Doug Lefler joins me on the podcast today to discuss his extensive Hollywood career as well as his thoughts on what makes a great story.
Doug is a storyboard artist, a writer, a director, and a second unit director. His film and TV credits span from The Black Cauldron to Denver: The Last Dinosaur to Steel Dawn to Army of Darkness to Hercules: The Legendary Journeys to Xena: Warrior Princess to Deadpool 2 to Dragonheart: A New Beginning, and more. Enjoy the show!
Doug Lefler Official Links and News
Learn more about Doug and his incredible career with these links.
- douglefler.com – Doug’s official website where you can see his artwork and read his latest blog posts.
- The Third Floor Staff Page – Doug’s page at The Third Floor’s website.
- Doug Lefler IMDb – Doug’s official IMDb page.
- Scrollon – The online comic and graphic novel technology Doug invented.
- Story Attic – Doug’s original story initiative in partnership with The Third Floor. It features comics, videos, and art from Doug and other creators.
- Wikipedia – Doug’s Wikipedia page.
- NERDY JOBS: STORYBOARD ARTIST DOUG LEFLER CREATES WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BIG SCREEN – SyFy Wire Interview
Steel Dawn Links
Doug wrote the 1987 post-apocalyptic movie Steel Dawn as we discuss in the podcast. Being a post-apocalyptic-obsessed teenager when I saw the movie, I loved it. Here are some links so you can learn more.
- Making of Steel Dawn – YouTube
- Steel Dawn Trailer – YouTube
- Steel Dawn – Wikipedia
- Steel Dawn – IMDb
- Steel Dawn – Good Bad Flicks – Video Review and synopsis on YouTube
- Peter’s Retro Reviews: Steel Dawn (1987) – Movie Review
- REVISITING STEEL DAWN (1987) – Movie Review
- Film: ‘Steel Dawn’ – Film announcement New York Times 1987
- ‘Steel Dawn’: Iron-Age Concept in Film Making – An unkind review The LA Times 1987
Doug Lefler Created Xena’s Chakram
In the podcast episode, Doug relates the story of how he originally created a chakram-like weapon for Steel Dawn, but it wasn’t used. Then when he directed the pilot episode of Xena: Warrior Princess he decided to use it in that show.
If you are not familiar, Chakram are the spinning weapons that Xena threw to eliminate her foes or other things in this video clip.