Donald P. Borchers
Donald P. Borchers | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, screenwriter, film director |
| Years active | 1975–present |
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] [4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
Filmography
Film director
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Screenwriter
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Film producer
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Television producer
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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.[7] In 2016, Borchers started a YouTube channel.[8]
References
- ^ Maslin, Janet (February 1, 1985). "'TUFF TURF,' IN LOS ANGELES". The New York Times.
- ^ "Donald P. Borchers". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24.
- ^ Barbour, John (5 December 1985). "B movies: taste vs commerce". Potomac News. p. D11.
- ^ "Bonus Episode: Interview with producer/director Donald P. Borchers (CHILDREN OF THE CORN, ANGEL, THE BEASTMASTER, THE FOG)". New World Pictures Podcast. 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Donald P. Borchers papers".
- ^ "Donald P. Borchers". Academy Film Archive.
- ^ "USC School of Cinema-Television". USC. Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^ "Donald P. Borchers". YouTube.
External links
- Film producers from New York (state)
- American horror film directors
- American male screenwriters
- American television directors
- American television writers
- American television producers
- American male television writers
- Living people
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American male writers
- USC School of Cinematic Arts faculty