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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

6

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-08-31 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

USA

John Kaye

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Kaye (born August 31, 1941) is an American screenwriter, novelist and playwright. His feature credits as a screenwriter include American Hot Wax, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins and Where the Buffalo Roam. He also directed the feature film Forever Lulu, starring Melanie Griffith and Patrick Swayze. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Kaye was producer and writer of The Lohman and Barkley Show, a late-nite live, 90 minute, satirical show that ran for a year on KNBC, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in 1971. A precursor to Saturday Night Live, Kaye gave Barry Levinson, Craig T. Nelson, John Amos, and McClean Stevenson their first jobs in the entertainment business.

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Known For

Where the Buffalo Roam
6.0%

Where the Buffalo Roam

Apr 25, 1980

Forever Lulu
5.5%

Forever Lulu

Jul 7, 2000

Forever Lulu
5.5%

Forever Lulu

Jul 7, 2000

American Hot Wax
5.6%

American Hot Wax

Mar 17, 1978

My Omaha
0.0%

My Omaha

Feb 23, 2025

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2025
My Omaha as Creative Consultant

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2000
Forever Lulu as Director

Writing

2000
Forever Lulu as Writer
1980
Where the Buffalo Roam as Screenplay
1978
American Hot Wax as Screenplay
1975
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins as Writer
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John Kaye