FASANO, John

(John M. Fasano)

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent— International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager— Baumgarten Management, 1640 S. Sepulveda, Suite 218, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Career: Writer, producer, director, editor, and actor. Previously worked as an industrial filmmaker for companies such as IBM, as a motion picture research editor for Time/Life's TV Cable Week, and as a magazine editor, 1983–86.

Awards, Honors: Writers Guild of America Award (TV) nomination, adapted long form, 1998, for The Hunchback.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Assistant director, Zombie Nightmare, New World Pictures, 1986.

Assistant director, Blood Sisters (also known as Slash), Sony Corporation of America, 1987.

Director, Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (also known as The Edge of Hell), Academy Entertainment, 1987.

Director, producer, and editor, Black Roses, Imperial Video, 1988.

(As John M. Fasano) Director, producer, and editor, The Jitters, 1989.

Executive producer, Rapid Fire, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1989.

Associate producer, Tombstone, Buena Vista, 1993.

Coproducer, According to Occam's Razor, 1999.

Coproducer, Ginostra, 2002.

Producer, Darkness Falls, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003.

Executive producer, The Legend of Matilda Dixon, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003.

Film Appearances:

William Washington, Zombie Nightmare, 1986.

Phillip/Moose, Student Affairs (also known as High School), 1987.

Larry, Blood Sisters (also known as Slash), 1987.

Big orderly, Irving, 1995.

Television Work; Movies:

Coproducer, The Hunchback (also known as The Hunchback of Notre Dame), TNT, 1997.

Executive producer and director, Murder at the Presidio, USA Network, 2004.

Executive producer, Ladies Night, USA Network, 2004.

Executive producer, Hit and Run: The Norco Shootout, USA Network, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Blacksmith, The Legend of Butch & Sundance, NBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Photo journalist, "Immigrant Evil," G vs. E (also known as Good vs. Evil), USA Network, 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Another 48 Hrs., Paramount, 1990.

Universal Soldier: The Return (also known as Universal Soldier II and Universal Solider IV), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999.

The Visit, 1999.

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (also known as Megiddo), Gener8Xion Entertainment, 2001.

Darkness Falls, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003.

Werewolf by Night, 2005.

Television Miniseries:

The Forever War, Sci–Fi Channel, 2004.

Also wrote Sinkhole, NBC.

Television Movies:

The Hunchback (also known as The Hunchback of Notre Dame), TNT, 1997.

Mean Streak, Showtime, 1999.

Saving Jessica Lynch: The Rescue of An American Soldier, NBC, 2003.

Television Movie Stories:

The Hunley, TNT, 1999.

Television Pilots:

The Legend of Butch & Sundance, NBC, 2004.

Television Episodes:

"The Illusion: Parts 1 & 2," F/X: The Series, syndicated, 1996.

"Script Doctor," F/X: The Series, syndicated, 1997.

Also wrote episodes of Profiler, NBC; The Forever War.