Zalman King Biography (1941-)

Born Zalman Lefkowitz, in 1941, in Trenton, NJ; married Patricia Louisiana Knop (a playwright and artist), c. 1966; children: Cloe, Gillian. Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Screenwriter, producer, director, actor
Birth Details: 1941; Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Executive Producer
Roadie, United Artists, 1980
Endangered Species, 1982
Siesta, 1987
Boca, J. N. Producoes/The Zalman King Company, 1994
Female Perversions (also known as Phantasien einer Frau), October Films, 1996
In God's Hands, TriStar/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1998
A Place Called Truth, Playboy Entertainment Group, 1998
Black Sea 213, Playboy Entertainment Group, 1998
Film Producer
(With Antony Rufus Isaacs) 9 1/2 Weeks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1986
Business for Pleasure, AFRA Film Enterprises/Showtime Networks/TheZalman King Company, 1996
Film Director
Wildfire, Cinema Group, 1988
Two Moon Junction, Lorimar, 1988
Wild Orchid, Vision International, 1990
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (also known as Wild Orchid II: Blue Movie Blue and Two Shades of Blue), Triumph Releasing, 1991
(Scenes from Wild Orchid) Boca, J. N. Producoes/The ZalmanKing Company, 1994
Delta of Venus, Fine Line/New Line Cinema, 1995
In God's Hands, TriStar/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1998
Shame, Shame, Shame, Playboy Entertainment Group, 1998
Women of the Night (also known as Zalman King's Women of the Night), Moonstone Entertainment, 2000
Film Appearances
Johnny, The Ski Bum (also known as Point Zero), Avco Embassy, 1970
Carter Fields, You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat, J.E.R., 1971
Adam, Neither by Day nor by Night (also known as Lo B'Yom V'Lo B'Layla), Motion Pictures, 1972
Robert Troy, Some Call It Loving, Cine Globe, 1973
Trip with the Teacher (also known as Deadly Field Trip), 1975
Sammy Somebody, 1976
Yeshua, The Passover Plot, Atlas, 1976
Jerry Zipkin, Blue Sunshine, Cinema Shares, 1977
Paul, Tell Me a Riddle, Filmways, 1980
Baelon, second in command of the "Quest," Galaxy of Terror (also known as Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror, Planet of Horrors, andQuest), New World, 1981
Hollywood producer, Endangered Species, 1982
Also appeared in Whiskey Flats.
Television Director, Except Where Indicated

(And executive producer) Red Shoe Diaries (pilot; also known as Wild Orchid III: Red Shoe Diaries), Showtime, 1992
(And executive producer) Red Shoe Diaries (series) Showtime, 1992-?
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare (movie), Showtime, 1992
(And producer) Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick (movie), Showtime, 1993
Red Shoe Diaries: Slow Train (movie), Showtime, 1996
(And producer) Wind on Water (series), NBC, 1998
(And producer) ChromiumBlue.com (movie), Showtime, 2001
Television Executive Producer
Lake Consequence (movie), Showtime, 1993
Television Producer
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband (movie), Showtime, 1996
Television Appearances
Series
John Wesley Johnson, The Long Hot Summer, ABC, 1965-66
Aaron Silverman, The Young Lawyers, ABC, 1970-71
Movies
Jesse, The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones, ABC, 1966
Larkin, Stranger on the Run (also known as Lonesome Gun), NBC, 1967
Bob Younger, The Intruders, NBC, 1970
Bill Stein, Like Normal People, ABC, 1979
Pilots
Aaron Silverman, The Young Lawyers, ABC, 1969
Roy St. John, Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (also known as Harry-O and Don't Call the Police), ABC, 1974
Episodic
Fish, "Memo from Purgatory," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1964
Man with the beard, "Far Out Munsters," The Munsters, 1965
Billy Coe, "Ten Little Indians," Gunsmoke, 1965
"The Judas Boot," The Legend of Jesse James, 1965
"To the West of Eden," The Loner, 1966
Jack Stone, "The Jailer," Gunsmoke, 1966
Muley, "Muley," Gunsmoke, 1967
"The Search," Cimarron Strip, 1967
Willie Groom, "Death Train," Gunsmoke, 1967
Nick, "The Lost Ones," Land of the Giants, 1969
Warren, "Two Percent of Nothing," Then Came Bronson, 1969
"Ransom," The F.B.I., 1973
"W.E.B.: Parts 1 & 2," W.E.B., 1978
Harry Owens, "Disco Angels," Charlie's Angels, 1979
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Big Boy Medlin, Alan Rudolph, and Michael Ventura) Roadie, United Artists, 1980
(With Patricia L. Knop and Sarah Kernochan) 9 1/2 Weeks (based onthe novel by Elizabeth McNeill), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1986
(With Matthew Bright) Wildfire (based on a story by Bright), Cinema Group, 1988
(With Macgregor Douglas) Two Moon Junction, Lorimar, 1988
(With Patricia L. Knop) Wild Orchid, Vision International, 1990
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (also known as Wild Orchid II: Blue Movie Blue and Two Shades of Blue), Triumph Releasing, 1991
Business for Pleasure, AFRA Film Enterprises/Showtime Networks/TheZalman King Company, 1996
Radio Silence, The Zalman King Company, 1997
In God's Hands, TriStar/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1998
Also wrote Bakersfield Blues; Angels Flight; Guitar Dolls;Street Heat; First American Rebel; Composure; God's Head; Pull the Trigger; Goodbye; Hot; and the stories for A Place Called Truth, Playboy Entertainment Group, andBlack Sea 213, Playboy Entertainment Group, 1998
Television Movies
(With Patricia L. Knop) Red Shoe Diaries (also known as Wild Orchid III: Red Shoe Diaries), Showtime, 1992
Lake Consequence, Showtime, 1993
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick, Showtime, 1993

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

New York Times, February 28, 1971.
Premiere, September, 1991, pp. 94-101.

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