John Lafia
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-04-02
Day of Death
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.
Known For
Acting
(2006)
Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone
as Irate Man #2
Crew
(2006)
(2003)
Code 11-14
Story, Executive Producer
(2002)
The Rats
Director
(2000)
Chameleon 3: Dark Angel
Director
(1999)
Monster!
Director
(1993)
Man's Best Friend
Director, Writer
(1990)
Child's Play 2
Director
(1988)
Child's Play
Screenplay
(1988)
The Blue Iguana
Director, Writer
(1984)
Repo Man
Leadman