Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman | |
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Born | Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. December 30, 1945 New York City, U.S. |
Other names | Samuel Weil |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1969–present |
Style | Comedy horror |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr., known professionally as Lloyd Kaufman (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, such as The Toxic Avenger (1984) and Tromeo and Juliet (1996). Many of the strategies employed by him at Troma have been credited with making the film industry significantly more accessible and decentralized.[1]
Early life
Kaufman was born to a
Career
Early career
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Kaufman graduated from
In 1966, Lloyd went on a hiatus from his studies and spent a year in
Returning to Yale, he produced Robert Edelstein's low-budget film Rappaccini and directed his own first feature film, an experimental black and white film titled
From 1973 to 1979, Kaufman produced and directed a handful of adult films in New York under the pseudonym "Louis Su". He directed at least three movies: The Divine Obsession, The Newcomers and Sweet & Sour,[6] and has been credited for producing at least three more.
Troma Studios
In 1974, Kaufman and his business partner
In 1985, Troma experienced mainstream success with the violent, darkly comic superhero film The Toxic Avenger. Toxic went on to become Troma's most popular movie, inspiring two sequels, a fourth independent film sequel, a Saturday morning children's television show, comic books and tons of merchandise. The Toxic Avenger, or "Toxie," is now Troma's official mascot.
Kaufman's follow-up to The Toxic Avenger was Class of Nuke 'Em High, which he co-directed with Richard W. Haines. Riding on the success of the Toxic Avenger, Nuke 'em inspired two sequels, a fourth independent film sequel, and a healthy run on late night cable shows such as USA Up All Night. At one time, Class of Nuke 'Em High was the highest-selling VHS for Troma.[citation needed]
Troma's popularity waned after the box office failure of
It would not be long, however, before Troma would once again experience financial hardship, this time after the expensive botched funding of a low-budget video feature titled Tales from the Crapper, which cost $250,000 despite most of the footage being unusable. Lloyd supervised a reshoot in an attempt to salvage the film, dividing the footage into two parts, and recasting the film as a double-feature. Tales from the Crapper was released on DVD in September 2004.
Troma still produces and acquires independent films..
Kaufman's long-time editor Gabriel Friedman co-directed and wrote the screenplay to his follow-up film,
In September 2008, a staged musical version of The Toxic Avenger opened at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando, The Toxic Avenger Musical features music from Bon Jovi founding member, David Bryan. On September 17, 2009, Kaufman announced he would have a cameo in the remake of the Charles Kaufman/Troma movie Mother's Day alongside his brother Charles.[14]
Kaufman is the subject of the forthcoming book Toxic Schlock: Conversations with Lloyd Kaufman by Andrew J. Rausch and Chris Watson. An author himself, Kaufman has most recently been working on adding to his Your Own Damn Movie! series. Having completed Make Your Own Damn Movie!, Direct Your Own Damn Movie! and Produce Your Own Damn Movie!, he is now working on Sell Your Own Damn Movie!. Kaufman is the subject of the forthcoming book Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews by Mathew Klickstein, an installment of the University Press of Mississippi's long-running Conversations with Filmmakers Series.
In 2010, Troma produced Father's Day, a shocking film from Canadian powerhouse Astron-6. Kaufman appeared on the Discovery Channel series, Oddities, on season 3 episode ten.
In 2012, Kaufman starred in the anthology horror film Horror House, playing Joe the Real Estate Agent in each of the film's five story scenarios.[15][16]
On April 30, 2013, Kaufman appeared on an episode of Angry Video Game Nerd, reviewing the video game Toxic Crusaders on various consoles. Kaufman also appears in Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie as himself, and was interviewed by James Rolfe.
In December 2013, Lloyd Kaufman revealed on the podcast Chimichanga Talk.
In 2013, Troma premiered
In 2020, Kaufman released #ShakespearesSh*tstorm, his iteration of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, a spiritual sequel to Tromeo and Juliet.
In 2021, Kaufman served as producer on the Troma films, Brandon Bassham's Slashening: The Final Beginning & Mercedes The Muses's Divide & Conquer.
