My Friend Dahmer (film)
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| Directed by | Marc Meyers |
| Produced by | Jody Girgenti Marc Meyers Adam Goldworm Michael Merlob Milan Chakraborty |
| Screenplay by | Marc Meyers |
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My Friend Dahmer by Derf |
| Starring |
Ross Lynch Alex Wolff Dallas Roberts Anne Heche |
| Music by | Andrew Hollander |
| Cinematography | Daniel Katz |
| Edited by | Jamie Kirkpatrick |
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Aperture Entertainment |
| Distributed by | FilmRise |
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| Language | English |
My Friend Dahmer is a 2017 American biographical drama film written and directed by Marc Meyers about American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. It is based on the 2012 graphic novel of the same name by cartoonist John "Derf" Backderf, who had been friends with Dahmer in high school in the 1970s, soon before Dahmer began his killing spree. Dahmer is played by Ross Lynch, while Derf is played by Alex Wolff.
The film premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
The script appeared on 2014's Black List. Ross Lynch was cast as the teenage Dahmer in 2016. Later in the month Alex Wolff, Vincent Kartheiser and Anne Heche joined the cast, with Heche playing Dahmer's mother. The movie was filmed in Akron, Ohio.
My Friend Dahmer premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2017. On May 15, 2017, FilmRise acquired distribution rights to the film, planning to release it in the fall.
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