John Lafia

1957-04-02 USA 11 Credits

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...

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Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone

Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone

2006

as Irate Man #2

7.4
Acting

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

Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone

2006

Director

7.4
Directing

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

Code 11-14

2003

Story, Executive Producer

5.9
Writing Producing

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

The Rats

2002

Director

5.5
Directing

A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.

Chameleon 3: Dark Angel

Chameleon 3: Dark Angel

2000

Director

6.7
Directing

In the final film in the Chameleon trilogy, the genetically-engineered agent Kam must thwart the plans of her evil twin brother.

Monster!

Monster!

1999

Director

4.7
Directing

Tragedy strikes a small town's monster movie festival when the monster featured in the films comes to life.

Man's Best Friend

Man's Best Friend

1993

Writer, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

A dog turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves.

Child's Play 2

Child's Play 2

1990

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Child's Play

1988

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

The Blue Iguana

The Blue Iguana

1988

Writer, Director

4.0
Writing Directing

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

Repo Man

1984

Leadman

6.7

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...