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|occupation = Screenwriter, producer, director
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'''Brent Maddock''' is an American screenwriter, producer and film director who has worked with [[S. S. Wilson]] on several high-profile projects such as ''[[Short Circuit (1986 film)|Short Circuit]]'' (1986), ''[[Batteries Not Included]]'' (1987), ''[[Tremors (1990 film)|Tremors]]'' (1990) and ''[[Wild Wild West]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/100699/Brent-Maddock |title=The New York Times |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105002032/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/100699/Brent-Maddock |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Maddock is a founding partner of [[Stampede Entertainment]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Writer
!Producer
!Other
!Director
!Notes
|-
|1975
|''Recorded Live''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|[[S. S. Wilson]]
|Short film; frame clicking & tape pulling
|-
| rowspan="2" |1980
|''[[Deer in the Works]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|[[Ron Underwood]]
|Short film
|-
|''The Reference Section''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Ron Underwood
|Short film
|-
|1986
|''[[Short Circuit (1986 film)|Short Circuit]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|[[John Badham]]
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Batteries Not Included]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|[[Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)|Matthew Robbins]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
|''[[Short Circuit 2]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|[[Kenneth Johnson (filmmaker)|Kenneth Johnson]]
|
|-
|''[[The Land Before Time (film)|The Land Before Time]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|[[Don Bluth]]
|Story consultant
|-
| rowspan="2" |1990
|''[[Tremors (1990 film)|Tremors]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Ron Underwood
|
|-
|''[[Ghost Dad]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|[[Sidney Poitier]]
|
|-
|1993
|''[[Heart and Souls]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Ron Underwood
|Writer song "Mr. Hug-A-Bug"
|-
|1996
|''[[Tremors 2: Aftershocks]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{no}}
|S. S. Wilson
|[[Direct-to-video]]
|-
|1999
|''[[Wild Wild West]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Barry Sonnenfeld
|
|-
|2001
|''[[Tremors 3: Back to Perfection]]''
|{{Partial|Story}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Himself
|Direct-to-video (first and only directing credit)
|-
|2003
|''[[Tremors (TV series)|Tremors]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{yes}}
|Various
|Developer and executive producer 13 episodes (Wrote 7 episodes)
|-
|2004
|''[[Tremors 4: The Legend Begins]]''
|{{Partial|Story}}
|{{yes|Executive}}
|{{no}}
|S. S. Wilson
|Direct-to-video
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0534681}}

{{Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1980–2000}}


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