Birthday:
04-15-1947
(77 years)
Birthplace:
New Jersey, USA
Biography
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John Herzfeld is an American motion picture and television director, screenwriter, actor and producer. His feature film directing credits include Two of a Kind (1983), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), 15 Minutes (2001) and The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007). He has also directed numerous made-for-television movies, including The Ryan White Story (1989), The Preppie Murder (1989), Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) and Don King: Only in America (1997) for which he was nominated for an Emmy and won the DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for directing the 1980 ABC Afterschool Special titled Stoned.
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John Herzfeld is an American motion picture and television director, screenwriter, actor and producer. His feature film directing credits include Two of a Kind (1983), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), 15 Minutes (2001) and The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007). He has also directed numerous made-for-television movies, including The Ryan White Story (1989), The Preppie Murder (1989), Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) and Don King: Only in America (1997) for which he was nominated for an Emmy and won the DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for directing the 1980 ABC Afterschool Special titled Stoned.
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Cobra
Act like Cho
event1986 star_border 6.1
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A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Act like Self
event2021 star_border 5.7
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Fight alongside Sylvester Stallone as he creates a brand-new director's cut of Rocky IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO. This feature-length documentary offers a personal and uncompromising look into the editing process, captured by Sly's longtime friend and fellow filmmaker John Herzfeld.
Victims
event1982 star_border 5.3
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A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.
Once I Was a Champion
Act like Himself
event2011 star_border 5.8
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Writer, philosopher, alcoholic, and MMA fighter Evan Tanner died mysteriously in the desert of Clapp Springs, California. He was searching for treasure but not the material kind. This feature length biopic focuses on fifty people whose lives he forever changed as they try to figure out who he really was and the reason behind his untimely death.
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Act like Self
event2021 star_border 5.9
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An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.
Sly
Act like Self
event2023 star_border 7.2
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His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
On Fire
Act like Nico
event1987
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Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be better for him until he learns that the department wants to retire him. He does so reluctantly. He then falls into a deep depression because, while most people look forward to retirement, he doesn't. So, his wife and children do their best to lift his spirits but all he does is push them away.
Some Kind of Miracle
Act like Hal Siegal
event1979
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The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Death Wish
Act like Train Mugger #2 (uncredited)
event1974 star_border 6.9
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After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Stoned
Act like Doug
event1980
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Jack is a motivated high school student who smokes cannabis for the first time, and falls in with a fast crowd. Will he wake up and realize what he's doing with his future before it's too late?
Cannonball
Act like Sharpe
event1976 star_border 5.5
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Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Shattered Spirits
Act like Det. Pearlman
event1986 star_border 5.2
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When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together.
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Act like Junkie
event1972
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After a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
A Rumor of War
Act like The Drill Instructor (2 ep.)
event1980 star_border 6
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Miniseries based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
15 Minutes
Producer (2 ep.)
event2001 star_border 5.9
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When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Director (2 ep.)
event2007 star_border 6.1
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A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z's son in tow.
Splendor in the Grass
Teleplay (2 ep.)
event1981 star_border 6.7
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Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.
Don King: Only in America
Director (2 ep.)
event1997 star_border 6.5
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A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
Two of a Kind
Director (2 ep.)
event1983 star_border 5.9
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God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world.
2 Days in the Valley
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event1996 star_border 6.2
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In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
Voices
Writer (2 ep.)
event1979 star_border 3
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An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.
S.I.S.
Writer (2 ep.)
event2008 star_border 4.1
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S.I.S., or Special Investigation Squad, is an elite branch of the LAPD. A new psychopath terrorizing Los Angeles proves to be their hardest case yet.
The Ryan White Story
Teleplay (2 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6.6
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The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
A Father's Revenge
Director (2 ep.)
event1988 star_border 7
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German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Writer (2 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7.8
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Sylvester Stallone's 90-minute video diary, covering the making of "The Expendables".
Reach Me
Producer (2 ep.)
event2014 star_border 5.3
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Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach.
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
Director (2 ep.)
event1993 star_border 5.7
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Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife.
Remember
Director (2 ep.)
event1993
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Nicky Wells, a TV journalist who is renowned for her hard-hitting reports from the worlds most dangerous spots, is haunted by the disappearance of her fiancé.
Point of Origin
Producer (2 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6.4
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An arson investigator searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.
The Preppie Murder
Director (2 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6
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This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. Now when questioned, he claims that her death was accidental, as a result of rough sex. Now her family doesn't believe this, so they press the district attorney's office to try him for murder, but he has a good lawyer who plays his defense right down to putting the dead girl on trial.
The 17th Bride
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7
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Based on Ladislav Grossman's novel "The Bride", this drama was filmed back in 1984 in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, then the crew stopped filming, because protagonist Lisa Hartman had to promote her feature film "Where The Boys Are '84" in the States and they finally finished it on location in Wasserburg, Germany!
The Last Winter
Writer (2 ep.)
event1984 star_border 4
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Tells the story of two women seeking leads to their missing husbands after the end of the Yom Kippur War (1973). A relationship builds between them when each identified her husband in the same blurred image of a foreign newsreel.
Daddy
Director (2 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.2
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Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Director (2 ep.)
event2019 star_border 5.4
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After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront their sadistic foe and save the hostages before time runs out.
Hard Feelings
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event1982
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It's 1963 and teenage Barnie has problems. School bullies are after him, his family is dysfunctional and his girl Leslie screws around. On the run from bullies, he hides in the African-American part of town and meets cute Winona.
Tales from the Crypt
Director (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 8
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Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Dr. Vegas
Creator (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 4.5
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Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008.
The series co-starred Sarah Lancaster, Amy Adams, and Tom Sizemore. Chazz Palminteri filled in for Tom Sizemore when the actor re-entered rehab in 2004.
Broadcast of the October 29 episode included a promotion prior to the end credits showing footage of the never-aired sixth episode.
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