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name: "Doug Lefler"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 July 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-16T23:18:11.060122+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Doug Lefler

Director. Born 17 July 1970 in California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 July 1970, California, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2002
- **Also known as:** Doug Leffler, Douglas Lefler
- **Works often with:** Bruce Seth Green, Janet Greek, Mario DiLeo, Stephen L. Posey

## Biography

Doug Lefler is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and storyboard artist. He began making home movies as a child in Southern California and attended the California Institute of the Arts, where his classmates included Tim Burton, John Lasseter, John Musker and Brad Bird. He worked for several years as an animator and storyboard artist at Disney and other studios before moving into live-action work.

Lefler directed second unit on films including *Army of Darkness* (1991), *A Simple Plan* (1998) and *Spider-Man* (2002). His television directing credits include episodes of *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys*, *Xena: Warrior Princess* (including the pilot), *JAG*, *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* and the *Babylon 5* episode 'Day of the Dead'. He directed the features *Dragonheart: A New Beginning* (2000) and *The Last Legion* (2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Spider-Man* (2002), Fi1m 78, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Fi1m 86, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)

## Also known for

- *Deadpool 2* (2018), Head of Story
- *Army of Darkness* (1992), Second Unit Director
- *The Last Legion* (2007), Director
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), Director, Writer
- *JAG* (1995), Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* (1998), Director
- *DragonHeart: A New Beginning* (2000), Director
- *Steel Dawn* (1987), Writer

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