---
name: "J.D. Lifshitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-d-lifshitz"
fi1m_id: "j-d-lifshitz"
imdb_id: "nm2591458"
tmdb_id: 1276439
wikidata_id: "Q6104038"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "13 October 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-30T22:36:49.405300+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."
---

# J.D. Lifshitz

## Identity

J.D. Lifshitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/j-d-lifshitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** j-d-lifshitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm2591458
- **TMDB ID:** 1276439
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6104038
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Lifshitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2591458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1276439

Producer. Born 13 October 1992 in Great Neck, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 13 October 1992, Great Neck, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Jordan David Lifshitz, Jordan Lifshitz, JD Lifshitz
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 producing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Raphael Margules](https://film.one/person/raphael-margules.md), [Zach Cregger](https://film.one/person/zach-cregger.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Horror 4, Comedy 2, Mystery 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $391m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Lifshitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2591458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1276439

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Barbarian*](https://film.one/film/barbarian.md) (77), [*Weapons*](https://film.one/film/weapons.md) (75), [*Friendship*](https://film.one/film/friendship.md) (73)
- **Apple TV:** [*Companion*](https://film.one/film/companion.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

J. D. Lifshitz is an American film producer. Born Jordan David Lifshitz on 13 October 1992 in Great Neck, New York, he co-founded the production company BoulderLight Pictures with Raphael Margules in 2012.

Through BoulderLight, Lifshitz has produced horror and thriller films including *Contracted* (2013), *The Vigil* (2019), *Becky* (2020), *Barbarian* (2022), *Woman of the Hour* (2024) and *The Wrath of Becky* (2023). He produced the 2025 films *Companion* and *Weapons*.

In 2025, Lifshitz and Margules were hired by Paramount Pictures to launch a new genre label.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Buddy* (2026), Fi1m 67, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/buddy.md)
- *Companion* (2025), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md)
- *Friendship* (2025), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/friendship.md)
- *Weapons* (2025), Fi1m 75, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/weapons.md)
- *Barbarian* (2022), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/barbarian.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Missing* (2023), Fi1m 64, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/missing.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Buddy* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/buddy.md)
- *Weapons* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/weapons.md)
- *Friendship* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/friendship.md)
- *Companion* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md)
- *Woman of the Hour* (2024), Producer
- *The Wrath of Becky* (2023), Producer
- *Resurrected* (2023), Thanks
- *Missing* (2023), Thanks — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/missing.md)
- *Barbarian* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/barbarian.md)
- *Gone in the Night* (2022), Producer
- *Firestarter* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Wild Indian* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Dementia Part II* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Doors* (2021), Producer
- *Becky* (2020), Producer
- *Browse* (2020), Producer
- *The Vigil* (2020), Producer
- *Portals* (2019), Producer
- *Pledge* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Searching* (2018), Thanks
- *Dismissed* (2017), Producer
- *Bad Match* (2017), Producer
- *On the Rocks* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Uncaged* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Dementia* (2015), Producer, Story
- *Contracted: Phase II* (2015), Producer
- *Valentine Surprise* (2014), Screenplay
- *Contracted* (2013), Producer
- *Chillerama* (2011), as Chubbs
- *2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams* (2010), Associate Producer
- *Weep*, Producer
- *Molepeople*, Producer
- *Play Dead*, Producer
- *Cut Outs*, Producer
- *Amityville*, Producer
- *The Faculty*, Producer
- *Untitled A Nightmare on Elm Street Film*, Executive Producer
- *Tower Defense*, Producer

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