John Herzfeld
John Herzfeld is an American director .
biography
The director, producer and screenwriter John Herzfeld began his career as an actor after studying at the universities of Memphis and Miami .
He got his first roles in the television thriller "Lieutenant Schuster's Wife" (1972) and in Paul Bartel's over-the-top comedy "Cannonball" (1976), in which David Carradine played the leading role.
In an episode of the crime series " Starsky & Hutch " (1978) he played Starsky's brother. After that, Herzfeld had appearances in several television productions and alongside Sylvester Stallone in George P. Cosmatos' actioner "The City Cobra" (1986).
Herzfeld has been working as a screenwriter for film and television since 1979. He wrote the scripts for Robert Markowitz's critically acclaimed drama "Voices of Love" (1979, with Amy Irving ), Daryl Duke's "Hard Feelings" (1982) and "Two of the Same Kind" (1983) with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John . The latter feature film was also his first directorial work.
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: Voices (screenplay)
- 1980: Stoned (television)
- 1983: Two of a Kind (Two of a Kind)
- 1986: The City-Cobra (as a performer)
- 1987: Daddy (TV)
- 1988: The Rat's Nest (TV)
- 1989: The Ryan White Story (TV)
- 1989: The Preppie Murder (TV)
- 1992: The Fifth Corner (TV series)
- 1993: Casualities of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (TV)
- 1993: Remember (TV)
- 1996: 2 days in LA with Charlize Theron , Eric Stoltz , Teri Hatcher , Jeff Daniels
- 1997: Don King : Only in America ( documentary ) (television)
- 2000: 15 minutes of fame with Robert De Niro , Edward Burns
- 2003: Bill Stanton Project (TV series)
- 2004: Dr. Vegas (TV series)
- 2007: Kill Bobby Z ( Death and Life of Bobby Z )
- 2014: Reach Me - Stop at Nothing ( Reach Me )
- 2019: Escape Plan: The Extractors
Web links
- John Herzfeld in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature and films by John Herzfeld in the bibliographic database WorldCat
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SURNAME | Herzfeld, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |