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

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2006	10.5: Apocalypse	Director
2006	10.5: Apocalypse	Writer
2006	10.5: Apocalypse	Co-Executive Producer
2006	10.5: Apocalypse	Creator
2006	Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone	Director
2004	10.5	Director
2004	10.5	Writer
2003	Code 11-14	Story
2003	Code 11-14	Executive Producer
2002	The Dead Zone	Director
2002	The Rats	Director
2000	Chameleon 3: Dark Angel	Director
1999	Monster!	Director
1994	Babylon 5	Director
1993	Man's Best Friend	Writer
1993	Man's Best Friend	Director
1990	Child's Play 2	Director
1988	Child's Play	Screenplay
1988	Freddy's Nightmares	Director
1988	The Blue Iguana	Writer
1988	The Blue Iguana	Director
1984	Repo Man	Leadman