
Adam Rifkin
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)

Sixteen Candles
1984

The Flesh Merchant
1993

Psycho Cop Returns
1993

The Dark Backward
1991

Homo Erectus
2007

Tales from the Script
2009

Bikini Squad
1993

Never on Tuesday
1989

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
2001

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020

Chillerama
2011

Sharksploitation
2024

Susan's Plan
1998

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020

Welcome to Hollywood
2000

Director's Cut
2016

Going Overboard
1989

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016

Detroit Rock City
1999

Shooting the Warwicks
2015

Denial
1998

Bikini Island
1991

Last Dance
1992

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017

A Taboo Identity
2017

Disturbed
1990

Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'
2017

The Intervention
2018

I Am Burt Reynolds
2020

BFFs
2025
Directing (22 movies)

The Chase
1994

Detroit Rock City
1999

The Invisible Maniac
1990

Psycho Cop Returns
1993

Look
2007

Denial
1998

The Dark Backward
1991

Night at the Golden Eagle
2002

Chillerama
2011

Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life
1997

Never on Tuesday
1989

Shooting the Warwicks
2015

Tale of Two Sisters
1989

Giuseppe Makes a Movie
2014

Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Without Charlie
2001

Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey
1996

Director's Cut
2016

Homo Erectus
2007

The Nutt House
1992

The Last Movie Star
2018

The Adam Rifkin Film Festival
2023