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Jeffrey Reiner is an American
film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
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editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...
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screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...
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, and producer.


Career

Since the late 1980s, he has amassed a number of credits in the film and television industry. He edited the films ''
Cheerleader Camp ''Cheerleader Camp'' (originally titled ''Bloody Pom Poms'') is a 1988 American slasher film produced and directed by John Quinn in his directorial debut. It stars Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Lucinda Dickey, and Lorie Griffin. The film follows ...
'', ''
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'', '' 3 Ninjas Kick Back'', and ''
BASEketball ''BASEketball'' is a 1998 American sports comedy film co-written and directed by David Zucker and starring ''South Park'' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, and Dian B ...
''. He began directing television and film during the 1990s, his credits include ''
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'', '' The Sentinel'', ''
Trouble Bound ''Trouble Bound'' is a 1993 crime comedy-drama film directed by Jeffrey Reiner and starring Patricia Arquette, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Madsen, and Sal Jenco. The plot concerns an ex-convict who goes on the run with a woman (Patricia Arquette). ...
'', ''
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'', ''
Columbo ''Columbo'' () is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC f ...
'', ''
The Division ''The Division'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focuses on a team of female detectives and police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The ...
'', ''
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'', '' Friday Night Lights'', '' Caprica'' and ''
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''. He was executive producer and house director for the
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series ''
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'' under his deal with
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during the show's 2010–2011 run. In 2011, Reiner was chosen to direct
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for a
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-produced ''
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'' television series for NBC. The pilot was ultimately not picked up for series. Between 2014 and 2017, Reiner directed sixteen episodes of the television drama '' The Affair''. The show subsequently won a Golden Globe for Best TV Series, Drama. Reiner departed ''The Affair'' after its third season. In December 2019, it was reported that he left the series after an investigation was opened into an alleged encounter with writers from the TV series ''
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'' in which Reiner lewdly discussed on-screen nudity on ''The Affair'' and shared a picture of a nude male body double. Reiner has also worked on the FX TV series '' Fargo''.


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