John Lafia

Directing
BirthdayApr 2, 1957 (63 years old)
DeathdayApr 29, 2020
Place of birthUSA
GenderMale

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.

Acting


Participated in 10 movies, 5 TV series


2006

Director, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Creator


2004

10.5

6.6

Director, Writer


2003

Story, Executive Producer


2002

Director


2002

Director



1999

Director


1994

Director


1993

Writer, Director


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