Fred Dekker

Fred Dekker
Dekker in 2024
Born (1959-04-09) April 9, 1959 (age 65)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
AwardsBrussels International Fantastic Film Festival Silver Raven Award

Fred Dekker (born April 9, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his cult classic horror comedy films Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad (written with Shane Black).[1][2] He contributed the story ideas for House (1985) and Ricochet (1991), and also directed and co-wrote RoboCop 3 with Frank Miller.

One of his earliest movies was a short film he made in college titled Starcruisers, directed in the early 1980s.[3]

  1. ^ "Fred Dekker: Life at 24 Frames Per Second | Moxie Sozo". Moxie Sozo. January 24, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "WORDPLAY/Special Notice". www.wordplayer.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)