Rob Hedden

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Rob Hedden
Born (1954-03-02) March 2, 1954 (age 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm director

Robert Ray Hedden (born March 2, 1954)[1] is an American writer and film director.

Career

Hedden wrote and directed his first feature film Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), which critic Leonard Maltin dubbed as: "The best film in the Friday series, imaginatively directed and written by Hedden."

Hedden is known for such films as You May Not Kiss The Bride, The Condemned, and Clockstoppers which he co-produced.[2][3] He also wrote and directed the TV movies The Colony, Alien Fury: Countdown To Invasion, directed and co-wrote Dying To Live and directed the USA TV Movies Any Place But Home (1997) and Kidnapped In Paradise (1999).[2]

IMDB lists Hedden as writer, story editor, 'story by' or 'teleplay' in some 14 other films or episodes of series.[2]

He is a graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.[2]

Awards

What Is Brazil?, his documentary film on the making of Terry Gilliam's acclaimed film Brazil,[4] earned a CINE Eagle Award and a C.I.N.D.Y. Award, and was selected for exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution.[2]

Rob Hedden also wrote, directed and co-produced the independent feature Boxboarders! The comedy won the 'Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking' award at the 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival and was nominated for 'Best Picture' at the 2007 Hollywood Giffoni International Film Festival.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Robert Ray Hedden, Born 03/02/1954 in Los Angeles County". California Birth Index. Retrieved October 9, 2016. Accessed 3 March 2018
  2. ^ a b c d e f page on Rob Hedden imdb.com Accessed 3 March 2018
  3. ^ page on Rob Hedden rottentomatoes.com Accessed 3 March 2018
  4. ^ What Is Brazil? (1985) imdb.com Accessed 3 March 2018