Known for Production
Born
February 1, 1948
Died
November 12, 2014 (age 66)
Birthplace
Inglewood, California, USA
Filmography
81 films, 1 show


Sinners and Saints
2010 · 1h 44m
country: United States
In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, eleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wife. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed with a young homicide Detective, Will Ganz, to help solve a series of brutal murders that have plunged the city into a major gang war. The two quickly realize there is something far more sinister going on than either could have ever imagined.


Refuge
2010 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Amelia is on the run in the family RV, with husband Jack's body in the back and hostage Darryl at the wheel. Romance blossoms as Jack decomposes.


Deadline
2009 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.


Spy School
2008 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Spy School is the story of a twelve year old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes public with his story, no one believes him, and he is forced to save her on his own.


Fall Down Dead
2007 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A metropolitan city is in the grip of fear when rolling blackouts bring out a serial killer dubbed The Picasso Killer. One night, in the middle of a blackout, seven strangers become trapped in an office building as the killer hunts for Christie Wallace, the woman that can identify him.


Raising Flagg
2006 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)


Lost in Plainview
2006 · 1h 31m
country: United States
On a stretch of lonely deserted highway, Melissa and Nina - two beautiful law students traveling cross-country - end up on a horrific, high speed, all or nothing race for their lives! A psychotic game of cat and mouse with a mysterious police cruiser forces the girls to become what's hunting them.


Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
2004 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A former kickboxer returns to his fighting ways when he encounters a gang in Guam.


Latin Dragon
2004 · 1h 41m
country: United States
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the government as an undercover agent, Danny Silva takes on his biggest foe yet: the street gangs that have taken over his neighborhood. Unwilling to play by the rules set down by the criminals, Silva forgoes the use of guns and decides to battle the thugs with the strength of his fists, spirit and willpower, turning himself into a real-life, modern-day superhero. Packed with pulse pounding, adrenaline-filled action; "Latin Dragon" gives us our first mainstream Latino martial arts action hero.


The Hazing
2004 · 1h 27m
country: United States
The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and sorority pledges during a night of "hazing" activities in an abandoned mansion. When the students meet one grisly death after another, the survivors finally realize it's the professor who is possessing their friends and killing them all off. Now none of them trust each other-- is it their friends or puppets of the professor that they're hanging with? Somone better figure it out quick... or none of them will make it through the hellish night of The Hazing!


Cliché
2003 · 20m
country: Unknown
Jack Lichec is a cop who plays by his own rules, until a mistake costs him his partner's life. Now, he's got 24 hours to solve the case and win back the love of his life...this time, it's personal.


Boys on the Run
2003 · 1h 37m
country: United States
When Jessy burns down his adoptive parents garage he is put into a youth prison. There he meets Roark another troublemake with whom he escapes and ends up in deserted woodlands. On their way they meet Rain, a girl that flees from her militia-captain Father. Together and with the Militia on their trail they try to escape in the hope of finding somewhere to make a new start of their lives.


Infested
2002 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Horror tale of insects which eat their victims from the inside out.


U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force
2001 · 1h 35m
country: United States
At a secret Russian nuclear missile base, an ex-U.S. SEAL member is planning to launch a missile strike on the United States, and the only way to stop him is with the best of the best. Because of a natural gas refinery leak, the newly formed team must infiltrate without conventional weapons and use a mixture of martial arts skills, swords, crossbows and unconventional arms in their top secret attack.


Spiders II: Breeding Ground
2001 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Happy couple Jason and Alexandra lose their sail yacht in a storm and are grateful to get picked up by Captain Jim Bigelow's commercial carrier. Suspicious about the ship's doctor and realizing the ship is improbably empty and the radio not broken as the crew claims, Jason starts snooping around. Bodies on meat-hooks, genetic experimentation and giant spiders are what he finds.


