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name: "Harley Cokeliss"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 February 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T23:22:18.509978+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Harley Cokeliss

Director. Born 11 February 1945 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 February 1945, San Diego, California, USA
- **Active:** 1980–1995
- **Also known as:** Harley Cokliss

## Biography

Harley Cokeliss (also credited as Harley Cokliss) is an American film and television director, writer and producer. Born on 11 February 1945 in San Diego, California, he was raised in Chicago and moved to Britain in 1966 to study at the London Film School.

He began his career making documentaries for British television in the early 1970s, including an early filmed adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s *Crash!*. Cokeliss later directed feature films such as *Black Moon Rising* (1986) and *Malone* (1987), and served as second unit director on *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980). He has also directed episodes of television series including *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995) and *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hercules-xena.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Fi1m 92, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md)

## Also known for

- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), Director
- *Black Moon Rising* (1986), Director
- *Hercules and the Lost Kingdom* (1994), Director
- *Malone* (1987), Director
- *Dream Demon* (1988), Director, Writer

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