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Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica.
He was born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Memo from Purgatory" written by Harlan Ellison) with James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the outlaw Muley in "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshall Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan.
From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a narcoleptic murdering motorbiker.
King has directed several commercially successful films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle.
Other work as director includes the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin and starring Audie England. The film about an American girl living in Paris in 1939 is in many ways reminiscent of European art house films where erotica forms a centerpiece to a plot which is nevertheless about greater issues.
He is married to writer/producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They have collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries. They have two daughters, Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz.
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Filmography
all 85
Movies 63
Director 28
TV Shows 22
Producer 11
Writer 7
self 3
Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires (2021)
Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure (2021)
Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together (2021)
Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries (2021)
Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion (2021)
Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity (2021)
March with the Devil (2014)
Pleasure or Pain (2013)
Kamikaze Love (2012)
Body Language (2008)
Body Language (2008)
Saint Francis (2007)
The Foreign Eye (2006)
Dance with the Devil (2006)
Crazy Again (2006)
Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z (2003)
Gypsy Love (2002)
The Eternal (2002)
Cover Me Girls (2002)
ChromiumBlue.com (2002)
Chromiumblue.com (2002)
Women of the Night (2001)
Shame, Shame, Shame (1999)
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon (1998)
Wind on Water (1998)
A Place Called Truth (1998)
In God's Hands (1998)
Black Sea 213 (1998)
Playboy: The Story of X (1998)
Business for Pleasure (1997)
Female Perversions (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband (1996)
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass (1995)
Delta of Venus (1995)
Return to Two Moon Junction (1995)
Boca (1994)
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica (1994)
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick (1993)
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare (1993)
Lake Consequence (1993)
East & West: Paradises Lost (1993)
Red Shoe Diaries (1992)
Red Shoe Diaries (1992)
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991)
Wild Orchid (1989)
Wildfire (1988)
Two Moon Junction (1988)
Siesta (1987)
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Endangered Species (1982)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
Roadie (1980)
Like Normal People (1979)
W.E.B. (1978)
Blue Sunshine (1978)
The Passover Plot (1976)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Sammy Somebody (1976)
Trip with the Teacher (1975)
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
Some Call It Loving (1973)
Neither by Day Nor by Night (1972)
You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)
The Ski Bum (1971)
The Intruders (1970)
The Young Lawyers (1970)
The Young Lawyers (1969)
Then Came Bronson (1969)
Whiskey Flats (1969)
Land of the Giants (1968)
Adam-12 (1968)
Stranger on the Run (1967)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
Cimarron Strip (1967)
Ironside (1967)
The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Loner (1965)
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Munsters (1964)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
Gunsmoke (1955)
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GenderMale
Birthday1942-05-23
Deathday2012-02-03 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceTrenton, United States of America
RelationshipsPatricia Louisianna Knop (1965-09-25 - 2012-02-03)
ChildrenChloe King, Gillian Lefkowitz
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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