Filmography
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As director
All films from Waitress to Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. were co-directed with college friend and Troma Vice President Michael Herz
- The Girl Who Returned (1969)
- The Battle of Love's Return (1971)
- Big Gus, What's the Fuss? (1973) (co-directed by Ami Artzi)
- The New Comers (1973)
- Squeeze Play! (1979) (as Samuel Weil)
- Waitress! (1981) (as Samuel Weil)
- Stuck on You!(1982) (as Samuel Weil)
- The First Turn-On! (1983) (as Samuel Weil)
- The Toxic Avenger (1984) (as Samuel Weil)
- Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) (as Samuel Weil; co-directed by Richard W. Haines)
- Troma's War (1988) (as Samuel Weil)
- The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
- The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
- Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990)
- Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
- All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger)
- Troma's Edge TV (1999–2001) (26 half-hour episodes)
- Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)
- All the Love You Cannes! (2002)
- Parts of the Family (2003) (as Gabriel Lloyd) (co-directed by Léon Paul De Bruyn)
- Tales from the Crapper (2004)
- Make Your Own Damn Movie! (2005)
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead(2006)
- Splendor & Wisdom (2008)
- Direct Your Own Damn Movie (2009)
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2010)
- Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 (2013)
- Grindsploitation: segment Untitled[18] (2017)
- Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 (2017)
- Shakespeare's Shitstorm (2020)
As producer only
- Rappacini (1968)
- Sugar Cookies (1973)
- Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
- Mother's Day (1980)
- The Final Countdown (1980)
- The Dark Side of Midnight (1984)
- Screamplay (1985)
- Igor and the Lunatics (1985)
- Girls School Screamers (1986)
- Combat Shock (1986)
- Fortress of Amerikkka (1988)
- Dialing for Dingbats (1989)
- Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)
- Class of Nuke 'Em High 3: The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid (1994)
- Blondes Have More Guns (1995)
- DeCampitated(1998)
- Sucker: The Vampire (1998)
- Cannes Tromatized (2000)
- The Rowdy Girls (2000)
- Parts of the Family (2003)
- Slaughter Party (2005)
- Mother's Day (2010)
- Teenape vs. the Nazi Monster Apocalypse (2011)
- Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical (2011)
- Father's Day (2011)
- Hack Job (2011)
- B.C. Butcher (2016)
- Revenge of the Gweilo (2016)
- Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobster (2016, video short)
- Grindsploitation (2016, Presents)
- Spidarlings (2016, Presents)
- Troma's Monster Kill (2016-2017, TV Series)
- Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Vol. 2 (2017)
- Another Yeti a Love Story: Life on the Streets (2017)
- Heart of Fartness: Troma's First VR Experience Starring the Toxic Avenger (2017, short)
- F#ck You Lloyd Kaufman: An Interview from Hell (2017, short)
- Crude (2017, short)
- Slash Slashes with Guns and Hoe-ses! (2017, short)
- Sgt. Ka-Spooky-Man's Cray-Cray VR Halloween Extravaganza (2017, video short)
- Troma Now presents: A Stankmouth New Year's Eve Special (2018, Video short)
- Kabukiman's Cocktail Corner: Loaded in Las Vegas (2018, video short)
- Troma Now presents: Tromanda's Tromantic Transformation (2018, video short)
- Troma Now presents: March Tromamania Madness (2018, video short)
- Festival to Fascism: Cannes 2017 (2018, short)
- Troma Presents: Spidarlings Behind the Scenes (2018, documentary short)
- Mutant Blast (2018)
- Vampire Hooker Hotel (2018, short)
- The Toxic Avenger: The Musical (2018)
- After School Lunch Special (2019)
- 2 Girls, 1 Duck (2019, making-of documentary for Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Vol. 2)
- Blood Stab (2010, short)
