Zalman King

Director · 1942–2012 · Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica. He was born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Memo from Purgatory" written by Harlan Ellison) with James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the outlaw Muley in "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshall Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan. From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a narcoleptic murdering motorbiker. King has directed several commercially successful films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle. Other work as director includes the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin and starring Audie England. The film about an American girl living in Paris in 1939 is in many ways reminiscent of European art house films where erotica forms a centerpiece to a plot which is nevertheless about greater issues. He is married to writer/producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They have collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries. They have two daughters, Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zalman King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 31

2020s

2021
Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Director
Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
Director
Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
Director
Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
Director
Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
Director
Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
Director

2010s

2014
March with the Devil
Director
2013
Pleasure or Pain
Director
44

2000s

2008
Body Language
Director
Body Language
Director
2003
Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
Director
2002
Barely Brooke
Director
Gypsy Love
Director
The Eternal
Director
Cover Me Girls
Director
ChromiumBlue.com
Director
Chromiumblue.com
Director
2001
Women of the Night
Director

1990s

1999
Shame, Shame, Shame
Director
1998
In God's Hands
Director
1995
Delta of Venus
Director
1994
Boca
Director
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Director
1993
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Director
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Director
1992
Red Shoe Diaries
Director
57
Red Shoe Diaries
Director
52
1991
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Director
44

1980s

1989
Wild Orchid
Director
33
1988
Wildfire
Director
Two Moon Junction
Director
39

Acted in 36

2000s

2007
Saint Francis
Dr. P. Bernard

1990s

1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV
1992
Red Shoe Diaries
Director · 1 episode
57

1980s

1982
Endangered Species
Hollywood Producer
American Playhouse
Paul · 1 episode
1981
Galaxy of Terror
Baelon
45
1980
Tell Me a Riddle
Paul

1970s

1977
Blue Sunshine
Jerry Zipkin
66
1976
The Passover Plot
Yeshua of Nazareth
Charlie's Angels
Harry Owens · 1 episode
66
1975
Trip with the Teacher
Al
1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Roy St. John
1973
Some Call It Loving
Robert Troy
52
1972
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Adam
The Love Song of Charles Faberman
TV Star
1971
You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
Carter Fields
The Ski Bum
Johnny Cochran
1970
The Intruders
Bob Younger
The Young Lawyers
TV