Allan Arkush

Allan Arkush (born April 30, 1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American cult film and television director and frequent collaborator of Joe Dante.

Arkush grew up in Fort Lee, New Jersey.^[1] He got his start in the industry working in the trailer department for Roger Corman. He later went on to direct the Corman produced films Hollywood Boulevard, Deathsport, and Rock 'n' Roll High School.^[2] Arkush also contributes commentary to the web series Trailers From Hell.

Filmography

• Hollywood Boulevard (co-directed with Joe Dante) (1976)
• Deathsport (1978)
• Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
• Heartbeeps (1981)
• Get Crazy (1983)
• Caddyshack II (1988)

Television

• Fame (1984)
• The Twilight Zone (1986)
• St. Elsewhere (1986)
• Moonlighting (1986)
• L.A. Law (1986)
• Tattinger's (1988)
• Capital News (1990)
• Parenthood (1990)
• Shannon's Deal (1990)
• Middle Ages (1992)
• Mann & Machine (1992)
• The Bronx Zoo (1987)
• Bodies of Evidence (1992)
• I'll Fly Away (1992)
• Johnny Bago (1993)
• Sirens (1993)
• Moon Over Miami (1993)
• Rebel Highway (1994)
• Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
• Central Park West (1995)
• Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
• Ally McBeal (1998)
• Dawson's Creek (1998)
• The Temptations (1998)
• Snoops (1999)
• Crossing Jordan (2001)
• Heroes (2006)
• Melrose Place (2009)
• Mercy (2009)
• Hellcats (2010)

References

External links

• Allan Arkush at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview^{[dead link]} from Amazon Wire Podcasts, Amazon.com, 1 May 2008