- #ShakespearesShitstorm (2020)
- Latched (2020, short)
- This Night's End (2020, short)
- Hannya Girl (2020, short)
- Tromafist (2020, video short)
- Slashening: The Final Beginning (2021)
- Jun (2021, short)
- Divide & Conquer (2022)
- The Toxic Avenger (2023)
As actor
- The Battle of Love's Return (1971) - Abacrombie
- Cry Uncle! (1971) - Hippie #2
- The Love Thrill Murders(1971) - Squeegee
- Rocky (1976) - Drunk
- Slow Dancing in the Big City (1979) - Usher
- The Final Countdown (1980) - Commander Kaufman
- Rocky V (1990) - Drunk (Scenes Deleted)
- Cannes Man(1996) - Troma Chief
- Tromeo and Juliet (1996) - Bar Patron (Uncredited)[citation needed]
- Orgazmo (1997) - Doctor
- Terror Firmer (1999) - Larry Benjamin
- West Hollywood Stories, Volume One (1999) - The Nun
- Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000) - Man in Public Service Announcement
- Tomorrow by Midnight (2001) - Video Store Manager
- Pretty Cool (2002) - Mr. Newman
- Tales from the Crapper (2004) - The Crap Keeper
- LolliLove (2004) - Father Lloyd
- Comic Book: The Movie (2004) - Himself (Uncredited)
- Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace (2004) - The Man in the Hat[citation needed]
- Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove (2005) - Bar Drunk
- Slither (2006) - Sad Drunk
- Attack of the Tromaggot (2006) - blackmailed citizen
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) - Old Arbie
- Misadventures in Space (2007) - Lord Admiral Kaufman [1]
- Zeppo: Sinners from Beyond the Moon! (2007) - President Kaufman [2]
- Bryan Loves You (2008) - Jonathan's Helper
- Crank: High Voltage (2009) - Maintenance Guy #2
- Gamer (2009) - Genericon
- Incest Death Squad (2009) - Mr. Reamburg[citation needed]
- The Uh-Oh! Show (2009) - Pimp
- Hanger (2009) - Melvina The Tranny
- The 7 Nightmares Girl (2009) - Mr. Hasselman[citation needed]
- Klown Kamp Massacre - Vic Vickers
- Super(2010) - 911 Man
- Killer Hoo Ha (2010) - Man in road[citation needed]
- Hatchet II (2010) - Hunter
- Tetherball: The Movie (2010) - Larry Lewinski[citation needed]
- Bloodbath in the House of Knives (2010) - Lawyer[citation needed]
- Caesar and Otto meet Dracula's Lawyer (2010) - Judge Stoker Brown[citation needed]
- Caesar and Otto's Deadly XMas(2011) - Grandpa Denovio
- Hack Job (2011) - Rabbi Lloyd
- Fathers Day (2011) - God[citation needed]
- The Gunstringer (2011) - Doc Lloyd
- Creep Van (2012) - Disgruntled Car Wash Customer[citation needed]
- Evil Head (2012) - Professor Raymond Knowby (Voice Only)
- Horror House (2012) - Joe the Real Estate Agent[citation needed]
- LocoCycle (2013) - General Major Serje Krutsnetsoff
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Prisoner, cameo
- Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014) - Himself
- Science Team (2014) - Science Team Elder[citation needed]
- Banjo (2014)[citation needed]
- Stick 10 Even More Swag: The United League of Stereotypes (2014) - Hoffman[citation needed]
- Dyke Hard (2014) - Dancer
- 1 Chance 2 Dance (2014) - Stage presentator[citation needed]
- The Fappening (2015) - Walter Plinge[19]
- ABCs of Superheroes (2015) - TV Anchor
- Killer Rack (2015) - Dr. Foin
- The Transfiguration (2016) - Hobo
- Spidarlings (2016) - Mr. Banner[20]
- Blood Curse: The Haunting Of Alicia Stone (2016) - Alicia's Dad[21]
- Escaping The Dead - American Tourist, cameo[citation needed]
- Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2016) - cameo
- Cell (2016) - cameo
- Diary of a Fatman (2016) - Steven Haart
- Graveyard Stories (2017) - The Host[22]
- I Filmed Your Death (2017)
- Death House (2017) - Dr. Chalice
- Drive-In Grindhouse (2018) - Punching Bag / Police Chief (segment: The Big Blind)
- Another Cinema Snob Movie (2019) - Stanley Golightly
- The Black Spot (2019) - High Commander Kaufman
- I Scream on the Beach! (2020) - Dr. Lloyd
- I Need You Dead! (2020) - Aaron A. Applebee
- Easter Bunny Bloodbath 2: No More Tears (2020) - Lloyd Kaufman
- Kirk Squad (2020) - Computer TV Mini-Series
- Comic Book Junkies (2020) - Toby
- Toilet Horror (2020) - Lloyd Kaufman
- The Last Blockbuster (2020) - Himself
- Celebrity Home Tours (2020) - Lloyd Kaufman
- Shakespeare's Sh*tstorm (2020) - Prospero/Antoinette Duke
- Blood Cove 2: Return of the Skull (2020) - Mayor Richards
- Slashening: The Final Beginning (2020) - Master Dyson
- Slutty The Clown (2020) - Professor Felatio
- Amityville Hex (2021) - Hex Reader
- The Suicide Squad (2021) - Dancing man in bar (uncredited cameo)
- Carnal Monsters (2021) - Professor Felatio
- Grindsploitation 10: Milkin' It (2022) - YouTube Sensation (segment: "The Smell of Fear")
- Toxie Vs Putin (2022) - Narrator
- Psychic Vampire (2022) - Grocery Store Manager
- Toxie Goes to the Drive-In (2022) - Narrator
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) - Gridlemop (voice, cameo)[23]
Books
- All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger (with James Gunn)
- Make Your Own Damn Movie (with Adam Jahnke and Trent Haaga)
- The Toxic Avenger: The Novel (with Adam Jahnke)
- Direct Your Own Damn Movie (with Sara Antill and Kurly Tlapoyawa)
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie (with Ashley Wren Collins)
- Sell Your Own Damn Movie (with Sara Antill)
- Death by Umbrella! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons (Foreword by Lloyd Kaufman)[24]
Bibliography
- All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger with James Gunn(1998)
- Make Your Own Damn Movie: Secrets of a Renegade Director with Adam Jahnke and Trent Haaga (2003)
- The Toxic Avenger: The Novel with Adam Jahnke (2006)
References
- ^ Leslie Pariseau. Troma: A Love Story. October 17, 2018. https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/10/17/17979564/troma-movie-studio-lloyd-kaufman-toxic-avenger-independent-film Accessed on October 21, 2021
- ^ "Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con — Jewish Journal". Jewishjournal.com. July 22, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "Lloyd Kaufman Biography (1945-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ The Early Franklin J. Schaffner, by Stanley Lloyd Kaufman jr. - Films In Review(August 1969)
- ^ "Fever Pitch." Kashner, Sam. Movies Rock, Fall 2007.
- ^ Pahlow, Collin (July 1977). "The Divine Obsession". British Film Institute Monthly Film Bulletin. 44 (522): 144.
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(help) - ^ "Lloyd Rage: Four Decades of Fighting the Movie Man - Short Ends and Leader". PopMatters.com. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ Lee, Nathan (May 9, 2008). "Going for the Finger-Licking Gusto". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2008) - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "Surprise Cameos in 'Mother's Day' Remake". BloodyDisgusting. September 17, 2009.
- ^ "Lloyd Kaufman Joins the cast of Horror House - Horror Society". Horrorsociety.com. July 10, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "Horror House (2013) Review". Horror Freak News. June 12, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "Lloyd Kaufman Finds Lost Behind The Scenes Footage of Rocky". At Tha Movies. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ "Grindsploitation Anthology Unearths Collection of Fake Trailers, Deleted Scenes, and Shorts - Dread Central". Dreadcentral.com. August 10, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "The Fappening". IMDb. August 25, 2015.
- ^ Film, British Council. "British Council Film: Spidarlings". film.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "Blood Curse". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "Graveyard Stories (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Robert Brian (May 5, 2023). "'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3': All the Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed". Collider. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1593939311.