Rodman Flender was born on June 9,1962 and is an American director, producer, writer and actor.
17 Facts About Rodman Flender
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Rodman Flender developed his acting skills at New York's High School of Performing Arts and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, before pursuing higher education at Harvard University.
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Rodman Flender's directing credits include the feature films Leprechaun 2 and Idle Hands, as well as television episodes for series such as The Office, Ugly Betty and Gilmore Girls.
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In recent years, Rodman Flender has returned to character-based drama and ventured into romantic comedy and horror, as seen in his feature film Eat, Brains, Love, which premiered at the FrightFest film festival in London to positive reviews and won Best Picture at the 2019 Screamfest Horror Film Festival.
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Rodman Flender is of half Russian Jewish descent on his mother's side and half Austrian Jewish on his father's side.
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Rodman Flender grew up in the Upper West Side with his older sister Nicole.
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Rodman Flender's early acting roles included Mischa in the Broadway production of Zalmen or the Madness of God and Charles Francis Adams in the PBS series The Adams Chronicles.
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Rodman Flender graduated from the drama department of New York's High School of Performing Arts and studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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Rodman Flender attended Harvard University where he majored in visual and environmental studies, and studied documentary filmmaking with Ed Pincus and Ross McElwee, who inspired him with an enthusiasm for the documentaries.
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Rodman Flender produced or co-produced titles including Body Chemistry, Streets, and Full Fathom Five.
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Rodman Flender made his feature directing debut with the Corman-produced thriller The Unborn, which received favorable reviews.
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Rodman Flender next wrote and directed In The Heat of Passion, for Roger Corman.
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In 1998, Rodman Flender began filming a documentary on the Boston-based rock band The Upper Crust and directed the Dawson's Creek episode "The Scare", a parody of Scream.
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Developments within the band led Rodman Flender to continue shooting on and off for the next five years.
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In 2019, Rodman Flender completed the film Eat, Brains, Love, which mixes romantic comedy, horror and road movie.
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In 2022, footage from the Dawson's Creek episode "The Scare", which Rodman Flender directed, was incorporated into the Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett film Scream.
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Rodman Flender is the uncle of actors Timothee and Pauline Chalamet.