Jeffrey Hirschfield

Jeff Hirschfield is a Canadian television director, writer and producer based in Toronto, Ontario.

Works

Lexx

A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes.

Release Date1997-04-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd 790 (voice)

Episode Count43

Vote Count134

Love and Death on Long Island

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.

Release Date1998-07-03

Charactersd Policeman

Vote Count54

Super Nova

As things settle down on the Lexx, the crew realizes Kai needs a constant supply of proto-blood to continue to function in the real world. Stanley and the others undertake a desperate mission to Kai's wrecked home world in search of a way to extend Kai's existence.

Release Date1997-05-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd 790 (voice)

Vote Count2

The End.

An animator finds himself trying to explain his (lack of) artistic vision to his creations, who just aren't impressed.

Release Date1995-01-01

Charactersd (voice)

Vote Count10

Do or Die

A virus causes people to age rapidly. There is an antidote, but it has to be taken daily and is under control of a single company. A woman who is not infected carries an infected child, and seeks for it to be cured. This quest leads her to the blue lands, where most of the infected live.

Release Date2003-01-01

Charactersd Logochi - Grant's Aide

Vote Count4

The Real Howard Spitz

Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.

Release Date1998-08-28

Charactersd Lawrence - Primrose Rep

Vote Count2

Cowboys Don't Cry

A father and son struggle to make ends meet on the rodeo circuit.

Release Date1988-01-01

Charactersd Registration Cowboy

Vote Count1

Eating Pattern

Out of energy, the Lexx is forced to land on a planet to replenish its energy supply. Zev and Stan bury the apparently dead Kai, before they discover an outpost occupied by lunatics led by the manic Bog.

Release Date1997-09-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd 790 (voice) / Feemak

Vote Count1

Giga Shadow

To resupply the protoblood that sustains Kai's life, the crew of the Lexx travel back to the Cluster but find the planet deserted. The population was killed in "The Cleansing", in preparation of the birth of the Giga Shadow, the last survivor of the insect wars and sworn enemy of humanity. The crew try to destroy the Giga Shadow with the help of Yottskry (played by guest star Malcolm McDowell), a defecting priest of the Divine Order.

Release Date1997-09-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd 790

Vote Count1

I Worship His Shadow

Fugitive security guard Stanley Tweedle, love slave Zev Bellringer, and love slave robot head 790 are thrown together by fate and on the run from His Divine Shadow after stealing The Lexx: the most powerful destructive force in two universes.

Release Date1996-12-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd 790 (voice)

Vote Count5

The Outer Limits

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

Release Date1995-03-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count229

BTK: A Killer Among Us

For 31 years Dennis Rader aka BTK killer was able to live a double life. This documentary chronicle's comprehensive interviews with law enforcement, victim's family members, reporters and his daughter Kerri Rawson.

Release Date2019-02-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count6

Fear Thy Neighbor

These are the terrifying tales of the unwanted neighbors who turn home sweet home into home sweet hell. A look inside the lives of horrific neighborly disputes and what happens when a simple issue turns into the worst night of a family's life. Do you really know who lives next door? This true-crime series tells the chilling tales of those with the misfortune to unwittingly take up residence within a stone’s throw of a psycho or killer.

Release Date2014-04-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count27

BTK: Chasing a Serial Killer

A three-part documentary series that recounts the notorious killer's crimes, the decades long investigation that captured him, and the effect his brutal murders had on everyone in his orbit, especially his daughter who speaks openly about what it is like to be the daughter of a serial killer.

Release Date2020-09-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Starhunter

Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television

Release Date2000-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Forensic Factor

Forensic Factor

Forensic Factor presents the world's best CSI's armed with the latest investigative tools in the hunt to catch elusive criminals. Each episode explores one baffling case, revealing the amazing science being used by North America's top crime fighters.

Release Date2003-01-09

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count31

Murder U

Murder U

Real-life stories of murder and mayhem on college campuses across the United States.

Release Date2016-04-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

In 1991, Wanda Holloway was arrested for trying to hire a hit man to kill her daughter Shanna's cheerleading rival so that Shanna could get a place on the team. Now, Shanna reveals the truth behind what happened for the first time.

Release Date2024-12-18

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count5