Allan Arkush

Allan Arkush
Born	April 30, 1948 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, television director, television producer
Years active	1970–present

Allan Arkush (born April 30, 1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American film director 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)
• Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
• Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
• The Temptations (1998)
• Prince Charming (2001)

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)
• Prince Charming (2001)
• Heroes (2006)
• Melrose Place (2009)
• Mercy (2009)
• Hellcats (2010)
• Switched at Birth (2014)
• Salem (2015)^[3]

References

1. Coutros, Evonne. "HOBOKEN STORY, MADE IN TORONTO", The Record (Bergen County), March 12, 1995. Accessed June 30, 2010.
2. Allan Arkush Biography (1948-), Film Reference
3. Arkush’s work on SALEM

External links

• Allan Arkush at the Internet Movie Database