Lee Toland Krieger

Lee Toland Krieger (born January 24, 1983) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for the films The Vicious Kind, Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) and The Age of Adaline (2015).

Early life Krieger was born and raised in Los Angeles. He became "hooked" on filmmaking at the age of 13 when his neighbor, film producer Steve Perry, brought him to the set of the 1996 film Executive Decision. Krieger later interned for Perry during high school, and in college he worked for Neil LaBute and his producing partner Gail Mutrux. He graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television in 2005.

Career Krieger founded a production company, Autumn Entertainment, in 2004, under which his first project was December Ends, a feature film shot on a US$75,000 budget. The film premiered at the 2006 Method Fest, two years after it was shot,

In 2009, Krieger wrote and directed The Vicious Kind, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and earned him numerous accolades including the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Denver Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay.

On September 19, 2012, Lionsgate acquired the rights to the script Vanish Man written by Denison Hatch. Later in February 2015, Krieger was set to rewrite and direct the film, which 21 Laps Entertainment would produce.

On February 29, 2016, it was announced that Krieger would direct The Divergent Series: Ascendant, the final film in The Divergent Series. On July 20, 2016, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to Lionsgate's decision to release the final film as a TV movie, mainly because of the third film in the series, Allegiant, underperforming. In December 2018, it was announced that the television movie has been cancelled due to the lack of interest of the cast and network executives.

In August 2022, it was announced that Krieger would executive produce and direct episodes of the show Dead Boy Detectives for Netflix.

In July 2025, after an absence of ten years, it was announced that Krieger will direct the romantic comedy film, Just Picture It, with Millie Bobby Brown and Gabriel LaBelle.

Personal life Krieger currently lives in Los Angeles. He is the grandson of actor Lee Krieger.

Filmography Film

Short film

Television Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Episode(s) directed 2014 Happyland"Pilot" 2017 Beyond"Pilot"Riverdalerowspan=4 "Chapter One: The River's Edge""Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil""Chapter Three: Body Double""Chapter Thirteen: The Sweet Hereafter" 2018 Life Sentence"Pilot"Yourowspan=2 "Pilot""The Last Nice Guy In New York"Chilling Adventures of Sabrinarowspan=2 "Chapter One: October Country""Chapter Two: The Dark Baptism"2019 Deadly Class"Reagan Youth" Prodigal Son"Pilot"2021 Superman & Loisrowspan=2 "Pilot""Heritage" Shadow and Bonerowspan=2 "A Searing Burst of Light""We're All Someone's Monster"2024Dead Boy Detectives"The Case of Crystal Palace"Brilliant Mindsrowspan=2 "Pilot""The Disembodied Woman" 2025 You"Finale"