About

Known credits:
14
Birthday:
1957-04-02
Place of birth:
USA
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John Lafia

Overview

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.

Known for

Directing

2006 Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone Directing Director 59
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2002 The Rats Directing Director 58
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2000 Chameleon 3: Dark Angel Directing Director 59
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1999 Monster! Directing Director 58
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1993 Man's Best Friend Directing Director 58
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1990 Child's Play 2 Directing Director 62
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1988 The Blue Iguana Directing Director 58
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Writing

2003 Code 11-14 Writing Story 59
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1993 Man's Best Friend Writing Writer 58
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1988 Child's Play Writing Screenplay 66
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1988 The Blue Iguana Writing Writer 58
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Production

2006 10.5: Apocalypse Production Co-Executive Producer 62
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2003 Code 11-14 Production Executive Producer 59
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Art

1984 Repo Man Art Leadman 62
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