Kaufman, Lloyd 1945– (Stanley L. Kauffman, S. Lloyd Kaufman, Sr., Vicki Lester, Gabriel Lloyd, Louis Su, Samuel Weil)

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Kaufman, Lloyd 1945- (Stanley L. Kauffman, S. Lloyd Kaufman, Sr., Vicki Lester, Gabriel Lloyd, Louis Su, Samuel Weil)

PERSONAL

Original name, Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Jr.; born December 30, 1945, in New York, NY; son of Stanley Lloyd (a lawyer) and Ruth (maiden name, Fried) Kaufman; brother of Charles Kaufman (a director); married Patricia Swinney (a state film commissioner), July 13, 1974; children: Lily-Hayes, Lisbeth, Charlotte. Education: Yale University, B.A., 1969.

Addresses:

Office—Troma Entertainment, Inc., Troma Bldg., 733 Ninth Ave., Second Floor, New York, NY 10019-7297; Independent Film and Television Alliance, 10850 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Career:

Producer, director, actor, cinematographer, film editor, writer, and composer. Allen Funt Productions, production assistant, 1970; 15th Street Films, cofounder and partner, c. 1973-74; Troma Entertainment, Inc., New York City, founder and president (also known as the "Tromaville historian"), 1974—; Independent Film and Television Alliance, Los Angeles, vice president and member of executive committee. TromaDance Film Festival, founder, 2000; creator of Internet Web sites, including Troma.com, TromaDance.com, and ToxicAvenger.com; voice for the Internet cartoon "The Daily Delicious." Also worked as production manager, production supervisor, location executive, camera operator, and creative consultant. Teacher of filmmaking master classes at Yale University and elsewhere.

Member:

American Film Marketing Association (executive vice chair and member of board of directors; also chair of New Technologies Opportunities Committee).

Awards, Honors:

International Fantasy Film Award nomination (with Michael Hertz), best film, Fantasporto, 1990, for The Toxic Avenger; International Fantasy Film Award nomination (with Herz), best film, and special mention for Critics' Award (with Herz), Fantasporto, 1990, for War; International Fantasy Film Award nominations (with Herz), all best film, 1990, for The Toxic Avenger, Part II, 1991, for The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, and 1992, for Sergeant Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.; Best Film Award, Fanta-festival, 1997, for Tromeo and Juliet; Lifetime Achievement Award, Raindance Film Festival, 1997; Best Film Award nomination, Catalonian International Film Festival, 2000, for Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4; Lifetime Achievement Award, Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, 2003; inducted into International Horror and Science-Fiction Hall of Fame, 2005.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Producer, director, and cinematographer, The Girl Who Returned, 1969.

Producer, Rappaccini, 1969.

Producer (with Garrard Glen and Frank Vitale), director, and editor, The Battle of Love's Return, Standard Films, 1971.

(As Louis Su) Producer and director, The Newcomers (also known as The Newcomers), 1973.

Executive producer, Sugar Cookies (also known as Love Me My Way), General, 1973.

Producer and (uncredited) director, Big Gus What's the Fuss (also known as Ha-Balash Ha'Amitz Shvartz), 1973.

Associate producer, Silent Night, Bloody Night (also known as Death House and Night of the Dark Full Moon), 1974.

Director, Sweet & Sour, 1974.

(As Louis Su) Producer, director, and editor, The Divine Obsession, Oppidan, 1975.

Executive producer, Dragon Lady, Troma, 1975.

(As Louis Su) Cinematographer, Exploring Young Girls, 1975.

Producer (with Charles Kaufman and David Stitt) and cinematographer, The Secret Dreams of Mona Q., Troma, 1977.

(As Louis Su) Cinematographer, My Sex Rated Wife, Melody, 1977.

Cinematographer, Lustful Desires, Tigon, 1978.

Associate producer, Mother's Day, United Film Distribution, 1980.

Associate producer, The Final Countdown (also known as U.S.S. Nimitz: Lost in the Pacific), United Artists, 1980.

(As Samuel Weil) Producer (with Michael Herz), director, and cinematographer, Squeeze Play, Troma, 1980.

Executive producer (with Herz), Adventure of the Action Hunters (also known as Two for the Money), Troma, 1982.

(As Samuel Weil) Producer (with Herz), director (with Herz), and cinematographer, Waitress! (also known as Soup to Nuts), Troma, 1982.

(As Samuel Weil) Producer (with Herz), director (with Herz), and cinematographer, Stuck on You!, Troma, 1983.

