Luke Greenfield

Luke Greenfield (born February 5, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2004 film The Girl Next Door. Greenfield directed the pilot of the television series Aliens in America and produced the film Role Models. His newest film, Let's Be Cops, which he co-wrote, produced and directed, opened on August 13, 2014. 2Early life Greenfield was born in Manhasset, New York and was raised in Westport, Connecticut. After high school, he attended USC School of Cinema-Television where he made several student films including "Alive & Kicking," which won awards at many film festivals. 2Career In 1999, Greenfield co-wrote and directed the short film, The Right Hook. Adam Sandler and producers, Todd Garner and Greg Silverman, saw an early cut of the short and gave Greenfield his first opportunity to direct a studio feature called "The Animal" starring Rob Schneider. It was also Greenfield's first experience to direct a film he didn't co-write or write the screenplay himself. Immediately after The Animal, Greenfield went back to creating and directing his own material with the coming-of-age film, The Girl Next Doo