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American film and television director (born 1957)

This article is about the American film and television director. For German soccer player, see Michael Lehmann (footballer).

Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957) is an American film and television director known for directing the dark comedy Heathers.^[1][2]

Early life and education

In 1978, Lehmann graduated from Columbia University.^[3]

Lehmann is of Jewish descent.^[4][5]

Career

Lehmann's first job in the film industry was answering phones at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope film company.

Later he supervised cameras on films that included 1983's The Outsiders. Lehmann attended film school at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and graduated in 1985. While at USC he made a student film, The Beaver Gets a Boner, the title of which he believes helped get the attention of film executives who would later hire him.

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