Known For
Writing
Born
Nov 28, 1938
Died
Oct 20, 2021
Place of Birth
Minonk, Illinois, USA
Credits
13 titles
Michael Laughlin
Biography
Michael Laughlin was born in 1938 in the USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Strange Invaders (1983), Strange Behavior (1981) and Mesmerized (1985). He was married to Leslie Caron. He died on 20 October 2021 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. In 2012, Two-Lane Blacktop was chosen as one of only 20 films to be housed in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Hailed as a minimalist classic, it was chosen as an example of the short-lived period of youth-oriented films following Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate and Easy Rider in the late 1960s. Producers such as Laughlin financed a spate of low-budget, innovative films by young "New Hollywood" filmmakers, with influences ranging from playwright Samuel Beckett to European filmmakers Robert Bresson, Jacques Rivette and Michelangelo Antonioni.[citation needed] In 1984, Strange Invaders was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Screenplay and for Best Film at the Avoriaz Fantasy Film Festival.
Known For
Filmography
Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin
Self
Town & Country
Writer
Shanghai 1920
Screenplay
Mesmerized
Screenplay
Strange Invaders
Director
Strange Behavior
Director
Nicole
Producer
Chandler
Producer
The Christian Licorice Store
Producer
Dusty and Sweets McGee
Producer
Two-Lane Blacktop
Producer
Joanna
Producer
The Whisperers
Producer