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John Lafia is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Leadman American born on 2 april 1957

John Lafia

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Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1957
Death 29 april 2020 (at 63 years)

John Lafia est un réalisateur, scénariste et producteur américain, né en 1957. Il est diplômé de l'Université de Californie à Los Angeles.

Usually with

Don Mancini
Don Mancini
(3 films)
John Cassini
John Cassini
(3 films)
Kim Delaney
Kim Delaney
(2 films)
Tom Holland
Tom Holland
(2 films)
David Cubitt
David Cubitt
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Lafia (10 films)

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Actor

10.5 (miniseries), 2h45
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges, Fred Ward, John Schneider, Dulé Hill, Ivan Sergei
Roles apparition
Rating46% 2.3056652.3056652.3056652.3056652.305665
The film begins in the Seattle, Washington area with increasingly severe earthquake activity. A quake of magnitude 7.9 is measured at the Earthquake centre, where Dr. Samantha Hill takes command, displacing Dr. Jordan Fisher. U.S. President Paul Hollister and FEMA Director Roy Nolan are informed about the situation.

Director

Curse of Chucky, 1h37
Directed by Ronny Yu, John Lafia, Don Mancini, Tom Holland, Jack Bender
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Films about disabilities, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Brad Dourif, A Martinez, Jennifer Tilly, Brennan Elliott, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif
Rating56% 2.8050152.8050152.8050152.8050152.805015
Set twenty-five years after Child's Play, the Chucky doll (voiced by Brad Dourif) mysteriously arrives in the mail of the home of paraplegic Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) and her mother, Sarah. Later that night Sarah is found dead from a stab wound and her death proclaimed a suicide.
10.5: Apocalypse, 2h49
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kim Delaney, David Cubitt, Dean Cain, Carlos Bernard, John Cassini, Frank Langella
Rating58% 2.9423252.9423252.9423252.9423252.942325
A magnitude 10.5 earthquake destroys Los Angeles, California and triggers a massive tsunami which causes massive damage to Honolulu, Hawaii. It turns out to be only the first of a series of seismic events, including the awakening of extinct volcanoes, sudden instability of aquifers, and awakening of ancient faults. The Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada collapses when Lake Mead starts to heat up and expand beyond the spillway's capacity. Las Vegas, Nevada is then destroyed when acidic water undermines underground limestone, creating a massive sinkhole. The worst of the seismic events is a massive fault which has opened up under South Dakota, destroying Mount Rushmore in the process.
10.5 (miniseries), 2h45
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges, Fred Ward, John Schneider, Dulé Hill, Ivan Sergei
Rating46% 2.3056652.3056652.3056652.3056652.305665
The film begins in the Seattle, Washington area with increasingly severe earthquake activity. A quake of magnitude 7.9 is measured at the Earthquake centre, where Dr. Samantha Hill takes command, displacing Dr. Jordan Fisher. U.S. President Paul Hollister and FEMA Director Roy Nolan are informed about the situation.
The Rats
The Rats (2002)
, 1h34
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Mädchen Amick, Vincent Spano, Shawn Michael Howard, Daveigh Chase, David Wolos-Fonteno, Sheila McCarthy
Rating49% 2.462622.462622.462622.462622.46262
In Manhattan, when a client is bitten by a rat in the dressing room of the Garsons Department Store and contracts Weil's disease, the manager Susan Costello is assigned to hire and help the best exterminator in New York, Jack Carver. Jack and his assistant Ty find a colony of mutant rats in New York City and try to convince the health department administrator and former partner of Jack, Ray Jarrett, how serious the infestation is. But the politician Ray is interested in covering the problem to protect economical interests of powerful groups.
Man's Best Friend, 1h37
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ally Sheedy, Lance Henriksen, Robert Costanzo, Fredric Lehne, John Cassini, J. D. Daniels
Rating52% 2.6054552.6054552.6054552.6054552.605455
Judy Sanders (Robin Frates), an employee of a genetic research facility named EMAX, contacts TV personality Lori Tanner (Ally Sheedy), planning to meet after work so she can show Lori the atrocities and animal cruelty that go on in EMAX's laboratories. Dr. Jarret (Lance Henriksen), a scientist performing vivisection and genetic altering, discovers the plan and sets one of his experiments on Judy, killing her. Lori arrives at EMAX, but when Judy does not appear, she breaks into the laboratory and films the various animals that are being experimented on. She discovers a Tibetan Mastiff named Max who does not appear to have been experimented on and lets the dog out of his cage. Dr. Jarret discovers that there is an intruder in the laboratory and chases Lori out of the building, with Max following Lori into her car as she drives away. Jarret immediately goes to the police and complains that his dog has been stolen. Later that day, when Lori goes shopping, a mugger (Thomas Rosales, Jr.) steals her purse. Max chases the thief, brutally kills him, and brings Lori's purse back to her.
Child's Play 2, 1h24
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Jeu, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about toys, Comedy horror films, Films about school violence
Actors Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Brad Dourif, Grace Zabriskie
Rating59% 2.9558252.9558252.9558252.9558252.955825
Two years after Chucky was burned to a crisp and shot in the heart by detective Mike Norris, the killer "Good Guys" doll (voiced by Brad Dourif) is rebuilt from scratch by the Play Pals doll company to prove there is no fault with the dolls. The company had gone downhill ever since Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) blamed Chucky for all the murders the doll committed two years prior. One of the men working on Chucky is killed via electrocution. The CEO of the company Mr. Sullivan (Peter Haskell) orders his assistant Mattson (Greg Germann) to cover the accident and get rid of Chucky.