(As Samuel Weil) Producer (with Herz), director (with Herz), and cinematographer, The First Turn-On!!, Troma, 1984.

Executive producer (with Herz), When Nature Calls, Troma, 1984.

Executive producer (with Herz), Screamplay, Troma, 1984.

Producer (with Herz, Richard W. Haines, and John Michaels), Splatter University, Troma, 1984.

Executive producer (with Herz), Girls School Screamers, Troma, 1984.

Executive producer (with Herz), The Dark Side of Midnight (also known as The Creeper), Troma, 1984.

(As Samuel Weil) Executive producer (with Herz), director (with Herz), and cinematographer (with James London), The Toxic Avenger, Troma, 1985.

Executive producer (with Herz), The G.I. Executioner, Troma, 1985.

Executive producer, Igor and the Lunatics, 1985.

(As Samuel Weil) Producer (with Herz) and director (with Haines), Class of Nuke 'em High (also known as Nuke 'em High), Troma, 1986.

Executive producer (with Herz), Combat Shock, Troma, 1986.

Executive producer (with Herz), Lust for Freedom (also known as Georgia County Lock-Up), Troma, 1987.

Producer (with Herz), Surf Nazis Must Die, Troma, 1987.

Executive producer (with Herz), Monster in the Closet, Troma, 1987.

Executive producer (with Herz), Blood Hook, Troma, 1987.

Producer (with Herz) and (as Samuel Weil) director, War (also known as 1,000 Ways to Die and Troma's War), Troma, 1988.

Executive producer (with Herz), Redneck Zombies, Trans World Entertainment, 1988.

Executive producer (with Herz), War Cat, Trans World Entertainment, 1988.

(As Samuel Weil) Producer and director (both with Herz), The Toxic Avenger, Part II, Troma, 1989.

Coproducer and codirector, The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, Troma, 1989.

Producer, Fortress of Amerikkka (also known as The Mercenaries), 1989.

Co-executive producer, Jakarta, 1989.

Producer, Dialing for Dingbats, 1989.

Coproducer, codirector, and camera operator, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Troma, 1990.

Producer, A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell, 1990.

(Uncredited) Cinematographer, Def by Temptation, 1990.

Coproducer, Class of Nuke 'em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown, 1991.

Producer and director, The Troma System, 1993.

Producer, House of the Rising, 1994.

Coproducer, Class of Nuke 'em High 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Subhumanoid, 1994.

Producer, Blondes Have More Guns, 1995.

Producer and director, Tromeo and Juliet, Troma, 1996.

Coproducer, Hellinger, Rounds Entertainment, 1997.

Executive producer, Sucker: the Vampire (also known as Sucker), 1998.

Executive producer, Decampitated, 1998.

Executive producer, Touch Me in the Morning, 1999.

Producer, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1999.

Producer, The Rowdy Girls, Troma, 1999.

Producer and director, Terror Firmer, Troma Team Video, 1999.

Producer and director, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4, Troma, 1999.

Producer, Class of Nuke 'em High IV, Troma, 2000.

Producer, Sidney Pink on "Pyro" (documentary; also known as Phantom of the Ferris Wheel), Troma Entertainment, 2001.

Producer, codirector, and cinematographer, All the Love You Cannes! (documentary), Troma Entertainment, 2002.

Executive producer and (as Gabriel Lloyd) director, Parts of the Family, Troma Entertainment, 2003.

Executive producer, Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-over, Troma Entertainment, 2003.

Producer and director, Tales from the Crapper, Troma Team Video, 2004.

Executive producer, Who Flung Poo?, Troma Team Video, 2004.

Producer and director, Make Your Own Damn Movie! (documentary), Troma Entertainment, 2005.

Executive producer, Virgin Beasts, Troma Entertainment, 2005.

Executive producer, Slaughter Party, Wild Range Productions, 2005.

Producer and director, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Troma Entertainment, 2006.

Associate producer, Kickball: The Movie!, Kickball Productions, 2007.

Producer, Dancing into the Future (documentary), Troma Entertainment, 2007.

Film Appearances:

Narrator, The Girl Who Returned, 1969.

Abacrombie, The Battle of Love's Return, Standard Films, 1971.

Squeegee, Sweet Savior (also known as The Love Thrill Murders), 1971.

Second hippie, Cry Uncle! (also known as American Oddballs and Super Dick), 1971.

(As S. Lloyd Kaufman, Sr.) Lawyer, Sugar Cookies (also known as Love Me My Way), General, 1973.

(Uncredited) The director, Pornography in New York, 1974.

