Jeffrey Reddick (born July 12, 1969)[1] is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for creating the Final Destination franchise.

When Reddick was fourteen, he wrote a ten-page treatment of a prequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street and sent it to New Line Cinema.

Reddick proceeded to contact studio founder Robert Shaye and asked him to read the treatment.

While in college, Jeffrey landed an internship at New Line and worked for the studio for almost eleven years.

[3] Reddick is mostly known for writing horror films, but he recently worked on two animated series for Netflix, including a spin-off of the classic Japanese comic book Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai.