Luca Bercovici

A thirdgeneration filmmaker Luca Bercovici was born in New York and raised in such farflung places as London Rome New York and California Mr Bercovici attended College of the Redwoods Santa Monica College and Loyola Marymount University In 1979 Mr Bercovici spent six months in Japan working on the miniseries Shogun 1980 as Dialogue Director specifically working with Japanese actress Yôko Shimada Golden Globe Winner Emmy Nominee Upon returning to the United States he launched an acting career and has starred in many feature films including American Flyers 1985 starring Kevin Costner directed by John Badham Clean and Sober 1988 starring Michael Keaton directed by Glenn Gordon Caron Pacific Heights 1990 also starring Michael Keaton and Melanie Griffith directed by John Schlesinger K2 1991 starring Michael Biehn directed Franc Roddam Drop Zone 1994 starring Wesley Snipes directed by John Badham The Big Squeeze 1996 with Lara Flynn Boyle Flatland 2002 a series produced in Shanghai starring Dennis Hopper and recently Stag Night 2008 starring Vinessa Shaw and Kip Pardue Mr Bercovici began his professional writing career in 1982 developing new series concepts for MGM culminating in a pilot script for CBS and MGM The Storytellers He has also written for Aaron Spelling Productions us Trimark Warner Bros Tapestry Films and many others In 1984 Bercovici cowrote a feature film script New Deal which was subsequently purchased by 20th Century Fox Also that year Bercovici made his directorial debut with the hugely successful film Ghoulies 1984 which he also cowrote Ghoulies 1985 was the top grossing independent film in 1985 and has spawned three sequels In 1988 Bercovici directed his second feature a musical comedy about a vampire Rockula 1990 which he also cowrote In 1993 Luca Bercovici directed his third film Dark Tide 1994 for Trimark Pictures us and Tapestry Films us an action thriller starring Chris Sarandon Richard Tyson and Brigitte Bako 1 ROI Showest 1994 In 1994 Bercovici made his fourth feature directing a horrorcomedy which he scripted entitled The Granny 1995 starring Stella Stevens and Shannon Whirry for Tapestry Films and WarnerVision Films production The Chain 1996 an action drama starring Gary Busey is Luca Bercovicis fifth feature film The Chain sold exceptionally well at AFM and was picked up by Home Box Office HBO us Distributor for a World Premiere In addition to directing Bercovici also cowrote the script In 1996 Bercovici directed his sixth film Convict 762 1997 for EGM International In 1997 Mr Bercovici directed his seventh feature BitterSweet 1999 which starred James Russo Angie Everhart Brian Wimmer and Eric Roberts Bercovicis eighth feature Luck of the Draw 2000 stars William Forsythe Dennis Hopper Eric Roberts IceT Michael Madsen In addition Bercovici has recently finished writing a fourhour miniseries about an infamous WWIIera broadcaster and has completed two documentaries and several music videos