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John Lafia

John Lafia

Director·1957–2020·USA

6 horror credits

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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.

Director4 films

The Rats

The Rats

Director

2002
Monster!

Monster!

Director

1999
Man's Best Friend

Man's Best Friend

Director

1993
Child's Play 2

Child's Play 2

Director

1990 2.5

Writer2 films

Man's Best Friend

Man's Best Friend

Writer

1993
Child's Play

Child's Play

Screenplay

1988 3.3

Other Crew1 film

Repo Man

Repo Man

Leadman

1984 3.9