John Herzfeld (born April 15, 1947) is an American film and television
director, screenwriter, actor and producer. His feature film directing
credits include Two of a Kind (1983), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), 15
Minutes (2001) and The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007). He has also
directed numerous made-for-television movies, including The Ryan White
Story (1989), The Preppie Murder (1989), Casualties of Love: The "Long
Island Lolita" Story (1993), and Don King: Only in America (1997) for
which he was nominated for an Emmy and won the DGA award for
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials. He won a
Daytime Emmy Award for directing the 1980 ABC Afterschool Special
titled "Stoned".Herzfeld was born on April 15, 1947 in Newark, New
Jersey and grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. His father, who ran a
small maintenance company, had a great love of movies, theater and
ballet, and exposed his children to the arts as often as he
could.Herzfeld began his directing career with two ABC Afterschool
Specials. He won a Daytime Emmy for best directing in children's
programming for his work on the 1980 film Stoned, the story of a shy,
bullied high school student (played by Scott Baio) who becomes
involved with marijuana. He also won the first annual "Scott Newman
Drug Abuse Prevention Award" for his writing on Stoned. In addition to
writing and directing, Herzfeld also played the part of a concerned
teacher in Stoned. His second Afterschool Special, Run, Don't Walk,
also starred Scott Baio about two teenager learning to cope with their
life in wheelchairs.In 1983, Herzfeld made his debut as a feature film
director in the romantic comedy, Two of a Kind, starring Olivia
Newton-John and John Travolta. Travolta plays a failed inventor who
robs a bank, and Newton-John is a teller who puts deposit slips in
Travolta's bag and keeps the cash for herself. In heaven, a group of
angels (including two portrayed by Charles Durning and Scatman
Crothers) try to persuade God (voice by Gene Hackman) not to send a
new plague to the Earth if these two characters can be reformed. The
film was a critical and commercial flop and was nominated for five
Golden Raspberry Awards including both Worst Director and Worst
Screenplay for Herzfeld. Although, its soundtrack album was praised,
and received a Platinum certification.
director, screenwriter, actor and producer. His feature film directing
credits include Two of a Kind (1983), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), 15
Minutes (2001) and The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007). He has also
directed numerous made-for-television movies, including The Ryan White
Story (1989), The Preppie Murder (1989), Casualties of Love: The "Long
Island Lolita" Story (1993), and Don King: Only in America (1997) for
which he was nominated for an Emmy and won the DGA award for
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials. He won a
Daytime Emmy Award for directing the 1980 ABC Afterschool Special
titled "Stoned".Herzfeld was born on April 15, 1947 in Newark, New
Jersey and grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. His father, who ran a
small maintenance company, had a great love of movies, theater and
ballet, and exposed his children to the arts as often as he
could.Herzfeld began his directing career with two ABC Afterschool
Specials. He won a Daytime Emmy for best directing in children's
programming for his work on the 1980 film Stoned, the story of a shy,
bullied high school student (played by Scott Baio) who becomes
involved with marijuana. He also won the first annual "Scott Newman
Drug Abuse Prevention Award" for his writing on Stoned. In addition to
writing and directing, Herzfeld also played the part of a concerned
teacher in Stoned. His second Afterschool Special, Run, Don't Walk,
also starred Scott Baio about two teenager learning to cope with their
life in wheelchairs.In 1983, Herzfeld made his debut as a feature film
director in the romantic comedy, Two of a Kind, starring Olivia
Newton-John and John Travolta. Travolta plays a failed inventor who
robs a bank, and Newton-John is a teller who puts deposit slips in
Travolta's bag and keeps the cash for herself. In heaven, a group of
angels (including two portrayed by Charles Durning and Scatman
Crothers) try to persuade God (voice by Gene Hackman) not to send a
new plague to the Earth if these two characters can be reformed. The
film was a critical and commercial flop and was nominated for five
Golden Raspberry Awards including both Worst Director and Worst
Screenplay for Herzfeld. Although, its soundtrack album was praised,
and received a Platinum certification.
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