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Fred Dekker (b. 1959)

Birthplace:
San Francisco, California, USA

Born:
April 9, 1959

Biography from TheMovieDB

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.    Fred Dekker is the writer and director of the cult classic films Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad (written with Shane Black). He contributed the story ideas for both House (1986) and Ricochet (1991). He also directed and wrote RoboCop 3 (co-written with Frank Miller). Dekker was born on April 9, 1959 in San Francisco, California. One of his earliest movies was a short film he made in college titled Starcruisers directed in the early 1980s.  Night of the Creeps was released on DVD in 2009. In a June 20, 2005 interview, Dekker said he was currently working on a, "scary, end-of-the-world thriller."  Description above from the Wikipedia article  Fred Dekker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1976  Blind Run
1986  Night of the Creeps
1987  The Monster Squad
1993  RoboCop 3
2020  Dent

Screenplay:
1976  Blind Run
1986  Night of the Creeps
1987  The Monster Squad
1993  RoboCop 3
2020  Dent

Story:
1976  Blind Run
1985  House
1986  Night of the Creeps
1987  House II: The Second Story
1987  The Monster Squad
1991  If Looks Could Kill
1991  Ricochet
1993  RoboCop 3
2020  Dent

Writer:
1976  Blind Run
1985  House
1986  Night of the Creeps
1987  House II: The Second Story
1987  The Monster Squad
1991  If Looks Could Kill
1991  Ricochet
1993  RoboCop 3
1995  Jonny Quest Screen Test 09/95
1999  Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
2015  Edge
2018  The Predator
2020  Dent

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TV Production

Director:
1989  Tales from the Crypt

Screenplay:
1989  Tales from the Crypt

Story:
1989  Tales from the Crypt
2001  Star Trek: Enterprise

Teleplay:
1989  Tales from the Crypt
2001  Star Trek: Enterprise

Writer:
1989  Tales from the Crypt
2001  Star Trek: Enterprise

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