Luca Bercovici

Luca Bercovici

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Luca Bercovici

  • Birthday:

    1957-02-22

  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.1578
  • Also Known As

    Luca Josef Bercovici

Luca Bercovici

Biography

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.

Top Movie Cast

Pacific Heights
Pacific Heightstrue- Greg

1990-09-28

6.3
Drop Zone
Drop Zonetrue- Don Jagger

1994-12-08

5.7
Space Raiders
Space Raiderstrue- Ace

1983-07-01

4.5
Stag Night
Stag Nighttrue- Tunnel Rat #1

2008-06-26

4.8
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
The Ordeal of Bill Carneytrue- Bryan

1981-12-23

0.0
Angry Dogs
Angry Dogstrue- Kyle Ferris

1997-12-12

0.0
Mortal Passions
Mortal Passionstrue- Darcy

1989-10-06

3.0
Sunset Heat
Sunset Heattrue- Det. Cook

1992-07-02

4.3
Frightmare
Frightmaretrue- Saint

1981-09-09

4.5
Mission of Justice
Mission of Justicetrue- Roger Stockwell

1992-12-02

6.7
Mirror Images II
Mirror Images IItrue- Clete Dyker

1993-10-25

4.5
The Chain
The Chaintrue- Shawn (Clown)

1996-10-30

4.2
The Big Squeeze
The Big Squeezetrue- Henry Mulhill

1996-09-06

3.5
The Renegades
The Renegadestrue- Blade

1982-08-11

7.5
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Inside Monkey Zetterlandtrue- Boot Guy

1992-09-12

2.9
Emergency Room
Emergency Roomtrue- Rudy

1983-07-18

0.0
Flatland
Flatlandtrue- Tao

2002-01-01

0.0
The Return of Frank Cannon
The Return of Frank Cannontrue- Club Employee

1980-10-31

6.2
Flesh & Blood
Flesh & Bloodtrue- Bellhop

1979-10-14

5.0
The Granny
The Grannytrue- Namon Ami

1995-05-23

6.2
Scanner Cop
Scanner Coptrue- Dr. Krench

1994-07-27

5.8
Stranger by Night
Stranger by Nighttrue- Stan Richmond

1994-11-23

4.3
Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures
Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Picturestrue- Himself

Release Date

0.0
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Storytrue- Pooch

1981-11-01

5.3
Live Wire
Live Wiretrue- Salvatore (uncredited)

1992-09-03

5.3
Parasite
Parasitetrue- Ricus

1982-03-12

4.8
For Love and Honor
For Love and Honortrue- Thurston

1983-09-23

10.0
K2
K2true- Dallas

1991-10-10

5.7
Neither with You
Neither with Youtrue- Frank Davenport

2019-12-05

8.4
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Ruben Brandt, Collectortrue- Kris Barutanski (voice)

2018-06-22

7.4
American Flyers
American Flyerstrue- Muzzin

1985-08-16

6.2
Night Train
Night Traintrue- Man

2009-04-15

5.5
Chicago Story
Chicago Storytrue- Dukes

1981-03-15

6.0
The Childhood of a Leader
The Childhood of a Leadertrue- Older Foreign Gentleman

2016-07-22

6.2

Top Movie Crew

Ghoulies II
Ghoulies IItrue

Writing

1987-07-31

5.5
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to Collegetrue

Writing

1990-08-15

5.2
Ghoulies
Ghouliestrue

Directing

1985-01-18

4.9
Ghoulies
Ghouliestrue

Writing

1985-01-18

4.9
The Granny
The Grannytrue

Directing

1995-05-23

6.2
Dark Tide
Dark Tidetrue

Directing

1994-01-19

3.9
Luck of the Draw
Luck of the Drawtrue

Writing

2000-04-06

4.5
Luck of the Draw
Luck of the Drawtrue

Directing

2000-04-06

4.5
Rockula
Rockulatrue

Writing

1990-02-23

4.9
Rockula
Rockulatrue

Directing

1990-02-23

4.9
Orca
Orcatrue

Production

2023-09-01

6.9
BitterSweet
BitterSweettrue

Directing

1999-09-30

3.9
The Chain
The Chaintrue

Writing

1996-10-30

4.2
The Chain
The Chaintrue

Directing

1996-10-30

4.2
The Chain
The Chaintrue

Writing

1996-10-30

4.2
The Granny
The Grannytrue

Writing

1995-05-23

6.2
The Granny
The Grannytrue

Writing

1995-05-23

6.2
Convict 762
Convict 762true

Directing

1997-05-01

2.0
Hotel of the Damned
Hotel of the Damnedtrue

Writing

2016-12-09

3.4
The Granny
The Grannytrue

Writing

1995-05-23

6.2

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