- Eric Red
Eric Red (born Eric Joseph Durdaller on
February 16 ,1961 , inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania ) is ascreenwriter and director, best known for writing the horror classics "The Hitcher " and "Near Dark ".Red attended the
AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1983. His thesis script, "The Hitcher ", was produced in 1986, and is considered a cult-horror classic.A major studio remake of "The Hitcher" was released in 2007, with Red on board as a consultant.
elected filmography
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100 Feet ", writer/director (2008)
*"Stopping Power", writer (2008)
*"Bad Moon ", writer/director (1996)
*"Undertow ", writer/director (1996)
*"Body Parts", writer/director (1991)
*"Blue Steel ", writer (1990)
*"Cohen and Tate ", writer/director (1989)
*"Near Dark ", writer (1987)
*"The Hitcher ", writer (1986)
*"Telephone", writer/director (1986)
*"Gunmen's Blues ", writer/director (1981)Fatal car crash
Red was determined to be at fault in a car accident that caused two deaths on
May 31 ,2000 . After the accident, Red apparently picked up a piece of broken glass and slit his own throat. He was taken to the hospital under an alias and released weeks later. No criminal charges were brought, but a jury in a civil suit found that he had acted intentionally. The suit, which awarded over a million dollars to the families of the two men killed in the accident, was appealed to state and federal courts which confirmed the original jury finding. [ [http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/death-race-2000/12382/ LA Weekly story] - Death Race]References
External links
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* [http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature.php?id=445 EyeForFilm.co.uk] Interview with Eric Red about 100 Feet and Nightlife
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