John Lafia

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-04-02 (63 years old)

Deathday

2020-04-29

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 dir...

Acting

Production

1988

Child's Play

as Screenplay

1990

Child's Play 2

as Director

2002

The Rats

as Director

1993

1993

2003

Code 11-14

as Story

1999

Monster!

as Director

1988

1988

The Blue Iguana

as Director

2003

Code 11-14

as Executive Producer

1984

Repo Man

as Leadman

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