Luca Bercovici

Luca Bercovici

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
Birthdayfévr. 22, 1957
BiographyLuca Bercovici (born February 22, 1957) is an American filmmaker, writer, producer and actor.

In 1979, as part of Bercovici's earliest involvements in filmmaking, he spent six months in Japan as a dialogue director for the miniseries, Shogun (1980), working primarily with the leading actress, Yôko Shimada, who was subsequently awarded the Golden Globe for her performance. Bercovici's acting career began in television with roles in Chicago Story and the made-for-TV movie Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story with Jamie Lee Curtis and went on to starring in several more feature films of various genres during the 1980s and the 1990s. Bercovici has also written for Aaron Spelling Productions, Trimark, Warner Bros, Tapestry Films and many other production companies throughout his career.

In 1985, he made his directorial debut with the comedy horror film Ghoulies (1985), which he also co-wrote.

Until recently, Bercovici had been based in Hungary, Budapest for over a decade. Between 2009 and 2011, he was head of production for Raleigh Film Budapest and later co-founded, with Hungarian filmmaker, Gábor Váradi, BlueDanube Films, a full-service motion picture production company that provided production services as well as generating and creating original content in both English and Hungarian. Bercovici and Váradis' company produced the second season of the Hungarian version of in-treatment, Terápia, for HBO Europe, and provided production services for the American sci-fi TV series, 12 Monkeys (2015), as well as serving as co-producers on the Scott Hicks film, Fallen (2016).

In 2016, Bercovici signed on as executive producer on the sci-fi TV series Medinah – the first genre show from the Middle East to showcase at Comic-Con, and developed a close working relationship with Qatari director and producer Ahmed Al-Baker. Bercovici has since been based in Doha, Qatar as Director of Film Production, alongside Qatari filmmaker and executive producer, Ahmed Al-Baker, at Katara Studios - a full-service production company, post-production facility and music recording studio.

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