Luca Bercovici
Biography
Luca Bercovici is an American actor and filmmaker who also works as a writer and producer. His earliest film work came in 1979, when he went to Japan for six months as dialogue director on the miniseries Shogun, working with its lead actress, Yôko Shimada. Acting followed on television, including Chicago Story and the movie Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981), and he went on to appear in features of many genres, among them Parasite (1982), Frightmare (1983), American Flyers (1985), Pacific Heights (1990) and Drop Zone (1994). He made his directing debut with the comedy horror Ghoulies, which he co-wrote, and later directed Rockula, The Granny (1995) and the action drama The Chain. He formed BlueDanube Films with Gábor Váradi, which produced the second season of Terápia for HBO Europe and co-produced Fallen.
69years old
Turns 70 on February 22in 104 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 34 years1981 to 2015
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First role
Bercovici's first filmmaking work was spending six months in Japan as dialogue director on the miniseries Shogun, working mainly with lead actress Yoko Shimada, who won a Golden Globe for it.
Early training
Bercovici trained as an actor with Jeff Corey and Lee Strasberg, and he graduated from the Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Acting Studio.
Big break
In the Charles Band movie Parasite (1982), Bercovici played a starring role opposite lead actress Demi Moore, which ultimately introduced him to independent filmmaking.
Behind the camera
Bercovici and Gabor Varadi started BlueDanube Films together, a company that made original content and handled production services. Their company produced Terapia, the Hungarian take on In Treatment, season two, for HBO Europe.
Luca Bercovici movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Badham directed two of these films. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Thom Christopher's page
Jeff Pruitt's page
All films by John Badham
Also two films together3 more actors
- Patsy PeaseAndy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1988) and Space Raiders (1983)
- Cyndi PassScanner Cop (1994) and Mission of Justice (1992)
- Don WashburnAndy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1988) and Space Raiders (1983)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Luca Bercovici's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$129 million
6 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 6 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$62M48.2% of the total
- 2$55M42.7% of the total
- 3$7.0M5.4% of the total
- 4$3.1M2.4% of the total
- 5$1.4M1.1% of the total
- 6$197K0.2% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.