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name: "John Fasano"
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wikidata_id: "Q6232792"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 August 1961"
died: "19 July 2014"
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updated: "2026-10-04T21:22:54.952403+00:00"
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# John Fasano

## Identity

John Fasano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-fasano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-fasano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004591
- **TMDB ID:** 65237
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6232792
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fasano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6232792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65237

Writer. Born 24 August 1961 in Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA. Died 19 July 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 August 1961, Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 July 2014
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fasano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6232792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65237

## Biography

John Fasano was an American screenwriter, film producer and director. Born in Old Bethpage on Long Island, New York, he began his career making industrial films and low-budget horror features such as *Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare* (1987) and *Black Roses* (1988), which he also directed.

After moving to Los Angeles in 1989, Fasano sold his first spec script and co-wrote the screenplay for *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990). He worked extensively as a script doctor on films including *Tombstone* (1993), for which he received an associate producer credit, *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995) and *Judge Dredd* (1995). His other screenwriting credits include *Universal Soldier: The Return* (1999), *Darkness Falls* (2003) and *Jesse Stone: Stone Cold* (2005). He received a Writers Guild of America nomination for the telefilm *The Hunchback* (1997). Fasano died in 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Fi1m 38, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story* (2021), Writer
- *Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare* (2019), Screenplay
- *Sniper: Legacy* (2014), Screenplay, Story
- *The Eleventh Victim* (2012), Writer
- *Pennhurst* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Hannah's Law* (2012), Writer
- *Sniper: Reloaded* (2011), Screenplay, Story
- *Woke Up Dead* (2010), Writer, Producer
- *Woke Up Dead* (2009), series, Creator
- *Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight* (2008), series, Director
- *Holiday Switch* (2007), Executive Producer
- *A Family Lost* (2007), Director
- *The Legend of Butch & Sundance* (2006), as Blacksmith · Writer
- *Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone* (2006), Writer
- *Rapid Fire* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Intercessor: Another Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Murder at the Presidio* (2005), Director
- *Cool Money* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Stone Cold* (2005), Teleplay
- *Ladies Night* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Saving Jessica Lynch* (2003), Writer
- *Ginostra* (2003), Co-Producer
- *Darkness Falls* (2003), Screenplay, Producer
- *Megiddo: The Omega Code 2* (2001), Writer
- *Universal Soldier: The Return* (1999), Screenplay
- *The Hunley* (1999), Story
- *Mean Streak* (1999), Writer
- *According to Occam's Razor* (1999), Co-Producer
- *The Hunchback* (1997), Teleplay, Co-Producer
- *Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!* (1997), Still Photographer
- *FX - Final Illusion* (1996), Book
- *Tombstone* (1993), Associate Producer
- *Rapid Fire* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Screenplay — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *The Jitters* (1989), Director, Producer, Editor, Additional Dialogue
- *Black Roses* (1988), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Blood Sisters* (1987), as Larry · Assistant Director
- *Zombie Nightmare* (1987), as William Washington · Assistant Director
- *Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare* (1987), Director
- *Student Affairs* (1987), as Phillip / Moose
- *Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy* (1985), as Director Henri's Assistant (uncredited) · Screenplay

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