John Lafia

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1957-04-02

Deathday 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

Director

2006
10.5: Apocalypse

as Director

2004
10.5

as Director

2002
The Rats

as Director

2002
The Dead Zone

as Director

2000
1999
Monster!

as Director

1994
Babylon 5

as Director

1993
Man's Best Friend

as Director

1990
Child's Play 2

as Director

1988
The Blue Iguana

as Director

1988

Writer

2006
2004
10.5

as Writer

2003
Code 11-14

as Story

1993
1988
Child's Play

as Screenplay

1988
The Blue Iguana

as Writer

Producer

2006
10.5: Apocalypse

as Co-Executive Producer

2003
Code 11-14

as Executive Producer

Art

1984
Repo Man

as Leadman

Creator

2006
10.5: Apocalypse

as Creator