Jeremiah S. Chechik

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Jeremiah S. Chechik
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materMcGill University[1]
Occupation(s)Film director, actor

Jeremiah S. Chechik (born Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a director, with work including National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Benny & Joon, Diabolique and The Avengers.

Chechik was nominated for Worst Director at the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards for The Avengers but lost to Gus Van Sant for his remake of Psycho.

In 2007, Chechik directed all eight episodes of The Bronx is Burning. He and producer Michael Birnbaum purchased the screen rights to House of Night, a juvenile vampire book series from authors P. C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast in 2008.

His film The Right Kind of Wrong was screened in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

References

  1. ^ Harris, Blake (May 27, 2016). "HDTGM: A Conversation with Jeremiah Chechik, Director of The Avengers". SlashFilm. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Right Kind of Wrong". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2013-08-06.