Kull the Conqueror
1997 · Movie
Director
John Nicolella
1945-05-28
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John Joseph Nicolella (May 28, 1945 – February 21, 1998) was an American film and television director and producer. He is best known for his work on the 1980s television series Miami Vice. Nicolella began his career working as an assistant director on the Ivan Passer-directed film Born to Win (1971). Other films soon followed, the Paul Newman-directed film The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), Crazy Joe (1974) starring Peter Boyle, Sweet Revenge (1976) starring Stockard Channing and Sam Waterston and Time Square (1980). He was also as a production manager on the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) and co-produced Easy Money starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In 1984, he joined the production crew of Miami Vice directing a number of episodes until 1987. He continued working with the show's star Don Johnson directing the music video short film for Johnson's song "Heartbeat" from the album of the same name. They reunited again when Nicolella served as executive producer for eight episodes of Nash Bridges. Nicolella's other directorial television credits include M.A.N.T.I.S., Crime Story, Leg Work, Gabriel's Fire, Dark Justice, Melrose Place, Key West, Marker and Super Force. He also directed a number of television films, most notably Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989) and Rock Hudson (1990), as well as all four of the Vanishing Son films. He also directed the theatrical features Sunset Heat (1992) and Kull the Conqueror (1997), his final directing credit before his death in 1998.
Crew Credits
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The Watcher
1995 · TV Show
Director
Marker
1995 · TV Show
Director
Vanishing Son III
1994 · Movie
Director
Vanishing Son IV
1994 · Movie
Director
Vanishing Son II
1994 · Movie
Director
Vanishing Son
1994 · Movie
Director
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994 · TV Show
Director
Key West
1993 · TV Show
Director
The Untouchables
1993 · TV Show
Director
Sunset Heat
1992 · Movie
Director
Melrose Place
1992 · TV Show
Director
Runaway Father
1991 · Movie
Director
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · Movie
Co-Producer
Rock Hudson
1990 · Movie
Director
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Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990 · TV Show
Director
Super Force
1990 · TV Show
Director
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1989 · Movie
Director
Finish Line
1989 · Movie
Director
Heartbeat
1987 · Movie
Director, Supervising Producer
Leg Work
1987 · TV Show
Director
Crime Story
1986 · TV Show
Director
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1984 · Movie
Producer
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984 · Movie
Producer
Miami Vice
1984 · TV Show
Director, Producer
Easy Money
1983 · Movie
Producer
The Fan
1981 · Movie
Associate Producer
Times Square
1980 · Movie
Executive Producer, Second Unit Director
Windows
1980 · Movie
Associate Producer
Last Embrace
1979 · Movie
Production Manager, Associate Producer
Interiors
1978 · Movie
Production Manager, Production Supervisor
Saturday Night Fever
1977 · Movie
Production Manager
Crazy Joe
1974 · Movie
First Assistant Director
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972 · Movie
First Assistant Director
The Hot Rock
1972 · Movie
Second Assistant Director
