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John Lafia

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John Lafia

Born April 2, 1957 in USADied April 29, 20207 films

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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.

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Child's Play 2 posterFirst watchChild's Play 219906.4Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.View film

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7 films as director
  1. 2006Firestorm: Last Stand at YellowstoneDirector
  2. 2002The RatsDirector
  3. 2000Chameleon 3: Dark AngelDirector
  4. 1999Monster!Director
  5. 1993Man's Best FriendDirector
  6. 1990Child's Play 2Director
  7. 1988The Blue IguanaDirector