John Kaye

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-08-31 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

USA

John Kaye

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Kaye (born August 31, 1941) is an American screenwriter, novelist and playwright. His feature credits as a screenwriter include American Hot Wax, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins and Where the Buffalo Roam. He also directed the feature film Forever Lulu, starring Melanie Griffith and Patrick Swayze. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Kaye was producer and writer of The Lohman and Barkley Show, a late-nite live, 90 minute, satirical show that ran for a year on KNBC, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in 1971. A precursor to Saturday Night Live, Kaye gave Barry Levinson, Craig T. Nelson, John Amos, and McCle...

Production

1980

1978

American Hot Wax

as Screenplay

2000

Forever Lulu

as Director

2000

Forever Lulu

as Writer

2025

My Omaha

as Creative Consultant

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