Cahoots
2001 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Two men who were "best friends" while growing up together and into their 20's, reconnect after years apart. On the surface, their lives have gone in opposite directions, one married, successful, respectful and settled; the other divorced, footloose, unemployed and prowling. The narrative is not linear but vertical as simple get together to "have a drink" leads to a nihilistic descent into macho hell. The only thing that survives their reunion is their love for one another.


Left Behind
2000 · 1h 40m
country: Canada
After learning that millions have completely vanished, an airline pilot, a journalist, and others work together to unravel the mystery of those left behind.


Civility
2000 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Cade Russo must reluctantly return home to Civility, Arizona to attend his father's funeral, and more importantly to him, the reading of the will. Cade had vowed never to return, never that is until his father's alleged suicide turns out to be a cover up for a brutal murder. Once back in Civility, Cade enlists the help of his father's old friends Marty (Tom Arnold) and Andrew (William Forsythe) in a murderous revenge scheme that shakes the town to its core. While dodging a hailstorm of bullets, the trio uncovers the truth behind the murder and a web of corruption that leads to the mob.


Crocodile
2000 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Eight college students board a houseboat for spring break that promises to be the best of their young lives...how many will survive?


Spiders
2000 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the California desert. The problem continues, as the survivor isn't alone, as another deadly spiders climbs out of him and goes on a rampage around the ship. Curious reporter Marci Eyre must now survive, escape and warn everyone before the spider reaches outside the desert.


Very Mean Men
2000 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroney's who work out of an Irish pub in the West San Fernando Valley. Mob war breaks out when one of the Minetti "boys" stiffs Big Paddy's daughter on her tip. We soon see why these hoods are called very mean men


What's Cooking?
2000 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.


Wicked Ways
1999 · 1h 50m
country: France
A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.


Inferno
1999 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny. Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of toughs, who beat him and steal his bike. However, Lomax is not a man to take an injustice lying down, and soon he begins exacting a violent revenge on the men who stole his motorcycle, with local handyman Jubal Early lending a hand and several area ladies offering aid and comfort.


To Walk with Lions
1999 · 1h 50m
country: Kenya
Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatized the life of Adamson, this film picks up the life of George on the African wildlife preserve he runs with the help of his brother Terrence. When drifter Tony Fitzjohn arrives to work for the old men he initially takes poorly to the task, almost savaged by a lion on his first day and on the verge of leaving when he hears that his predecessor was killed in a similar incident. The arrival of a lion cub that Fitzjohn must care for and raise changes everything. Soon he finds himself helping the brothers in their fight to save lions - and, ultimately, the park itself - from the poachers, soldiers and corrupt government officials that threaten them.


The Fall
1999 · 1h 34m
country: Canada
In Budapest, two Americans live together. Adam, a former Manhattan prosecutor at work on his first novel, and Lisa, a cool hard-working financier who idolizes her boss (former Communist turned deal maker, Kovacs) as she tires of Adam's lifestyle. Cut to the subway, where two tough guys are pursuing Marta, a blond waif. She manages to surprise one of them in a hallway, dispatching him with a straight razor, and she barges into Adam's apartment to elude the other. She tells Adam why she is running, a story that implicates Kovacs, and she seeks Adam's help and affection. He takes her side, and slowly Lisa, Adam, Kovacs, Marta, and her pursuer draw toward a showdown.


The Shadow Men
1998 · 1h 34m
country: United States
An innocent family outing becomes an exercise in terror when a blinding light from the sky descends on the Wilsons - Bob, Dez, and their son Andy, rendering them unconscious. They awake the following morning with no memory of the incident, yet they are all plagued by images of extraterrestrials and inexplicable anxiety.


Owd Bob
1998 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
Recently orphaned David must move to the Isle of Man to live with his grandfather, Adam, who's a sheep farmer. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion sheepdog Bob. David strikes a friendship with Maggie, the sassy daughter of friendly neighbor Keith Moore, but Adam hates that family on account of an old canine competition-related tragedy. Other neighbors suspect Bob and the Moore's dog of the recent series of nocturnal sheep-kills.


Nico the Unicorn
1998 · 1h 30m
country: United States
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.


