Adam Rifkin
70 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- Dec 31, 1966 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Rif Coogan
Biography
Adam Rifkin sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public access television to Hollywood. Adam Rifkin is a writer/director/producer/actor whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty urban dramas. Rifkin is best known in Hollywood circles for writing family-friendly comedies like Mousehunt and 2007's Underdog. Most recently Rifkin wrote, executive produced and directed all 11 episodes of Look for Showtime. Based on his award winning film of the same name, LOOK is a drama that takes the viewer into the foreboding world of hidden cameras. Armed with the knowledge that Americans are captured on surveillance cameras more than 300 times a day, the topical series, like the film, tells its story exclusively through the eyes of the security cameras, web cams, and cell phone cameras Americans live in front of everyday, bringing to light the realities of what it means to be watched in a camera consumed culture.
Known for
Adam Rifkin: movies and TV shows
Acting (26)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2022
- 2018
- 2016 Director's Cut
as Adam Rifkin
- 2015 Shooting the Warwicks
as Mickey Wagner
- 2015 Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
as Theater Audience Member
- 2011 Chillerama
as Miles Munson (segment "Wadzilla")
- 2007 Homo Erectus
as Ishbo
- 2002 Night at the Golden Eagle
as Man in Private Booth (uncredited)
- 2001 Without Charlie
as Norman
- 2000 Welcome to Hollywood
as Adam Rifkin
- 1999 Detroit Rock City
as It's Raining Men Billboard Model (uncredited)
- 1998 Susan's Plan
as Gambler #1
- 1998 Denial
as Reuben
- 1993 Psycho Cop Returns
as Man with Video Camera
- 1993 The Flesh Merchant
as Man in Bondage Room
- 1993 Bikini Squad
as Singing Teacher
- 1992 Last Dance
as Mark
- 1991 The Dark Backward
as Rufus Bing
- 1991 Bikini Island
as Desk Boy
- 1990 Disturbed
as Gary
- 1989 Going Overboard
as Croaker / Miss Spain
- 1989 Never on Tuesday
as William (uncredited)
- 1984 Sixteen Candles
as Head Nerd (uncredited)
Behind the camera (63)
- Upcoming Murder Can Kill You
Animation, Costumer, Producer, Makeup Artist, Camera Operator, Props, Director, Editor, Writer
- Upcoming The Demon Dog
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming Lyclops
Writer, Director, Makeup Artist, Special Effects, Sound, Producer, Set Decoration, Camera Operator
- Upcoming Monster BBQ
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming Canned Rabbi And Other Shorts
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming The Lady Giant
Director, Camera Operator, Producer, Writer
- Upcoming Untitled Atomic Bomb Frankenstein Film
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming The Paperboy Crimes
Props, Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming You Are About To Witness A Crime
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- Upcoming Armageddon
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming Oh My
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming Pork And Beans And Other Shorts
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- Upcoming Untitled Film Ephemera Montage
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming Untitled Man Goes To Work
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- Upcoming Cornstawker
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- Upcoming A Cartoon That I Made That's Almost Totally Blurry
Director, Camera Operator, Writer
- Upcoming A Pseudo-Intellectual Film
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- Upcoming Shuffle Shuffle Step Step
Writer, Director, Camera Operator
- Upcoming Pervis Proves His Worth
Director, Writer
- Upcoming Toad
Producer, Director, Screenplay
- 2026 Last Train to Fortune
Director, Producer
- 2025 BFFs
Writer, Producer
- 2025 Airports
Editor
- 2023 The Adam Rifkin Film Festival
Director
- 2021 Willy's Wonderland
Executive Producer
- 2018 The Last Movie Star
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2016 Director's Cut
Director, Producer
- 2015 Shooting the Warwicks
Writer, Director
- 2014 Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Writer, Cinematography, Producer, Director
- 2012
- 2011 Chillerama
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2010 Knucklehead
Writer
- 2010
- 2007 Look
Writer, Director
- 2007 Underdog
Novel, Story, Screenplay
- 2007 Homo Erectus
Director, Writer
- 2007 Garbanzo Gas
Producer
- 2006 Zoom
Screenplay, Screenstory
- 2006 Jacuzzi Rooms
Producer
- 2005 Grandpa
Producer
- 2004 Babysitter
Producer
- 2004 Actor
Producer
- 2002 Night at the Golden Eagle
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2001 Without Charlie
Writer, Director
- 2000 Welcome to Hollywood
Director, Writer
- 1999 Detroit Rock City
Director
- 1999 Touch Me in the Morning
Producer
- 1998 Small Soldiers
Screenplay
- 1998 Denial
Director, Writer
- 1997 MouseHunt
Screenplay
- 1997 Bone Chillers: Art Intimidates Life
Director, Writer
- 1996 Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey
Director, Writer
- 1996
- 1994 The Chase
Screenplay, Director
- 1993 Psycho Cop Returns
Director
- 1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux
Makeup Effects
- 1992 The Nutt House
Director
- 1991 The Dark Backward
Writer, Director
- 1990 The Invisible Maniac
Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1989 Going Overboard
Co-Producer, Other
- 1989 Tale of Two Sisters
Director
- 1989 Never on Tuesday
Director, Writer
- 1975 The Burglar From Out Of The Dishwasher
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Talk shows and appearances (13)
- 2024
- 2022 Kiss: Through the Years
1 episode
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008
- 2001