(Uncredited) Camera operator, The Divine Obsession, Oppidan, 1975.

Drunk, Rocky, United Artists, 1976.

Usher, Slow Dancing in the Big City, United Artists, 1978.

Lieutenant Commander Kaufman, The Final Countdown (also known as U.S.S. Nimitz: Lost in the Pacific), United Artists, 1980.

(Uncredited) Drunk at bar, Squeeze Play, Troma, 1980.

Voices of Sumo wrestler and fish salesman, The Toxic Avenger, Part II, Troma, 1989.

Drinker, Rocky V, 1990.

Voice of helicopter pilot, Class of Nuke 'em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown, 1991.

Himself, The Troma System, 1993.

Voice of helicopter pilot, Class of Nuke 'em High 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Subhumanoid, 1994.

Shocked onlooker, Tromeo and Juliet, Troma, 1996.

Troma chief, Cannes Man (also known as Canne$ Man and Con Man), Rocket Pictures Home Video, 1996.

(As Stanley L. Kauffman) Doctor, Orgazmo, October Films, 1997.

Larry Benjamin, Terror Firmer, Troma Team Video, 1999.

Video store manager, Tomorrow by Midnight (also known as Midnight 5), Capitol Films, 1999.

(Uncredited) Man in public service announcement, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4, Troma, 1999.

(Uncredited) Mr. Janszek, Waiting, TLA Releasing, 2000.

Mayor of Tromaville, Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker!, Full Moon Pictures/Low Budget Pictures/Tempe Entertainment, 2001.

Fitz Packer, Anal Paprika 3: Menage-a-Death, Low Budget Pictures, 2001.

Bar owner, Lapdance 01, 2001.

Himself, Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (documentary), 2001.

Himself, Friends Forever, Plexifilm, 2002.

Himself, All the Love You Cannes! (documentary), Troma Entertainment, 2002.

Pot god, Smoke Pot till You Fucking Die, Phirehaus Collective, 2002.

Gandalfini, Quest for the Egg Salad, Full Moon Pictures/Tempe Entertainment, 2002.

Carl Patterson, Bleed, Full Moon Entertainment/Shadow Entertainment, 2002.

Carl Ressler, Parts of the Family, Troma Entertainment, 2003.

Deacon, The Tunnel (short film), 2001, CMV Laservision, 2003.

A man at the window, Cravate Club, TF1 Video, 2003.

Dr. Pitt, Severe Injuries, Sub Rosa Studios, 2003.

Liebowitz, Prison-a-Go-Go!, Shock-o-Rama Cinema, 2003.

Dad, Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-over, Troma Entertainment, 2003.

Bill the janitor, Zombiegeddon, Troma Entertainment, 2003.

Deadhunter: Sevillian Zombies, Evil Night Productions, 2003.

Himself, Nikos (also known as Nikos the Impaler and Violent Shit 4—Nikos), Cinema Image Productions/JHD Productions, 2003.

Himself, Abby Singer (also known as Abby Singer 2007), Wembly Hall Theatre Company, 2003.

Himself, Film Trix 2004 (documentary), Cornukopia Entertainment, 2004.

Shortkutz Vol. IV, Bifrost Distribution, 2004.

Mayor, The Bonesetter, Tempe Video, 2004.

The doctor, PDA Massacre (short film), Troma Team Video, 2004.

Le bon, la brute et les zombies (short film; also known as The Good, the Bad, and the Zombies), Art/Maniac Productions, 2004.

Billy Bum, Lord of the Undead, CMV Laservision, 2004.

Dr. Fermin, Meat for Satan's Icebox, Troma Team Video, 2004.

Lloyd, the president of Troma, In Defense of Lemmings, Troma Team Video, 2004.

Crap keeper, dad, and voice of Tromantis, Tales from the Crapper, Troma Team Video, 2004.

Man in the hat, Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace, Odessa Filmworks, 2004.

Belial/Satan, Punk Rock Holocaust, Springman Records, 2004.

(Uncredited) Himself, Comic Book: The Movie, Miramax Home Entertainment, 2004.

Bum, The Janitor, 2003, Elite Entertainment, 2005.

Himself, Abacrombie, and Larry Benjamin, Make Your Own Damn Movie!, 2005.

Uncle Lloydie, A Home for the Bullets, Celluloid God Productions, 2005.

Floyd Faukman, Raising the Stakes, Freak Productions, 2005.

Dr. Johnson, Nowhere Man, First Run Features, 2005.

Lloyd, Wolfsbayne, Bloody Moon Films, 2005.

