Director

John Lafia

Directing

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TMDB popularity

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 5All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 65678

IMDb ID: nm0480843

Known for: Directing

Born: April 2, 1957

Died: April 29, 2020

Age: 63

Place of birth: USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1984 - 2006

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 6.58

Wikidata: Q402551

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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.