Luca Bercovici | |
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Born |
Luca Josef Bercovici 1957 New York, New York |
Residence | Budapest, Hungary |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Filmmaker, actor, director, writer and producer |
Years active | 36 |
Known for | BlueDanube Films, co-founder |
Notable work | Ghoulies, American Flyers, Drop Zone, Clean and Sober, The Granny, Rockula |
Television | Terápia, producer |
Parent(s) | Eric Bercovici (father) |
Relatives | Konrad Bercovici (great grand uncle) |
Luca Bercovici is an American filmmaker, director, writer, producer and actor based in Budapest, Hungary. He has directed eight feature films including Ghoulies, which he also co-wrote. Bercovici co-founded BlueDanube Films, a full-service motion picture production company that provides production services as well as creating original content in English and Hungarian with Gábor Váradi. He was also head of production for Raleigh Film Budapest from 2009 to 2011. Bercovici is the son of television/film producer Eric Bercovici and grandson of Leonardo Bercovici, director, writer, and producer known for The Bishop's Wife, Portrait of Jennie, and The Lost Moment. He is also grand-nephew of writer Konrad Bercovici.
Bercovici attended College of the Redwoods where he studied with Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, Santa Monica City College, and Loyola Marymount University. Bercovici studied acting professionally with Jeff Corey and Lee Strasberg. He is a graduate of the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio.
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 starring Jamie Lee Curtis. In the 1980s, Bercovici had a role in the Charles Band movie Parasite with Demi Moore, which introduced Bercovici to independent film making. Bercovici’s acting career includes roles in the movies Flesh and Blood, American Flyers, Rockula, Flatland, Richard III, Night Train, and The Childhood of a Leader. He has also appeared in several television series including The Fall Guy, Airwolf, F/X: The Series, Diagnosis Murder, Eyes, and the television mini-series Houdini with Adrien Brody.