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 19...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone
2006
as Irate Man #2
When a freakishly hot summer at Yellowstone National Park creates the perfect conditions for the largest forest fire in American History... Look out!
Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone
2006
Director
When a freakishly hot summer at Yellowstone National Park creates the perfect conditions for the largest forest fire in American History... Look out!
Code 11-14
2003
Story, Executive Producer
An FBI agent went to Australia with his family to capture a serial killer. When Australian Police captured the main suspect, he and his family went ba...
The Rats
2002
Director
A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.
Chameleon 3: Dark Angel
2000
Director
In the final film in the Chameleon trilogy, the genetically-engineered agent Kam must thwart the plans of her evil twin brother.
Monster!
1999
Director
Tragedy strikes a small town's monster movie festival when the monster featured in the films comes to life.
Man's Best Friend
1993
Writer, Director
A dog turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves.
Child's Play 2
1990
Director
Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where t...
Child's Play
1988
Screenplay
An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.
The Blue Iguana
1988
Writer, Director
To stay out of the slammer, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Vince Holloway reluctantly agrees to do the bidding of two crooked IRS agents. Tasked with ...
Repo Man
1984
Leadman
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revo...