---
name: "Sheldon Lettich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheldon-lettich"
fi1m_id: "sheldon-lettich"
imdb_id: "nm0504802"
tmdb_id: 16590
wikidata_id: "Q1375852"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 January 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:27:49.299466+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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# Sheldon Lettich

## Identity

Sheldon Lettich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sheldon-lettich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sheldon-lettich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0504802
- **TMDB ID:** 16590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1375852
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Lettich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375852, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16590

Writer. Born 14 January 1951 in New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 January 1951, New York
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Lettich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375852, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16590

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Rambo III*](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md) (39)

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## Biography

Sheldon Lettich is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. Born in New York City on 14 January 1951, he served in the US Marine Corps in Vietnam before attending the AFI Conservatory.

He wrote the screenplay for *Bloodsport* (1988), which launched the career of Jean-Claude Van Damme, and co-wrote the screenplay for *Rambo III* (1988) with Sylvester Stallone. Lettich has directed several action films, including *Lionheart* (1990), *Double Impact* (1991) and *Only the Strong* (1993), many in collaboration with Van Damme.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rambo III* (1988), Fi1m 39, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Making of Double Impact, Parts 1 & 2* (2019), Actor
- *Max 2: White House Hero* (2017), Characters
- *Max* (2015), Writer
- *Black Rose* (2014), Producer
- *The Hard Corps* (2006), Director, Writer
- *The Order* (2001), Director
- *The Last Patrol* (2000), Director
- *Legionnaire* (1998), Screenplay, Producer, Story
- *Perfect Target* (1997), Director
- *Only the Strong* (1993), Director, Writer
- *Double Impact* (1991), Director, Screenplay, Story, Co-Producer
- *Lionheart* (1990), as Dock Worker · Director, Screenplay
- *Cyborg* (1989), Editor
- *Rambo III* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)
- *Bloodsport* (1988), Screenplay, Story
- *Russkies* (1987), Story, Screenplay
- *Firefight* (1983), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *A Mouthful Of Knuckles*, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1989: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Rambo III*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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