Lloyd, Damaged Goods, BadAzz MoFo, 2005.

Guy on street, The Bag Man, Prescribed Films, 2005.

Linwood Meyerhoffer, Cutting Room!, Pendulum Pictures, 2005.

Sell Out, 2005.

Kaufman, Dead at the Box Office, Throbbing Temple Productions, 2005.

Bar drunk, Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove, William Winckler Productions, 2005.

Peter, A Dream of Color in Black and White, Lions Gate Films, 2005.

Pizza delivery guy, Pot Zombies, 2005, Troma Entertainment, 2007.

Clark's dad, Knight of the Living Dead, IBS Entertainment, 2005.

Belial/Satan, Punk Rock Holocaust 2, Backseat Conceptions, 2005.

Dr. Kaufman, Slaughter Party, Wild Range Productions, 2005.

Himself, The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (documentary), Gwendolyn Pictures, 2005.

Himself, Hors normes (short film), Ripert Janin Productions, 2005.

Himself, Film Trix, Smorgasbord Productions, 2005.

Father Lloyd, LolliLove, Troma Entertainment, 2006.

Game show announcer, Die You Zombie Bastards!, Image Entertainment, 2006.

Professor Necrosis, Death Plots, Troma Entertainment, 2006.

Crack-head Charlie, Hoodoo for Voodoo, Abyssmal Entertainment, 2006.

Adult film director, Dress Rehearsal, Money Raynz Productions, 2006.

Sad drunk, Slither, Universal, 2006.

Wally the pimp, The Cops Did It, 2006.

Floyd Faukman, Die and Let Live, IWC Films, 2006.

Some sources cite role of older Arbie, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Troma Entertainment, 2006.

Detective, Evil Ever After, CryptKeeper Films, 2006.

Meat Weed Madness, Troma Team Video, 2006.

In DVD introduction, The Muffin Man (short film), Dancing Monkey Productions, 2006.

The husband, The Losers Have a Junkyard, IFilm.com, 2006.

Ted Roma, Horizonica, Stichting Horizonica, 2006.

The announcer, No. My Other Possessed-Zombie Girlfriend, Red Giant Productions, 2006.

Himself, Texas Frightmare Weekend 2006, Triple C Productions, 2006.

(Uncredited) Himself, Genuine Nerd, Tempe Video, 2006.

Himself, Vampira: The Movie, 2006.

Caller, Phone Sex (documentary), Dikenga Films, 2006.

Himself, LovecraCked! the Movie, Biff Juggernaut Productions, 2006.

Himself, Blood, Boobs & Beast (documentary), videokitchen.tv, 2007.

Daddy, Crazy Animal, Troma Entertainment, 2007.

Lisa's father, Black Dahlia Movie, Bloodshot Pictures, 2007.

Master Gai Pan, Uchuujin from Outer Space, Troma Entertainment, 2007.

Jennings, The Horror Convention Massacre, 2007.

President Kaufman, Zeppo: Sinners from Beyond the Moon, Goatboy Films/Moodswing Entertainment, 2007.

Jonathan's helper, Bryan Loves You, Landau Motion Pictures, 2007.

Vic Vickers, Klown Kamp Massacre, I Can't Believe It's Not Hollywood! Entertainment, 2007.

The voice, Craig, Apotheosis Film, 2007.

Uncle John, Terror Talk, Troma Team Video, 2007.

Himself, The Boy from Out of This World (documentary), Attention Soldier Productions, 2007.

Himself, Official Rejection (documentary), Shut Up and Shoot Pictures, 2007.

Television Work; Series:

Creator, Toxic Crusaders, 1991.

Producer and director, Troma Theater, 1994.

Creator, executive producer, and director, The Tromaville Cafe, 1997.

Executive producer and director, Troma's Edge TV, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

The Tromaville Cafe, 1997.

Midget lover, Captain Jackson, 1999.

Troma's Edge TV, 2000.

Moonlight Cafe, CBS, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Canned Ham: Bowfinger, Comedy Central, 1999.

In Bad Taste, 2000.

The History of Hardcore, Channel 4, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Metropolis, ABC, 2001.

"Saturday Night Fever," VH-1 Behind the Movie, VH1, 2002.

Himself, Beat the Geeks, Comedy Central, 2002.

"DragonCon 2003," Rock Theatre Television, Fox, 2003.

Himself, The Screensavers, G4 Network, 2005.

Attack of the Show, G4 Network, 2005.

"Beat Boxing Circus Freaks or Bread Fetish Foot," ART or Something like It!, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Video Appearances:

Gorgon Video Magazine, Vol. 1 (also known as Stuart S. Shapiro's "Gorgon Video Magazine"), 1989.

