Personal info
Known for
Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
23 July
Location
Texas, United States
Edit pageFritz Kiersch
Biography
Fritz Kiersch (born July 23, 1951, in Alpine, Texas, USA) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. His birth name is George Keith Kiersch. He studied at Ohio Wesleyan University and began his career directing television commercials before moving into feature filmmaking.
He made his feature-film directorial debut with the supernatural horror film Children of the Corn (1984), based on the short story by Stephen King. The film brought him recognition in the horror genre. He subsequently directed Tuff Turf (1985), starring James Spader, Kim Richards and Robert Downey Jr., followed by Winners Take All (1987), Gor (1987), Under the Boardwalk (1989) and Into the Sun (1992).
His later directing projects included The Stranger (1995), Shattered Image (1994), Surveillance (2006) and The Hunt (2006), for which he also received a writing credit.
