JL

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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-04-02

Deathday

2020-04-29 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

USA

John Lafia

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.

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Acting

Art

1984
Repo Man as Leadman

Creator

2006
10.5: Apocalypse as Creator

Directing

2006
Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone as Director
2006
10.5: Apocalypse as Director
2004
10.5 as Director
2002
The Rats as Director
2002
The Dead Zone as Director
2000
Chameleon 3: Dark Angel as Director
1999
Monster! as Director
1994
Babylon 5 as Director
1993
Man's Best Friend as Director
1990
Child's Play 2 as Director
1988
Freddy's Nightmares as Director
1988
The Blue Iguana as Director

Production

2006
10.5: Apocalypse as Co-Executive Producer
2003
Code 11-14 as Executive Producer

Writing

2006
10.5: Apocalypse as Writer
2004
10.5 as Writer
2003
Code 11-14 as Story
1993
Man's Best Friend as Writer
1988
Child's Play as Screenplay
1988
The Blue Iguana as Writer
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John Lafia