John Lafia
Directing

John Lafia

Born 1957-04-02 · USA · Died 2020-04-29

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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Known for

Child's Play★ 6.7Viewing moment
Child's Play
1988
Child's Play 2★ 6.2Viewing moment
Child's Play 2
1990
Repo Man★ 6.7Viewing moment
Repo Man
1984
The Rats★ 5.5Viewing moment
The Rats
2002
Man's Best Friend★ 5.5Viewing moment
Man's Best Friend
1993
Freddy's Nightmares★ 7.2Viewing moment
Freddy's Nightmares
1988 · Series
Code 11-14★ 5.6Viewing moment
Code 11-14
2003
Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone★ 7.7Viewing moment
Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone
2006
The Blue Iguana★ 3.1Viewing moment
The Blue Iguana
1988
10.5: Apocalypse★ 5.7Viewing moment
10.5: Apocalypse
2006 · Series
10.5★ 6.5Viewing moment
10.5
2004 · Series
Chameleon 3: Dark Angel★ 7.7Viewing moment
Chameleon 3: Dark Angel
2000
10.5: Apocalypse★ 4Viewing moment
10.5: Apocalypse
2006

Frequent collaborators