The Girl Next Door

Luke Greenfield (born February 5, 1972) is an American film director. Greenfield was born in Manhasset, New York and was raised in Westport, Connecticut. He is best known for directing The Animal and The Girl Next Door. In July 2007, he appeared as a guest judge on the filmmaking reality show On the Lot. Greenfield directed the critically acclaimed television pilot, Aliens in America, and produced the film, Role Models.

Early life

Greenfield wanted to be a film director since the age of ten after he was given a super 8 camera. He made films throughout the years and attended USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. When he was 13, his mother wrote a passionate letter to Steven Spielberg, with it she enclosed Luke’s films and asked Spielberg “Does my son have what it takes to make it?”. Steven wrote back and encouraged Luke to go to film school.

Career

After years of struggling in Los Angeles, Greenfield co-wrote and directed a 10 minute short film called “The Right Hook”. It captured the attention of producers at Happy Madison Productions. Greenfield was then hired to direct his first feature, the critically panned, but box office success The Animal, starring Rob Schneider.

Greenfield’s second film was released three years later, The Girl Next Door. He has stated that he was very passionate about this film and made it the best he possibly could. Although the film had mixed reviews, it was a box office bomb.

Luke wanted his next directing effort to be from a script he co-wrote titled “Big Brothers”. The film later turned into Role Models. After the studio had Luke’s script rewritten so intensely, it changed very much from what Greenfield wanted originally. He then stepped down from the Director of the film to the Producer. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success.

His next directing effort would come in 2011 with Something Borrowed. The film was critically destroyed and it did not perform well at the box office.

Luke signed a directing deal with ABC in July of 2012. He has films and television series currently in development. He also directed the pilot episode of the upcoming sitcom Prairie Dogs, starring Kal Penn. —Wikipedia