John Nicolella

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-05-28 (53 years old)

Deathday

1998-02-21

Place of Birth

-

John Nicolella

Biography

John Joseph Nicolella (May 28, 1945 – February 21, 1998) was an American film and television director and producer. He is best known for his work on the 1980s television series Miami Vice. Nicolella began his career working as an assistant director on the Ivan Passer-directed film Born to Win (1971). Other films soon followed, the Paul Newman-directed film The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), Crazy Joe (1974) starring Peter Boyle, Sweet Revenge (1976) starring Stockard Channing and Sam Waterston and Time Square (1980). He was also as a production manager on the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Curse of the Pink Pan...

Production

1997

1992

Sunset Heat

as Director

1980

Times Square

as Executive Producer

1980

Times Square

as Second Unit Director

1981

The Fan

as Associate Producer

1979

Last Embrace

as Production Manager

1990

Rock Hudson

as Director

1979

Last Embrace

as Associate Producer

1987

Heartbeat

as Director

1977

Saturday Night Fever

as Production Manager

1983

Easy Money

as Producer

1980

Windows

as Associate Producer

1994

1994

Vanishing Son IV

as Director

1994

Vanishing Son II

as Director

1994

Vanishing Son

as Director

1989

Finish Line

as Director

1991

Runaway Father

as Director

1974

Crazy Joe

as First Assistant Director

1991

A Rage in Harlem

as Co-Producer

1978

Interiors

as Production Manager

1978

Interiors

as Production Supervisor

1972

The Hot Rock

as Second Assistant Director

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