HERZFELD, John

PERSONAL

Born in Newark, NJ. Education: Studied drama at Memphis State University and the University of Miami.

Addresses: Agent —International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager —Addis, Wechsler & Associates, 955 Carrillo Dr., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. New Redemption Pictures, producer.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award, outstanding individual achievement in children's programming—director, Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in children's programming—writer, both 1981, and Scott Newman Drug Abuse Prevention Award, all for "Stoned," ABC Afterschool Special; Directors Guild of America Award, outstanding directorial achievement in a dramatic special, and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a movie or mini-series, both 1998, for Don King: Only in America; Governor's Committee Award, excellence in children's programming, for "Run, Don't Walk," ABC Afterschool Special.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Two of a Kind, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1983.

The Last Winter, TriStar, 1984.

2 Days in the Valley, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1996.

15 Minutes (also known as 15 Minuten Ruhm ), New Line Cinema, 2001.

Film Producer:

15 Minutes (also known as 15 Minuten Ruhm ), New Line Cinema, 2001.

Film Music Producer:

2 Days in the Valley, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1996.

15 Minutes (also known as 15 Minuten Ruhm ), New Line Cinema, 2001.

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Train mugger, Death Wish, 1974.

Sharpe, Cannonball (also known as Carquake ), 1976.

Cho, Cobra, 1986.

Stephen Verona: Self Portrait, 1995.

Television Director; Movies:

Daddy, ABC, 1987.

On Fire (also known as Fired ), ABC, 1987.

A Father's Revenge (also known as The Rescue and Das Rattennest ), 1988.

The Ryan White Story, ABC, 1989.

The Preppie Murder (also known as The Preppy Murder ), ABC, 1989.

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (also known as The Buttafuoco Story ), CBS, 1993.

Don King: Only in America (also known as Don King ), HBO, 1997.

Television Work; Movies:

Coproducer, On Fire (also known as Fired ), ABC, 1987.

Producer, Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (also known as The Buttafuoco Story ), CBS, 1993.

Producer, Point of Origin, HBO, 2002.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Comes the Dawn," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt ), HBO, 1995.

Bill Stanton Project, F/X, 2003.

Dr. Vegas, CBS, 2004.

Also directed episodes of The Paper Chase (also known as The Paper Chase: The Fourth Year, The Paper Chase: The Graduation Year, The Paper Chase: The Second Year and The Paper Chase: The Third Year ).

Television Executive Producer; Series:

Dr. Vegas, CBS, 2004.

Television Director; Specials:

"Stoned," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1981.

"Run, Don't Walk," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1982.

Television Director; Pilots:

Bar Girls, CBS, 1990.

The Fifth Corner, NBC, 1992.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Barbara Taylor Bradford's Remember (also known as Remember ), NBC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Junkie, Lieutenant Schuster's Wife, ABC, 1972.

Hal Siegal, Some Kind of Miracle, CBS, 1979.

Victims (also known as In Our Hands ), NBC, 1982.

Detective Pearlman, Shattered Spirits, ABC, 1986.

Nico, On Fire (also known as Fired ), ABC, 1987.

Florist, The Ryan White Story, ABC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Drill instructor, A Rumor of War, CBS, 1980.

Tom Eddy, Barbara Taylor Bradford's Remember (also known as Remember ), NBC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Doug, "Stoned," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1981.

Interviewee, Sylvester Stallone, Arts and Entertainment, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mario, "The Ninja," Baretta, 1976.

Nicholas Marvin Starsky, Starsky and Hutch, 1978.

Also appeared in Kojak.

Stage Appearances:

Rafe, In the Beginning, The New Dramatists, 1973.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Voices, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1979.

(With W. D. Richter) Hard Feelings (also known as Hang Tough ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1981.

Two of a Kind, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1983.

The Last Winter, TriStar, 1984.

Ha–Kala (also known as The Bride and The 17th Bride ), 1985.

2 Days in the Valley, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1996.

Turbulence, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1997.

15 Minutes (also known as 15 Minuten Ruhm ), New Line Cinema, 2001.

Television Movies:

Splendor in the Grass, NBC, 1981.

Daddy, ABC, 1987.

On Fire (also known as Fired ), ABC, 1987.

The Ryan White Story, ABC, 1989.

The Preppie Murder (also known as The Preppy Murder ), ABC, 1989.

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (also known as The Buttafuoco Story ), CBS, 1993.

Point of Origin, 2002.

Television Miniseries:

Barbara Taylor Bradford's Remember (also known as Remember; adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel), NBC, 1993.

Television Specials:

"Stoned," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1981.

Television Series:

The Fifth Corner, NBC, 1992.

Dr. Vegas, CBS, 2004.

Plays:

The Kiss–Off, The Cubiculo Theatre, New York City, 1974.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, March 16, 2001, p. 24.

Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2001, p. F19.