Life of Crime (film) critics. Life of Crime (film) Life of Crime is a 2013 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Daniel Schechter, based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch" (1978), which includes characters later revisited in his novel "Rum Punch" (1992), which was adapted into the Quentin Tarantino film "Jackie Brown" (1997). "Life of Crime" was screened on the closing night 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, at the 2014 Traverse City Film Festival and released in theaters on August 29, 2014. In Detroit in 1978, stoic socialite Mickey Dawson becomes
Jackie Oudney Jackie Oudney Jackie Oudney, is a British film and commercials director. Jackie Oudney was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland. She studied Stage Management at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London and Camera at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in London. She has directed over 30 commercials, winning several international awards including a Silver Lion at Cannes (Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival) and a Silver D&AD pencil. She’s also directed two award-winning, BAFTA-nominated short films. In May 2009 she completed her first feature, British comedy film "French Film", produced by Slingshot from a script by Aschlin