Wishmaster
1997 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The Djinn, having been released from his ancient prison, seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.


City of Industry
1997 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.


The Ex
1996 · 1h 27m
country: Canada
In order to get her husband back, an architect's psycho ex-wife kills everybody she can get her hands on.


An Element of Truth
1995 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A beautiful woman uses her charms to dupe her new sweetheart and his buddies.


Heatseeker
1995 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A kickboxing champion is forced to fight cyborgs in a tournament when the company kidnaps his fiancee.


Scanner Cop II
1995 · 1h 35m
country: Germany
When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind.


Spitfire
1995 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.


Open Fire
1994 · 1h 35m
country: United Kingdom
Mercenaries leads from Kruger seize an entire city, and one man sets out to stop them.


Across the Moon
1994 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state prison.


Stalked
1994 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Clean-cut, handsome looking psychiatric patient Daryl Gleeson finds himself hopelessly falling in love with restaurant owner Brooke Daniels, after having instinctively rescued her little son Mikey from a traffic accident. When she doesn't return his love he snaps and begins to stalk her, eliminating all who stand in his way...


Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A professional model, Sam Crain, is asked by her sister to smuggle a package from Europe to Portland Oregon, where she discovers that her sister is battling Chinese Shaolin Monks (not ninjas!). Fleeing the monks, Sam unwittingly involves Ed "Brainsmasher" Molloy, a nightclub bouncer.


Martial Outlaw
1993 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.


Arcade
1993 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Alex Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called "Arcade" is being test marketed by a computer company CEO. However, it soon becomes clear that the teenagers who lose are being imprisoned inside the virtual reality world by the central villain "Arcade" and takes over their minds.


Bounty Tracker
1993 · 1h 31m
country: Germany
Almost the whole staff of a tax consultant office are slain by a team of professional killers, with only Paul Damone escaping. He didn't know that his partner was a former money launderer for gangster Louis Sarazin and had to testify as chief witness against him. Paul's brother Johnny, the best bounty tracker in Boston, visits Paul to protect him, but can't prevent that he and his pregnant wife are targeted by the same team. Now Johnny's out for revenge...


At Home with the Webbers
1993 · 1h 58m
country: United States
AT HOME WITH THE WEBBERS explores what happens when a typical American family is turned into a hot, new, totally uncensored TV show. Viewers get hooked on the real-life soap, while the Webbers grapple with their unexpected fame.


Street Knight
1993 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles.


Hexed
1993 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by pretending he is someone else. But something goes wrong on the date, she tries to kill him! Soon she kills a couple more people, and unfortunately all the evidence points to Matthew. Gloria, who has been wishing Matthew would ask her on a date, thinks he is innocent and is willing to help, but hardnosed Detective Ferguson is hot on the clues, and closing in on Matthew.


Lightning in a Bottle
1993 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Charlotte Furber gets into an accident in which a man loses his life. She suffers amnesia and everybody thinks the man was drunk and therefore responsible, even his own wife Jean, who befriends Charlotte. But she will be disturbed to find that Charlotte was drunk and caused the tragic accident.


Nemesis
1992 · 1h 36m
country: United States
In the future, chaos is rampant as 'information terrorists' threaten to destroy order in society. Alex is a part-man, part-machine LAPD cop who is the best at what he does. When one of the terrorists calls him a machine, Alex questions his humanity and decides to leave the force. His final assignment is to apprehend an old colleague who has stolen some data. However, there is more than meets the eye and Alex must question his allegiance.


Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.


Mission of Justice
1992 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Larkin has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend is killed by Larkin's thugs, an outlaw cop goes undercover to get evidence, and works his way up to the inner circle of the doctor's army.


Deadbolt
1992 · 1h 32m
country: Canada
When medical student Marty places an ad for a roommate, her ad is answered by handsome, clean-cut Alec. At first Alec seems to be a wonderful roommate; supportive, considerate and a real friend. However, Alec's affection turns to obsession as he plots to manipulate and control all aspects of Marty's life, imprison her in her own apartment and make her his


Twin Sisters
1992 · 1h 32m
country: Canada
A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical twin. What she finds out could get her killed.


