Harley Cokeliss
Harley Cokeliss (born Harley Louis Cokliss, February 11, 1945) is an American director, writer and producer of film and television. Originally brought up in Chicago, he moved to Britain in 1966 to study at the London Film School, and spent the majority of his career in the UK.
Cokeliss started making documentaries for British television in 1970, including the first filmed version of J. G. Ballard's story Crash!. Papers relating to the film Crash! are available at the British Library. Cokeliss's initial treatment and Ballard's draft script for Crash! are published in Crash: The Collector's Edition, ed. Chris Beckett. He returned to Chicago in 1972 to make a documentary about blues musicians in the city.
Cokeliss later graduated to making feature films, serving as second unit director on The Empire Strikes Back before helming films like Battletruck, Black Moon Rising, and Malone. He wrote and directed the 1988 horror film Dream Demon. He has directed episodes of various television series, including The New Adventures of Robin Hood, CI5: The New Professionals, and Xena: Warrior Princess.
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Movies (18)
Paris Connections
2010 · Director
An Angel for May
2002 · Director
Sin Identidad
2000 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Ruby Ring
1997 · Director
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
1994 · Director
Army of Darkness
1992 · Fake Shemp
Dream Demon
1988 · Director, Writer
Malone
1987 · Director
Black Moon Rising
1986 · Director
Battletruck
1982 · Screenplay, Director
Of Muppets & Men
1981 · Director
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Second Unit Director
That Summer!
1979 · Director
Penine Man
1978 · Director
The Glitterball
1977 · Director, Original Story
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976 · Director
Chicago Blues
1972 · Director
Crash!
1971 · Director
