My Friend Dahmer

""A drama that's authentic enough to get under your skin""

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Marc Meyers
  • USA 2017
  • 107 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Before Jeffrey Dahmer became one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, he was a teenage loner. Conducting grisly experiments in a makeshift backyard lab, Jeff was invisible to most. That is until his increasingly bizarre behavior unexpectedly attracted friends. My Friend Dahmer chronicles the origins of the man. The monster. The high school senior.

Marc Meyers adapts graphic novelist (and actual Dahmer classmate) Derf Backderf’s cult graphic novel, presenting this origin story with a thoughtful approach and drawing remarkable work from his young cast.

Filmography: How He Fell In Love (2015), Harvest (2010).

The film contains scenes of a disturbing nature


  • Director Marc Meyers
  • Production Jody Girgenti, Marc Meyers, Adam Goldworm, Michael Merlob, Milan Chakraborty
  • Script Marc Meyers
  • Cinematography Daniel Katz
  • Editing Jamie Kirkpatrick
  • Music Andrew Hollander
  • Festivals Tribeca
  • Actors Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Miles Robbins
  • Source The Festival Agency, Paris