Edward Lucky McKee (born November 1, 1975) is an American director, writer, and actor, largely known for the 2002

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''. He is best known for his work in horror films.

Life and career

McKee was born in

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. He has directed " Sick Girl", the 10th episode of the first season of the popular

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TV series ''

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''. He directed the film '' The Woods'', which was released on

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October 3, 2006. Lucky McKee also co-directed the hard-to-find horror film ''

All Cheerleaders Die ''All Cheerleaders Die'' is a 2013 American horror comedy film written and directed by Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson. It is a remake of their 2001 film of the same name that was also written and directed by McKee and Sivertson, and stars Cai ...

'', which is not currently in print. McKee optioned

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's novel ''The Lost'' and produced the film adaptation directed by Chris Sivertson. McKee also adapted Ketchum's ''Red'', and co-directed

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, which premiered out of competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Shooting was halted when ''Red'' was almost completed, with McKee as director, in December, 2006. Shooting resumed in Maryland following a hiatus of more than six months, with a different director, Norwegian Trygve Allister Diesen. No explanation has been offered for the shared directing credit. In 2013, a remake of ''All Cheerleaders Die'' was written and directed by McKee and Chris Sivertson. He also directed and wrote the segment "Ding Dong" of the

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''.

Filmography

As director (feature-length)

* ''

'' (2001, co-directed with Chris Sivertson) * ''

'' (2002) * '' The Woods'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008, directed part of the film before being removed and replaced with

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) * '' The Woman'' (2011) * ''

'' (2013, co-directed with Chris Sivertson, remake of the 2001 film) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''Kindred Spirits'' (2019) * '' Old Man'' (TBA)

As director (short form)

* " Sick Girl" (2006, episode of the

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'') * "Blue Like You" (2008,

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) * "Ding Dong" (2015, segment of the

'') * "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", a music video for AJ Lambert (2021)

As an actor

* ''Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!'' (1996, short film by

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) as Woodsy * ''

'' (2002) as Guy Making Out in Elevator * '' The Big, Weird Normal'' (2002) as Weegee and Bean * '' Hollywould'' (2003) as Friend * ''

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'' (2006, also writer) as Roman * "Blue Like You" (2008) as Patrick

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McKee, Lucky American male screenwriters American male film actors Horror film directors 1975 births Living people People from Calaveras County, California Film directors from California Screenwriters from California