Roger Kumble

Les Liaisons Dangereuses moves to a prep school in Kumble's Cruel Intentions, where two manipulative step-siblings make a bet about seducing the new headmaster's daughter. His later films are romance for young adult readers: After We Collided, and the Beautiful Disaster films about a college freshman drawn to a bad boy she means to keep away from.

Signature

• Teen and college romance.
• Adaptations of bestselling romance novels (After We Collided, Beautiful Disaster).
• Games of manipulation and seduction (Cruel Intentions).