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John Fasano(1961-2014)

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  • Producer
  • Director
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John Fasano
Jon Mikl Thor was a bodybuilding, steel bending, brick smashing rock star in the 70's and 80's whose theatrical band, THOR, never quite made it big. Ten years into retirement, and incapable of living like a normal mortal human being, Thor attempts a comeback to achieve the level of success that had eluded him his entire career - a comeback that nearly kills him.
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John Fasano began his filmmaking career creating industrial films for such companies as IBM. In 1984 he wrote the play "Thoughts in the Margin" for Amnesty International. His work in the independent motion picture field includes producing and directing Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987), Black Roses (1988) and The Jitters (1989). Fasano began his career as a motion picture research editor for Time/Life's TV Cable Week and from 1983 through 1986 he was a magazine editorial director.
BornAugust 24, 1961
DiedJuly 19, 2014(52)
BornAugust 24, 1961
DiedJuly 19, 2014(52)
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Writing CHARIOTS OF THE GODS, Austria December 2010
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John Fasano directing the horror film BLACK ROSES in Hamilton, Ontario in 1987
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Producer/Writer John Fasano signing autographs for UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN at a recent SAN DIEGO COMIC CON.
John Fasano

Known for

Emma Caulfield Ford and Chaney Kley in Darkness Falls (2003)
Darkness Falls
4.9
  • Writer
  • 2003
Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Another 48 Hrs.
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1990
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bill Goldberg, and Michael Jai White in Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
Universal Soldier: The Return
4.2
  • Writer
  • 1999
Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)
Tombstone
7.8
  • Producer
  • 1993

Credits

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Writer

  • Tom Everett Scott in The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story (2021)
    The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story
  • Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare (2019)
    Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare
  • Tom Berenger, Dennis Haysbert, and Chad Michael Collins in Sniper: Legacy (2014)
    Sniper: Legacy
  • The Eleventh Victim (2012)
    The Eleventh Victim
  • Hannah's Law (2012)
    Hannah's Law
  • Billy Zane and Chad Michael Collins in Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
    Sniper: Reloaded
  • Woke Up Dead (2009)
    Woke Up Dead
  • Scott Foley and Richard Burgi in Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (2006)
    Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone
  • Tom Selleck in Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005)
    Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
  • The Legend of Butch & Sundance (2004)
    The Legend of Butch & Sundance
  • Saving Jessica Lynch (2003)
    Saving Jessica Lynch
  • Emma Caulfield Ford and Chaney Kley in Darkness Falls (2003)
    Darkness Falls
  • Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
    Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
  • Robert Davi and Ally Walker in Profiler (1996)
    Profiler
  • The Visit

Producer

  • Beverley Mitchell and Haylie Duff in The Lost Episode (2012)
    The Lost Episode
  • Hannah's Law (2012)
    Hannah's Law
  • Cargo, les hommes perdus. (2010)
    Cargo, les hommes perdus.
  • Woke Up Dead (2009)
    Woke Up Dead
  • Holiday Switch (2007)
    Holiday Switch
  • A Family Lost (2007)
    A Family Lost
  • Jason Gedrick and David Cubitt in Rapid Fire (2006)
    Rapid Fire
  • Intercessor: Another Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare (2005)
    Intercessor: Another Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare
  • John Cassini and James Marsters in Cool Money (2005)
    Cool Money
  • Paul Michael Glaser, Claudette Mink, and Colin Ferguson in Ladies Night (2005)
    Ladies Night
  • The Legend of Butch & Sundance (2004)
    The Legend of Butch & Sundance
  • Romp
  • The Legend of Matilda Dixon (2003)
    The Legend of Matilda Dixon
  • Emma Caulfield Ford and Chaney Kley in Darkness Falls (2003)
    Darkness Falls
    • (produced by)
  • Harvey Keitel and Andie MacDowell in Ginostra (2002)
    Ginostra

Director

  • Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (2008)
    Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
  • A Family Lost (2007)
    A Family Lost
  • Murder at the Presidio (2005)
    Murder at the Presidio
  • The Jitters (1989)
    The Jitters
    • (as John M. Fasano)
  • Black Roses (1988)
    Black Roses
  • Zombie Nightmare (1987)
    Zombie Nightmare
    • (uncredited)
  • Jon Mikl Thor in Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)
    Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Sniper: Reloaded
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Sniper: Reloaded

Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • Production Company website
    • August 24, 1961
    • Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
    • July 19, 2014
    • Studio City, California, USA(heart failure)
    • March 6, 2013 - July 19, 2014 (his death)
  • Other works
    Wrote unused draft of Alien³ (1992).

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    Graduated from the State University of New York, Purchase (SUNY Purchase). Other alumni include actors Parker Posey, Wesley Snipes, Stanley Tucci, Sherry Stringfield, Adam Trese, Edie Falco, Seth Gilliam, Dwight Ewell and Steven Weber; producers Bob Gosse and Todd Baker; and directors Danny Leiner, Nick Gomez and Hal Hartley.

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