Kevin Lefler is a Los Angeles-based writer and director from Houston, Texas. A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he began his career working in post-production on major studio films including Tears of the Sun (2003), Friday Night Lights (2004), and Fracture (2007). His screenplay The Isolate Thief was featured on the 2009 Black List of most-liked unproduced screenplays. Lefler wrote the feature film The Isolate Thief starring Sean Bean, and wrote and directed the short film Cheesecake (2026), produced by Lefty Entertainment.