Name Doug Lefler | Role Film director | |
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Education California Institute of the Arts Books Hercules, the Legendary Journeys: The King of Thieves Movies The Last Legion, Dragonheart: A New Beginning, Hercules and the Circle of, Steel Dawn, The Black Cauldron Similar People Raffaella De Laurentiis, Peter Mullan, Tom Butterworth, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Christopher Masterson | ||
the Ninth Legion (called the Dragon Legion)
Doug Lefler (born California) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer and storyboard artist, best known as director of the Dragonheart fantasy adventure film sequel Dragonheart: A New Beginning and The Last Legion.
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Career
Lefler was born in Southern California, and started making his first home movies at the age of twelve. He started in the film industry as an animator, having made short films as a child and then attended the California Institute of the Arts. His classmates included Tim Burton, John Lasseter, John Musker and Brad Bird. After two years, he worked for Disney and other studios for several years as a storyboard artist and animator, before progressing to directing. He worked for many years as a writer and storyboard artist on live-action features before getting his first chance to direct second unit on Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness in 1991.