The Making of "Terror Firmer" (also known as Farts of Darkness: The Making of "Terror Firmer"), Troma Entertainment, 2001.

Apocalypse Soon: The Making of "Citizen Toxie" (also known as The Making of "Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger 4"), Troma Entertainment, 2002.

The Book of Orgazmo, Universal Studios Home Video, 2003.

Lloyd Kaufman Goes Hollywood, Blue Underground, 2004.

Horror Business, Cut Entertainment Group, 2005.

Blood, Guts & Cleaning Supplies: The Making of "The Janitor," Elite Entertainment, 2005.

Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove: The Making Of, William Winckler Productions, 2005.

(In archive footage) Directing Lloyd, Troma Team Video, 2005.

(In archive footage) The Making of "LolliLove," Troma Team Video, 2006.

(And producer) The Life of a Child Star: Bill Winckler on His Father Bobby Winckler, Roan Group, 2006.

(And, uncredited, director) The King of Cult: Lloyd Kaufman's Video Diary (also known as "Slither"-ing through Hollywood, "Slither"-ing through Hollywood Uncut, and "Slither"-ing through Tinseltown), Troma Team Video, 2006.

(And director) Multiple roles, Debbie Rochon Confidential: My Years in Tromaville Exposed!, Troma Team Video, 2006.

WRITINGS

Films:

(And composer) The Girl Who Returned, 1969.

(And composer, with Andre Golino) The Battle of Love's Return, Standard Films, 1971.

(As Vicki Lester) The Newcomers (also known as The Newcallers), 1972.

(With Theodore Gershuny) Sugar Cookies (also known as Love Me My Way), General, 1973.

Big Guss What's the Fuss (also known as Ha-Balash Ha'Amitz Shvartz), 1973.

(As Louis Su; with David Wynn and Robert Kalen) The Divine Obsession, Oppidan, 1975.

(As Samuel Weil; with others) Stuck on You!, Troma, 1983.

(As Samuel Weil) Author of additional material, The First Turn-On!!, Troma, 1984.

(With Joe Ritter, Gay Terry, and Stuart Strutin) The Toxic Avenger (also based on story by Kaufman), Troma, 1985.

(As Samuel Weil; with Haines, Strutin, and Mark Rudnitsky) Class of Nuke 'em High (also known as Nuke 'em High), Troma, 1986.

Narration, Lust for Freedom (also known as Georgia County Lock-Up), Troma, 1987.

(With Michael Dana, Eric Hattler, and Thomas Martinek) War (also known as 1,000 Ways to Die and Troma's War; also based on story by Kaufman), Troma, 1988.

(As Samuel Weil; with Terry) The Toxic Avenger, Part II (also based on story by Kaufman), Troma, 1989.

(Coauthor) The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (also based on story by Kaufman), Troma, 1989.

Narration, Fortress of Amerikkka (also known as The Mercenaries), 1989.

(Coauthor) Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Troma, 1990.

(Coauthor; and lyricist, theme song) Class of Nuke 'em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown, 1991.

The Troma System, 1993.

(Coauthor) Class of Nuke 'em High 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Subhumanoid, 1994.

(Coauthor; and composer of theme song) Tromeo and Juliet, Troma, 1996.

(Coauthor) Terror Firmer (also based on his book All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from "The Toxic Avenger"), Troma Team Video, 1999.

(Coauthor) Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4, Troma, 1999.

(Coauthor) All the Love You Cannes! (documentary), Troma Entertainment, 2002.

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Troma Entertainment, 2006.

Television Series:

The Toxic Crusaders, 1991.

Troma Theater, 1994.

The Tromaville Cafe, 1997.

Troma's Edge TV, 2000.

Television Scripts; Other:

Coauthor, Class of Nuke 'em High (pilot), Fox, 1993.

Also executive producer of satirical, fictitious public service announcements, including "Hamster PSA," 1997; and "Sgt. Kabukiman Public Service Announcement," 1997.

Books:

(With James Gunn) All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from "The Toxic Avenger" (autobiography), Berkley Boulevard, 1998.

(With Trent Haaga and Adam Jahnke) Make Your Own Damn Movie! Secrets of a Renegade Film Director, St. Martin's Press, 2002.

ADAPTATIONS

The 2005 film Make Your Own Damn Movie! is based on Kaufman's book of the same title. Several comic books have been based on Kaufman's creations, including Toxic Avenger and Toxic Crusaders.