Biography
Rusty Lemorande is an American screenwriter, director, actor and film producer. Born on 29 March 1954 in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, he began his career in production roles, serving as executive in charge of production on Caddyshack (1980).
Lemorande produced Yentl (1983) alongside Barbra Streisand, for which they shared the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. He wrote the screenplay for Electric Dreams (1984) and co-wrote and produced the Disney short Captain EO (1986) with Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. He later directed Journey to the Center of the Earth (1989) and The Turn of the Screw (1992).
