Zalman King

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-05-23

Deathday 2012-02-03 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Zalman King

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica. He was born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Memo from Purgatory" written by Harlan Ellison) with James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the outlaw Muley in "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshall Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan. From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a narcoleptic murdering motorbiker. King has directed several commercially successful films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle. Other work as director includes the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin and starring Audie England. The film about an American girl living in Paris in 1939 is in many ways reminiscent of European art house films where erotica forms a centerpiece to a plot which is nevertheless about greater issues. He is married to writer/producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They have collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries. They have two daughters, Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zalman King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2014
2013
Pleasure or Pain

as Director

2008
Body Language

as Director

2008
Body Language

as Director

2006
Crazy Again

as Director

2006
2003
2002
Gypsy Love

as Director

2002
The Eternal

as Director

2002
Cover Me Girls

as Director

2002
ChromiumBlue.com

as Director

2002
Chromiumblue.com

as Director

2001
Women of the Night

as Director

1999
1998
In God's Hands

as Director

1998
Wind on Water

as Director

1995
Delta of Venus

as Director

1994
Boca

as Director

1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Director

1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Director

1989
Wild Orchid

as Director

1988
Wildfire

as Director

1988
Two Moon Junction

as Director

Actor

2007
Saint Francis

as Dr. P. Bernard

2006
1998
Playboy: The Story of X

as Self - Producer

1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Director

1982
Endangered Species

as Hollywood Producer

1981
1980
1979
Like Normal People

as Bill Stein

1978
Blue Sunshine

as Jerry Zipkin

1976
The Passover Plot

as Yeshua of Nazareth

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Harry Owens

1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead

as Roy St. John

1973
Some Call It Loving

as Robert Troy

1971
The Ski Bum

as Johnny Cochran

1970
The Intruders

as Bob Younger

1969
The Young Lawyers

as Aaron Silverman

1968
1968
Adam-12

as The Man

1967
1965
The F.B.I.

as Bernie Voyt

1964
Daniel Boone

as Evans

1964
Daniel Boone

as Meshach Tarbot

1955
Gunsmoke

as Billy Coe

1955
Gunsmoke

as Joey Jeffords

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jack Stone

1955
Gunsmoke

as Muley

1955
Gunsmoke

as Willy Groom

Producer

2006
2002
ChromiumBlue.com

as Executive Producer

1998
In God's Hands

as Executive Producer

1998
Black Sea 213

as Executive Producer

1998
A Place Called Truth

as Executive Producer

1998
Wind on Water

as Executive Producer

1997
1997
Female Perversions

as Executive Producer

1995
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

as Executive Producer

1994
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

as Executive Producer

1994
Boca

as Executive Producer

1993
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare

as Executive Producer

1993
Lake Consequence

as Executive Producer

1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Executive Producer

1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Producer

1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Executive Producer

1987
Siesta

as Executive Producer

1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Producer

1982
Endangered Species

as Executive Producer

1980
Roadie

as Executive Producer

Creator

2002
Chromiumblue.com

as Creator

1998
Wind on Water

as Creator