Director · Actor

Jeremiah S. Chechik

28 credited titles on WatchWise

Jeremiah S. Chechik is the director of such films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Benny & Joon, Diabolique and The Avengers. Chechik was nominated for Worst Director at the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards for The Avengers but lost to Gus Van Sant for his remake of Psycho. In 2007, Chechik directed all eight episodes of The Bronx is Burning. He and producer Michael Birnbaum purchased the screen rights to House of Night from authors P. C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast on November 17, 2008.

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Jeremiah S. Chechik in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$124M · 33% hit rate

Biggest hit

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

$75M

Standout efficiency

2.8x

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$250M

Combined reported budget

$169M

Gross / budget

1.5x

Bankability Index

23 / 100

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