Scriptwriter

Curse of Chucky, 1h37
Directed by Ronny Yu, John Lafia, Don Mancini, Tom Holland, Jack Bender
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Films about disabilities, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Brad Dourif, A Martinez, Jennifer Tilly, Brennan Elliott, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif
Rating56% 2.8050152.8050152.8050152.8050152.805015
Set twenty-five years after Child's Play, the Chucky doll (voiced by Brad Dourif) mysteriously arrives in the mail of the home of paraplegic Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) and her mother, Sarah. Later that night Sarah is found dead from a stab wound and her death proclaimed a suicide.
10.5: Apocalypse, 2h49
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kim Delaney, David Cubitt, Dean Cain, Carlos Bernard, John Cassini, Frank Langella
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9423252.9423252.9423252.9423252.942325
A magnitude 10.5 earthquake destroys Los Angeles, California and triggers a massive tsunami which causes massive damage to Honolulu, Hawaii. It turns out to be only the first of a series of seismic events, including the awakening of extinct volcanoes, sudden instability of aquifers, and awakening of ancient faults. The Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada collapses when Lake Mead starts to heat up and expand beyond the spillway's capacity. Las Vegas, Nevada is then destroyed when acidic water undermines underground limestone, creating a massive sinkhole. The worst of the seismic events is a massive fault which has opened up under South Dakota, destroying Mount Rushmore in the process.
10.5 (miniseries), 2h45
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges, Fred Ward, John Schneider, Dulé Hill, Ivan Sergei
Roles Writer
Rating46% 2.3056652.3056652.3056652.3056652.305665
The film begins in the Seattle, Washington area with increasingly severe earthquake activity. A quake of magnitude 7.9 is measured at the Earthquake centre, where Dr. Samantha Hill takes command, displacing Dr. Jordan Fisher. U.S. President Paul Hollister and FEMA Director Roy Nolan are informed about the situation.
Code 11-14
Code 11-14 (2003)
, 1h32
Directed by Jean Reno, Jean de Segonzac
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors David James Elliott, Terry Farrell, Stephen Lang, Nancy Chambers, Myles Jeffrey, Paul Mercurio
Roles Story
Rating47% 2.3734752.3734752.3734752.3734752.373475
En mission en Australie pour arrêter un tueur en série, un agent du FBI fait arrêter le suspect numéro un. Il retourne alors avec sa famille aux états-unis. Il ignore que le véritable tueur s'est joint à eux dans le vol de retour.
Man's Best Friend, 1h37
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ally Sheedy, Lance Henriksen, Robert Costanzo, Fredric Lehne, John Cassini, J. D. Daniels
Roles Writer
Rating52% 2.6054552.6054552.6054552.6054552.605455
Judy Sanders (Robin Frates), an employee of a genetic research facility named EMAX, contacts TV personality Lori Tanner (Ally Sheedy), planning to meet after work so she can show Lori the atrocities and animal cruelty that go on in EMAX's laboratories. Dr. Jarret (Lance Henriksen), a scientist performing vivisection and genetic altering, discovers the plan and sets one of his experiments on Judy, killing her. Lori arrives at EMAX, but when Judy does not appear, she breaks into the laboratory and films the various animals that are being experimented on. She discovers a Tibetan Mastiff named Max who does not appear to have been experimented on and lets the dog out of his cage. Dr. Jarret discovers that there is an intruder in the laboratory and chases Lori out of the building, with Max following Lori into her car as she drives away. Jarret immediately goes to the police and complains that his dog has been stolen. Later that day, when Lori goes shopping, a mugger (Thomas Rosales, Jr.) steals her purse. Max chases the thief, brutally kills him, and brings Lori's purse back to her.
Child's Play, 1h27
Directed by Tom Holland
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Jeu, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Comedy horror films
Actors Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Jack Colvin
Rating66% 3.349953.349953.349953.349953.34995
Charles Lee Ray also nicknamed 'Chucky' and the 'Lakeshore Strangler' is a wanted fugitive and is on the run from the police in the streets of Chicago in November 1988. After he is fatally shot by Detective Mike Norris, Charles via a voodoo ritual transfers his soul into a 'Good-Guy' doll which destroys the store in an attempt to cheat death. Mike who survives the explosion finds Charles's body thinking he killed him.