Harley Cokeliss


Harley Cokeliss is an American director, writer and producer of film and television.
Originally brought up in Chicago, he moved to Britain in 1966 to study at the London Film School, and has spent the majority of his career in the UK.
He started making documentaries for British television in 1970, including the first filmed version of J. G. Ballard's story Crash!. Papers relating to Cokeliss's film Crash! are available at the British Library. Cokeliss's initial treatment and Ballard's draft script for Crash! are published in Crash: The Collector's Edition, ed. Chris Beckett. Cokeliss later graduated to making feature films, serving as second unit director on The Empire Strikes Back before helming films like Battletruck, Black Moon Rising, and Malone. He wrote and directed the 1988 horror film Dream Demon. He has directed episodes of various television series, including The New Adventures of Robin Hood, ', and '.

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