I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Overweight Bernie Fishbine meets Theresa Garabaldi at the neighborhood store, where he buys chocolate kisses every day. Theresa is in college and gets the idea to write about Bernie's weight problem for her thesis, convincing him to join a gym. Meanwhile, Bernie is falling in love with Theresa...


Dollman
1991 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Brick Bardo is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out as to his location, and all hell breaks loose, Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies, and he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive.


Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991 · 1h 19m
country: United States
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.


Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991 · 1h 47m
country: United States
The Beastmaster Dar is forced to travel to earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb, and turning their native land from a desert into... well... a desert!


Stone Cold
1991 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Joe Huff is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Huff into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating The Brotherhood – a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked in the murder of government officials as well as dealing drugs with the mafia.


The Perfect Weapon
1991 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.


Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 · 1h 31m
country: United States
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.


The Lookalike
1990 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter


Jezebel's Kiss
1990 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A young woman comes to a small town and starts to take vengeance through seduction and manipulation for the grave injustice that was done to her family a long time ago.


Death Warrant
1990 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in this violent world.


The Ghost Writer
1990 · 27m
country: United States
Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the deed, he is visited by unearthly beings, whose presence helps him to write again.


Denial
1990 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationship threatens to consume them.


One Man Force
1989 · 1h 32m
country: United States
In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner


UHF
1989 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.


Under the Boardwalk
1989 · 1h 42m
country: United States
It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the 'Vals' and the 'Lowks' are confident that they will take home the trophy, but things become complicated when Reef Yorpin - leader of the Lawks - discovers his sister Allie has fallen in love with 'Val' surfer Nick after meeting at a beach party.


Under the Gun
1988 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles. Mike rushes to LA and finds that his brother has been murdered and his brother Tony's girlfriend gunned down right in front of him. Mike quickly learns Tony was a courier for an arms smuggler, Simon Stone (John Russell). When Mike meets Stone's lawyer, Samantha Richardson (Vanessa Williams), the two team up to bring down Stone's arms smuggling empire. However, Mike's infatuation with Samantha keeps putting them in greater danger.


Weeds
1987 · 1h 55m
country: United States
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.


Echo Park
1985 · 1h 28m
country: Austria
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.


Pray for Death
1985 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American heritage, they pack up and head for Houston, Texas and run a restaurant. This is where the trouble begins....


Love Letters
1983 · 1h 28m
country: United States
After discovering a box of old love letters sent to her mother by a mysterious stranger, Anna, a young radio deejay, begins a torrid affair with a married man. Burning attraction brings them together, but the reality does not come close to the passion expressed in the letters.


Deadly Eyes
1982 · 1h 27m
country: Canada
Corn grain contaminated with steroids produces large rats the size of small dogs who begin feeding on the residents of Toronto. Paul, a college basketball coach, teams up with Kelly, a local health inspector, to uncover the source of the mysterious rat attacks and they eventually try to prevent the opening of a new subway line as well as find the mutant rats nest quickly, or there will be a huge massacre of the entire city!


Zapped!
1982 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidently discovered a formula for telekinetic powers. Now, how much trouble can a high school boy who can move things with just his mind get into?


An Eye for an Eye
1981 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.


Take This Job and Shove It
1981 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.


Express to Terror
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A gambling addict, mobsters, movie producers and others are plagued with murder while aboard a high-speed rail train. This pilot episode for the short-lived "Supertrain" series (which lasted just 9 episodes) was released to home video as a independent feature.
Outside Chance
Outside Chance
1978 · 2h
country: United States
An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who steal her car and leave her unconscious by the roadside. She becomes a fugitive after killing her jailer during a rape attempt and breaking out with one of the hitchhikers who could prove her innocence.


KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978 · 1h 36m
country: United States
The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to use the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.