John Lafia

Directing

John Lafia

Born
Died
(aged 63)
Birthplace
USA
Credits
16 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 1

YearTitleRole
2006 Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone Film Irate Man #2

Crew credits 16

YearTitleJob
2006 Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone Film Director
2006 10.5: Apocalypse TV Director, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Creator (2 ep)
2004 10.5 TV Director, Writer (2 ep)
2003 Code 11-14 Film Story, Executive Producer
2002 The Rats Film Director
2002 The Dead Zone TV Director (1 ep)
2000 Chameleon 3: Dark Angel Film Director
1999 Monster! Film Director
1994 Babylon 5 TV Director (3 ep)
1993 Man's Best Friend Film Director, Writer
1990 Child's Play 2 Film Director
1988 Child's Play Film Screenplay
1988 Monsters TV Director (1 ep)
1988 Freddy's Nightmares TV Director (2 ep)
1988 The Blue Iguana Film Writer, Director
1984 Repo Man Film Leadman
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