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John Lafia

John Lafia

Director · 1957–2020 · USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   John Lafia (April 2, 1957 - April 29, 2020) was an American film and television writer, director, and producer. He attended UCLA, where he received his Bachelors in Film. Lafia's first film was The Blue Iguana, which he wrote and directed. It was also screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. He later went on to co-write the screenplay for 1988's Child's Play and direct Child's Play 2 (1990), as well as both writing and directing 1993's Man's Best Friend. In recent years he has transitioned to television, first directing a number of Babylon 5 episodes. He has also written and directed the NBC miniseries 10.5 and its sequel 10.5: Apocalypse. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lafia, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 13

2000s

  1. 2006

    Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone

    Director

  2. 10.5: Apocalypse

    Director

  3. 2004

    10.5

    Director

  4. 2002

    The Rats

    Director

  5. 2000

    Chameleon 3: Dark Angel

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    Monster!

    Director

  2. 1994
  3. 1993

    Man's Best Friend

    Director

  4. 1990

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. The Blue Iguana

    Director

Wrote 6

2000s

  1. 2006

    10.5: Apocalypse

    Writer

  2. 2004

    10.5

    Writer

  3. 2003

    Code 11-14

    Story

1990s

  1. 1993

    Man's Best Friend

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. The Blue Iguana

    Writer

Produced 2

2000s

  1. 2006

    10.5: Apocalypse

    Co-Executive Producer

  2. 2003

    Code 11-14

    Executive Producer

Acted in 1

2000s

  1. 2006

    Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone

    Irate Man #2

Art department 1

1980s

  1. 1984

Created 1

2000s

  1. 2006

    10.5: Apocalypse

    Creator