John Lafia
Directing

John Lafia

Born 2 April 1957 · USA · Died 29 April 2020

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

Child's Play
Child's Play 2
Babylon 5
Freddy's Nightmares
The Dead Zone
Man's Best Friend
10.5: Apocalypse
The Rats
10.5
Monsters
The Blue Iguana
Code 11-14
Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone
Code 11-14
The Rats
Chameleon 3: Dark Angel
Monster!
Man's Best Friend
Child's Play 2
Child's Play
The Blue Iguana
John Lafia · Midrow