A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Born:
May 23, 1942
Died:
February 3, 2012
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica. He was born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Memo from Purgatory" written by Harlan Ellison) with James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the outlaw Muley in "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshall Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan. From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a narcoleptic murdering motorbiker. King has directed several commercially successful films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle. Other work as director includes the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin and starring Audie England. The film about an American girl living in Paris in 1939 is in many ways reminiscent of European art house films where erotica forms a centerpiece to a plot which is nevertheless about greater issues. He is married to writer/producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They have collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries. They have two daughters, Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zalman King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Characters:
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
Director:
1988 Two Moon Junction
1988 Wildfire
1989 Wild Orchid
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1994 Boca
1994 Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
1995 Delta of Venus
1998 In God's Hands
1999 Shame, Shame, Shame
2001 Women of the Night
2002 ChromiumBlue.com
2002 Cover Me Girls
2002 Gypsy Love
2002 The Eternal
2003 Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
2006 Crazy Again
2006 Dance with the Devil
2008 Body Language
2013 Pleasure or Pain
2014 March with the Devil
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Executive Producer:
1980 Roadie
1982 Endangered Species
1987 Siesta
1988 Two Moon Junction
1988 Wildfire
1989 Wild Orchid
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1993 Lake Consequence
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1994 Boca
1994 Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
1995 Delta of Venus
1995 Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1996 Female Perversions
1996 Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1998 A Place Called Truth
1998 Black Sea 213
1998 In God's Hands
1999 Shame, Shame, Shame
2001 Women of the Night
2002 ChromiumBlue.com
2002 Cover Me Girls
2002 Gypsy Love
2002 The Eternal
2003 Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
2006 Crazy Again
2006 Dance with the Devil
2008 Body Language
2013 Pleasure or Pain
2014 March with the Devil
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Producer:
1980 Roadie
1982 Endangered Species
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
1987 Siesta
1988 Two Moon Junction
1988 Wildfire
1989 Wild Orchid
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1993 Lake Consequence
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1994 Boca
1994 Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
1995 Delta of Venus
1995 Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1996 Female Perversions
1996 Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1997 Business for Pleasure
1998 A Place Called Truth
1998 Black Sea 213
1998 In God's Hands
1999 Shame, Shame, Shame
2001 Women of the Night
2002 ChromiumBlue.com
2002 Cover Me Girls
2002 Gypsy Love
2002 The Eternal
2003 Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
2006 Crazy Again
2006 Dance with the Devil
2008 Body Language
2013 Pleasure or Pain
2014 March with the Devil
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Screenplay:
1980 Roadie
1982 Endangered Species
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
1987 Siesta
1988 Two Moon Junction
1988 Wildfire
1989 Wild Orchid
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1993 Lake Consequence
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1994 Boca
1994 Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
1995 Delta of Venus
1995 Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1996 Female Perversions
1996 Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1997 Business for Pleasure
1998 A Place Called Truth
1998 Black Sea 213
1998 In God's Hands
1999 Shame, Shame, Shame
2001 Women of the Night
2002 ChromiumBlue.com
2002 Cover Me Girls
2002 Gypsy Love
2002 The Eternal
2003 Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
2006 Crazy Again
2006 Dance with the Devil
2008 Body Language
2013 Pleasure or Pain
2014 March with the Devil
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Story:
1980 Roadie
1982 Endangered Species
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
1987 Siesta
1988 Two Moon Junction
1988 Wildfire
1989 Wild Orchid
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1993 Lake Consequence
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1994 Boca
1994 Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
1995 Delta of Venus
1995 Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1996 Female Perversions
1996 Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1997 Business for Pleasure
1998 A Place Called Truth
1998 Black Sea 213
1998 In God's Hands
1998 Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
1999 Shame, Shame, Shame
2001 Women of the Night
2002 ChromiumBlue.com
2002 Cover Me Girls
2002 Gypsy Love
2002 The Eternal
2003 Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
2006 Crazy Again
2006 Dance with the Devil
2008 Body Language
2013 Pleasure or Pain
2014 March with the Devil
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Teleplay:
1980 Roadie
1982 Endangered Species
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
1987 Siesta
1988 Two Moon Junction
1988 Wildfire
1989 Wild Orchid
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1993 Lake Consequence
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1994 Boca
1994 Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
1995 Delta of Venus
1995 Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1996 Female Perversions
1996 Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1997 Business for Pleasure
1998 A Place Called Truth
1998 Black Sea 213
1998 In God's Hands
1998 Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
1999 Shame, Shame, Shame
2001 Women of the Night
2002 ChromiumBlue.com
2002 Cover Me Girls
2002 Gypsy Love
2002 The Eternal
2003 Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
2006 Crazy Again
2006 Dance with the Devil
2008 Body Language
2013 Pleasure or Pain
2014 March with the Devil
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Writer:
1980 Roadie
1982 Endangered Species
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
1987 Siesta
1988 Two Moon Junction
1988 Wildfire
1989 Wild Orchid
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1993 Lake Consequence
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1994 Boca
1994 Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994 Return to Two Moon Junction
1995 Delta of Venus
1995 Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1996 Female Perversions
1996 Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1997 Business for Pleasure
1998 A Place Called Truth
1998 Black Sea 213
1998 In God's Hands
1998 Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
1999 Shame, Shame, Shame
2001 Women of the Night
2002 ChromiumBlue.com
2002 Cover Me Girls
2002 Gypsy Love
2002 The Eternal
2003 Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
2006 Crazy Again
2006 Dance with the Devil
2008 Body Language
2013 Pleasure or Pain
2014 March with the Devil
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
2021 Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Creator:
1998 Wind on Water
2002 Chromiumblue.com
Director:
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1998 Wind on Water
2002 Chromiumblue.com
2008 Body Language
Executive Producer:
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1998 Wind on Water
2002 Chromiumblue.com
2008 Body Language
Producer:
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1998 Wind on Water
2002 Chromiumblue.com
2008 Body Language
Story:
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1998 Wind on Water
2002 Chromiumblue.com
2008 Body Language
Teleplay:
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1998 Wind on Water
2002 Chromiumblue.com
2008 Body Language
Writer:
1992 Red Shoe Diaries
1998 Wind on Water
2002 Chromiumblue.com
2008 Body Language
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