Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Herzfeld is an American motion picture and television director, screenwriter, actor and producer. His feature film directing credits include Two of a Kind (1983), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), 15 Minutes (2001) and The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007). He has also directed numerous made-for-television movies, including The Ryan White Story (1989), The Preppie Murder (1989), Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) and Don King: Only i...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Sly
2023
as Self
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021
as Self
Fight alongside Sylvester Stallone as he creates a brand-new director's cut of Rocky IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO. This feature-length documentary offers a per...
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021
Director, Producer
Fight alongside Sylvester Stallone as he creates a brand-new director's cut of Rocky IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO. This feature-length documentary offers a per...
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
as Self
An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019
Director, Screenplay
After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girl...
Reach Me
2014
Director, Writer, Producer
Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach.
Once I Was a Champion
2011
as Himself
Writer, philosopher, alcoholic, and MMA fighter Evan Tanner died mysteriously in the desert of Clapp Springs, California. He was searching for treasur...
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
Writer, Cinematography, Director
Sylvester Stallone's 90-minute video diary, covering the making of "The Expendables".
S.I.S.
2008
Director, Writer
S.I.S., or Special Investigation Squad, is an elite branch of the LAPD. A new psychopath terrorizing Los Angeles proves to be their hardest case yet.
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
Director
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hosta...
Point of Origin
2002
Producer
An arson investigator searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.
15 Minutes
2001
Director, Producer, Writer
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts fil...
Don King: Only in America
1997
Director
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
2 Days in the Valley
1996
Director, Screenplay
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...
Remember
1993
Director, Teleplay
Nicky Wells, a TV journalist who is renowned for her hard-hitting reports from the worlds most dangerous spots, is haunted by the disappearance of her...
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1993
Director, Writer, Producer
Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife...
The Preppie Murder
1989
Teleplay, Director
This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. Now...
The Ryan White Story
1989
Director, Teleplay
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
A Father's Revenge
1988
Director
German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to ...
Daddy
1987
Director, Writer
Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.
On Fire
1987
as Nico
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be...
On Fire
1987
Writer
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be...
Shattered Spirits
1986
as Det. Pearlman
When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together.
Cobra
1986
as Cho
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
The 17th Bride
1985
Screenplay
Based on Ladislav Grossman's novel "The Bride", this drama was filmed back in 1984 in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, then the crew stopped filming, because prot...
The Last Winter
1984
Writer
Tells the story of two women seeking leads to their missing husbands after the end of the Yom Kippur War (1973). A relationship builds between them wh...
Two of a Kind
1983
Director, Writer
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank t...
Hard Feelings
1982
Screenplay
It's 1963 and teenage Barnie has problems. School bullies are after him, his family is dysfunctional and his girl Leslie screws around. On the run fro...
Victims
1982
A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin ...
Splendor in the Grass
1981
Teleplay
Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.
Stoned
1980
as Doug
Jack is a motivated high school student who smokes cannabis for the first time, and falls in with a fast crowd. Will he wake up and realize what he's ...
Stoned
1980
Director, Writer
Jack is a motivated high school student who smokes cannabis for the first time, and falls in with a fast crowd. Will he wake up and realize what he's ...
Voices
1979
Writer
An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.
Some Kind of Miracle
1979
as Hal Siegal
The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the re...
Cannonball
1976
as Sharpe
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which ther...
Death Wish
1974
as Train Mugger #2 (uncredited)
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be ...
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
as Junkie
After a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's na...