Doug Lefler
Doug Lefler (born in California) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and storyboard artist, best known as the director of the Dragonheart fantasy adventure film sequel Dragonheart: A New Beginning and The Last Legion. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Lefler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1970-07-17 · California, USA
Known for
- Spider-Man (2002) — Second Unit Director
- Deadpool 2 (2018) — Head of Story
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) — Storyboard Artist
- The Little Mermaid (1989) — Visual Development
- Uncharted (2022) — Storyboard Artist
- Robots (2005) — Additional Storyboarding
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025) — Storyboard Artist
- Army of Darkness (1992) — Second Unit Director
- Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) — Director
- Hard Target (1993) — Storyboard Artist
- A Simple Plan (1998) — Second Unit Director
- The Last Legion (2007) — Director
- Boogeyman (2005) — Co-Producer
- Babylon 5 (1994) — Director
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) — Director
- JAG (1995) — Director