Directing

James Glickenhaus

Born July 24, 1950 · New York City, New York, USA (age 76)

James Glickenhaus is an American investment professional at Glickenhaus Co., the finance firm started by his father, Seth Glickenhaus. He was formerly a movie director before entering the finance world. Glickenhaus wrote, directed and produced a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s including the controversial film The Exterminator and the Jackie Chan vehicle, The Protector. Having left the movi…

Known For

The Protector

The Protector · 1985

MovieActionCrime

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.

Bad Biology

Bad Biology · 2008

MovieHorrorComedy

Driven by biological excess, a young man and woman search for sexual fulfillment, unaware of each other's existence. Unfortunately, they eventually meet, and the bonding of these two very unusual human beings ends in an explosive and ultimately over-the-top sexual experience, resulting in a truly god awful love story....

Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop · 1988

MovieActionHorror

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker · 1990

MovieComedyHorror

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.

The Exterminator

The Exterminator · 1980

The Exterminator

MovieActionCrime

When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.

McBain

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.

Shakedown

Shakedown · 1988

MovieActionCrime

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.

Basket Case 3

Basket Case 3 · 1992

MovieHorrorComedy

Duane recovers from his delusional breakdown to find his freakish basket-bound brother Belial will soon become a father. But not everything is joyous as the once tight knit brothers no longer seem to trust each other.

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The Protector

The Protector · 1985

MovieActionCrime

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.

Director

Bad Biology

Bad Biology · 2008

MovieHorrorComedy

Driven by biological excess, a young man and woman search for sexual fulfillment, unaware of each other's existence. Unfortunately, they eventually meet, and the bonding of these two very unusual human beings ends in an explosive and ultimately over-the-top sexual experience, resulting in a truly god awful love story....

Magazine Editor

Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop · 1988

MovieActionHorror

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

Executive Producer

Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker · 1990

MovieComedyHorror

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.

Executive Producer

The Exterminator

The Exterminator · 1980

The Exterminator

MovieActionCrime

When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.

Director

McBain

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.

Writer

Shakedown

Shakedown · 1988

MovieActionCrime

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.

Director

Basket Case 3

Basket Case 3 · 1992

MovieHorrorComedy

Duane recovers from his delusional breakdown to find his freakish basket-bound brother Belial will soon become a father. But not everything is joyous as the once tight knit brothers no longer seem to trust each other.

Executive Producer

The Soldier

The Soldier · 1982

MovieActionDrama

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

Director

The Astrologer

The Astrologer · 1975

A scientist investigating reports of the Second Coming of Christ finds himself battling against a suicidal devil cult.

Director

Basket Case 2

Basket Case 2 · 1990

MovieHorrorComedy

Duane and his basket-bound mutant brother are taken in by a secret home for wayward freaks.

Executive Producer

Exterminator 2

Exterminator 2 · 1984

MovieActionCrime

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.

Characters

Slaughter of the Innocents

Slaughter of the Innocents · 1993

Slaughter of the Innocents

MovieHorrorAction

A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.

Director

Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel · 1994

MovieActionDrama

A champion fencer accidentally kills an opponent in a match. Disgraced, he is blackballed from the fencing community, until a mysterious stranger saves his life one night from a gang of muggers. He soon finds himself caught up in the world of underground illegal swordfights, where combatants fight to the death.

Executive Producer

Timemaster

Timemaster · 1995

MovieScience Fiction

Young Jesse is traveling through time in order to stop some evil virtual reality fight managers from a parallel universe trying to destroy Earth.

Director