Donald P. Borchers Explained

Donald P. Borchers
Birth Place:United States
Yearsactive:1975–present
Occupation:Producer, screenwriter, film director

Donald P. Borchers is a film producer,[1] director, and screenwriter.[2]

Biography

Donald P. Borchers is an American producer. Borchers was a production associate at Avco Embassy Pictures in the early 1980s.

An independent production deal with New World Pictures resulted in Angel (1984), Children of the Corn (1984) and other films.[3]

Borchers founded Planet Productions Corp., and went on to produce Two Moon Junction (1988), Leprechaun 2 (1994), and others. He produced three films for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Playhouse television series and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television.[4]

Archives

The moving image collection of Donald P. Borchers is held at the Academy Film Archive. The film collection at the Academy Film Archive is complemented by the Donald P. Borchers papers held at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library.[5]

Filmography

Film director

YearFilm
1989Grave Secrets
2001Perfect Fit
2009Children of the Corn

Screenwriter

YearFilm
1986Vamp
1993Jailbait
2009Children of the Corn

Film producer

YearFilm
1981Fear No Evil
1982The Beastmaster
1983Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
1984Angel
1984Children of the Corn
1984Crimes of Passion
1985Tuff Turf
1986Vamp
1988Two Moon Junction
1989Far from Home
1991Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1991
1991Motorama
1992Meatballs 4
1992Samantha
1993Doppelganger
1993Jailbait
1994Leprechaun 2
1994Criminal Passion
1995The Stranger
1995The Demolitionist
1995Voodoo
1995Number One Fan
1996Little Witches
1997Moonbase
2009The Tomb
2020Children of the Corn

Television producer

YearFilm
1975-77Beyond Our Control
1992The Habitation of Dragons
1992The Water Engine
1992The Heart of Justice
1995Tall, Dark and Deadly
2009Children of the Corn

Other projects

From 1984 to 1996, Borchers served as an adjunct professor at the Peter Stark Producing Program, a Master of Fine Arts program in the USC School of Cinematic Arts teaching CIN 565, the budgeting and scheduling requisite class.[6] In 2016, Borchers started a YouTube channel.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The New York Times. 'TUFF TURF,' IN LOS ANGELES. Janet Maslin. Maslin, Janet. February 1, 1985.
  2. Web site: Donald P. Borchers. https://web.archive.org/web/20141024172206/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/82459/Donald-P-Borchers/biography. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2014. 2014-10-24.
  3. News: Potomac News. 5 December 1985. D11. B movies: taste vs commerce. John. Barbour.
  4. Web site: Donald P. Borchers papers.
  5. Web site: Donald P. Borchers. Academy Film Archive.
  6. Web site: USC School of Cinema-Television. USC. 2017-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20150506084349/http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat98/cntv/index.html. 2015-05-06. dead.
  7. Web site: Donald P. Borchers. YouTube.