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Luca Bercovici

Luca Bercovici

Known for: Acting

Born 22/02/1957
Place of birth New York City, New York, USA

A third-generation filmmaker, Luca Bercovici was born in New York and raised in such far-flung 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 co-wrote 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 co-wrote. _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 co-wrote. 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 R.O.I, Showest 1994). In 1994, Bercovici made his fourth feature, directing a horror-comedy, 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 Bercovici's 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 co-wrote 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. Bercovici's eighth feature, Luck of the Draw (2000) stars William Forsythe , Dennis Hopper, Eric Roberts, Ice-T & Michael Madsen. In addition, Bercovici has recently finished writing a four-hour miniseries about an infamous WWII-era broadcaster, and has completed two documentaries and several music videos.

Filmography

Diagnosis: Murder Series ★ 7,1

Diagnosis: Murder

Cinnamon

1993

Miami Vice Series ★ 7,5

Miami Vice

Hans Weiszeler

1984

Simon & Simon Series ★ 6,7

Simon & Simon

1981

Airwolf Series ★ 7,6

Airwolf

Rusty Crawford

1984

Silk Stalkings Series ★ 6,1

Silk Stalkings

Lem Caine

1991

Walker, Texas Ranger Series ★ 7,0

Walker, Texas Ranger

Wade Atkins

1993

seaQuest DSV Series ★ 7,1

seaQuest DSV

The Marauder

1993

Amazing Stories Series ★ 7,5

Amazing Stories

Granville

1985

FX: The Series Series ★ 6,3

FX: The Series

Wolf

1996

Eyes Series ★ 7,6

Eyes

Brian Furber

2005

Drop Zone Film ★ 5,7

Drop Zone

Don Jagger

1994

Pacific Heights Film ★ 6,3

Pacific Heights

Greg

1990

Flatland Series ★ 9,0

Flatland

Tao

2002

Hollywood Beat Series ★ 5,0

Hollywood Beat

1985

Sons of Thunder Series ★ 8,9

Sons of Thunder

1999

K2 Film ★ 5,7

K2

Dallas

1991

Lucky Chances Series ★ 6,8

Lucky Chances

Santino Bonnatti

1990

Live Wire Film ★ 5,2

Live Wire

Salvatore (uncredited)

1992

American Flyers Film ★ 6,2

American Flyers

Muzzin

1985

Night Train Film ★ 5,6

Night Train

Man

2009

Parasite Film ★ 4,9

Parasite

Ricus

1982

Scanner Cop Film ★ 5,8

Scanner Cop

Dr. Krench

1994

The Childhood of a Leader Film ★ 6,1

The Childhood of a Leader

Older Foreign Gentleman

2016

Space Raiders Film ★ 4,8

Space Raiders

Ace

1983

Flesh & Blood Film ★ 5,9

Flesh & Blood

Bellhop

1979

Mirror Images II Film ★ 4,5

Mirror Images II

Clete Dyker

1993

Mission of Justice Film ★ 6,7

Mission of Justice

Roger Stockwell

1992

Ruben Brandt, Collector Film ★ 7,2

Ruben Brandt, Collector

Kris Barutanski (voice)

2018

Stag Night Film ★ 4,8

Stag Night

Tunnel Rat #1

2008

Sunset Heat Film ★ 4,1

Sunset Heat

Det. Cook

1992

The Granny Film ★ 6,2

The Granny

Namon Ami

1995

The Chain Film ★ 4,1

The Chain

Shawn (Clown)

1996

Frightmare Film ★ 4,6

Frightmare

Saint

1983

The Renegades Film ★ 6,6

The Renegades

Blade

1982

The Big Squeeze Film ★ 3,8

The Big Squeeze

Henry Mulhill

1996

Flatland Film

Flatland

Tao

2002

Stranger by Night Film ★ 4,3

Stranger by Night

Stan Richmond

1994

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife Film ★ 6,1

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife

Mr. Macon

1993

Inside Monkey Zetterland Film ★ 3,6

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Boot Guy

1992

Neither with You Film ★ 7,9

Neither with You

Frank Davenport

2019

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story Film ★ 5,1

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story

Pooch

1981

The Return of Frank Cannon Film ★ 6,5

The Return of Frank Cannon

Club Employee

1980

For Love and Honor Film ★ 9,7

For Love and Honor

Thurston

1983

Emergency Room Film ★ 9,0

Emergency Room

Rudy

1983

The Ordeal of Bill Carney Film ★ 10,0

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

Bryan

1981

Burning Down the House Film ★ 8,5

Burning Down the House

Repo Man

2001

Mortal Passions Film ★ 3,2

Mortal Passions

Darcy

1989

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures Film

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

Self

Chicago Story Film ★ 8,0

Chicago Story

Dukes

1981

Film ★ 2,5

Letting Go

Joel's Father

2012

Film

The Making of Shōgun

2003

Angry Dogs Film ★ 4,5

Angry Dogs

Kyle Ferris

1997

Dirt Boy Film ★ 8,0

Dirt Boy

Dr. Ronald Klugard

2001