John Kaye
Writing
- Born
- August 31, 1941 (age 85) · USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Kaye (born August 31, 1941) is an American screenwriter, novelist and playwright. His feature credits as a screenwriter include American Hot Wax, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins and Where the Buffalo Roam. He also directed the feature film Forever Lulu, starring Melanie Griffith and Patrick Swayze. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Kaye was producer and writer of The Lohman and Barkley Show, a late-nite live, 90 minute, satirical show that ran for a year on KNBC, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in 1971. A precursor to Saturday Night Live, Kaye gave Barry Levinson, Craig T. Nelson, John Amos, and McClean Stevenson their first jobs in the entertainment business.
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Known for
Behind the camera5
- 2025My Omaha Creative Consultant
- 2000Forever Lulu Director, Writer
- 1980Where the Buffalo Roam Screenplay
- 1978American Hot Wax Screenplay
- 1975Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins Writer