From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Lafia April 2 1957 April 29 2020 was an American film and television writer director and producer He attended UCLA where he received his Bachelors in Film Lafias first film was The Blue Iguana which he wrote and directed It was also screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival He later went on to cowrite the screenplay for 1988s Childs Play and direct Childs Play 2 1990 as well as both writing and directing 1993s Mans Best Friend In recent years he has transitioned to television first directing a number of Babylon 5 episodes He has also written and directed the NBC miniseries 105 and its sequel 105 Apocalypse Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lafia licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia