Dance

1992

7.9

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

2017

-

A Taboo Identity

2017

4.3

Disturbed

1990

-

Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'

2017

-

The Intervention

2018

-

I Am Burt Reynolds

2020

-

BFFs

2025

Directing (22 movies)

Title	Year	Job
Never on Tuesday	1989	Writer
The Invisible Maniac	1990	Screenplay
The Dark Backward	1991	Writer
The Chase	1994	Screenplay
Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey	1996	Writer
Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life	1997	Writer
MouseHunt	1997	Screenplay
Denial	1998	Writer
Small Soldiers	1998	Screenplay
Touch Me in the Morning	1999	Producer
Welcome to Hollywood	2000	Writer
Without Charlie	2001	Writer
Night at the Golden Eagle	2002	Writer
Night at the Golden Eagle	2002	Producer
Babysitter	2004	Producer
Actor	2004	Producer
Grandpa	2005	Producer
Jacuzzi Rooms	2006	Producer
Zoom	2006	Screenplay
Garbanzo Gas	2007	Producer
Homo Erectus	2007	Writer
Underdog	2007	Screenplay
Look	2007	Writer
Knucklehead	2010	Writer
Chillerama	2011	Writer
Chillerama	2011	Executive Producer
Giuseppe Makes a Movie	2014	Producer
Giuseppe Makes a Movie	2014	Writer
Shooting the Warwicks	2015	Writer
Director's Cut	2016	Producer
The Last Movie Star	2018	Producer
The Last Movie Star	2018	Writer
Willy's Wonderland	2021	Executive Producer
BFFs	2025	Writer
BFFs	2025	Producer