
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
April 2, 1957
Died
April 29, 2020 (63 years old)
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
Directing

10.5: Apocalypse
Director, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Creator
2006

10.5
Director, Writer
2004

The Rats
Director
2002

The Dead Zone
Director
2002

Babylon 5
Director
1994

Man's Best Friend
Director, Writer
1993

Child's Play 2
Director
1990

Child's Play
Screenplay
1988

Freddy's Nightmares
Director
1988

The Blue Iguana
Writer, Director
1988

Repo Man
Leadman
1984