Nick Castle Jr.

Director

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Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Born

September 21, 1947

Biography

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Son of Hollywood choreographer Nick Castle Sr., this writer-director has crafted a variety of mainstream entertainments for film and TV. Castle's most memorable works include his sly screenplay for John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" (1983), his own "The Boy Who Could Fly" (1986), a slightly flawed, but well-intentioned "small movie," and his old-fashioned homage to black dancers, "T...

Filmography

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Connors' War (2006)

Mr. Wrong (1996)

Major Payne (1995)

Dennis The Menace (1993)

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

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Royal Wedding (1951) -- (Movie Clip) You're All The World To Me

Royal Wedding (1951) -- (Movie Clip) How Could You Believe Me...

Biography

Son of Hollywood choreographer Nick Castle Sr., this writer-director has crafted a variety of mainstream entertainments for film and TV. Castle's most memorable works include his sly screenplay for John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" (1983), his own "The Boy Who Could Fly" (1986), a slightly flawed, but well-intentioned "small movie," and his old-fashioned homage to black dancers, "Tap" (1989). He has also earned a small footnote to the history of the horror film for playing "The Shape," writer-director John Carpenter's nickname for the masked silent stalker of his "Halloween" (1978).

Credited for providing the original story for Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (1991), Castle was also slated to helm that quirky Peter Pan update until Spielberg came aboard. He did return to the director's chair for John Hughes' production of "Dennis the Menace" (1993), the film version of the venerable children's comic strip.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Connors' War (2006)

Mr. Wrong (1996)

Major Payne (1995)

Dennis The Menace (1993)

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

The Last Starfighter (1984)

TAG: The Assasination Game (1982)

Cast (Feature Film)

Halloween (2018)

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

Halloween (1978)

Artists and Models (1956)

Specialty dancer

Writer (Feature Film)

August Rush (2007)

August Rush (2007)

John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. (1996)

Characters As Source Material

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

Escape From New York (1981)

Skatetown, USA (1979)

Skatetown, USA (1979)

Music (Feature Film)

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

Director (Special)

Shangri-La Plaza (1990)

Writer (Special)

Shangri-La Plaza (1990)

Perry Como's Hawaiian Holiday (1976)

Perry Como's Christmas in Mexico (1975)

Producer (Special)

Shangri-La Plaza (1990)

Executive Producer

Music (Special)

Shangri-La Plaza (1990)

Special Thanks (Special)

Shangri-La Plaza (1990)

Perry Como's Hawaiian Holiday (1976)

Perry Como's Christmas in Mexico (1975)

Director (TV Mini-Series)

Twas the Night (2001)

Life Events

1970

With USC classmates (including John Carpenter), worked on the Oscar-winning short, "The Resurrection of Bronco Billy"

1978

Appeared as 'The Shape' in John Carpenter's "Halloween"

1979

Feature film screenwriting debut, "Skatetown, U.S.A"

1982

Feature film directing debut, "Tag: The Assassination Game"

1984

Helmed "The Last Starfighter" an adventure film, using computer graphics for its special effects

1986

Helmed the family film, "The Boy Who Could Fly"

1987

Helmed an episode of Steven Spielberg's anthology series "Amazing Stories" (NBC)

1989

Directed "Tap," co-starring Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr. in his final film appearance

1993

Directed the live-action film, "Dennis the Menace," based on the comic strip

1995

Directed Damon Wayans in the comedy, "Major Payne"

2001

Helmed "Delivering Milo," starring Anton Yelchin and Albert Finney

2007

Wrote the screenplay for "August Rush," a musical-drama starring Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Keri Russell

Videos

Royal Wedding (1951) -- (Movie Clip) You're All The World To Me As entertainer "Tom Bowen," Fred Astaire is all over the walls and ceilings over his English girlfriend (played by Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah) in the famous trick sequence, directed by Stanley Donen, from MGM's Royal Wedding, 1951.

Royal Wedding (1951) -- (Movie Clip) How Could You Believe Me... Jane Powell and Fred Astaire as Brother-Sister Act "Tom and Ellen Bowen," performing the Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner tune with a very long name in Royal Wedding, 1951, choreography by Nick Castle.

Buck Privates (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Private Herbie (Lou Costello) needs a moment before his boxing match so "The Andrews Sisters" appear to introduce their smash "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by Don Raye and Hugh Prince, in the first big Abbott & Costello box office hit, Buck Privates, 1941.

Buck Privates (1941) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Lucky Fellow Herbie (Lou Costello) and Slicker (Bud Abbott) set up the first big number for The Andrews Sisters (Patty, Maxene and Laverne), "You're A Lucky Fellow Mr. Smith," staged by Nick Castle, in Buck Privates, 1941.

Royal Wedding (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Open Your Eyes Jane Powell (as "Ellen Bowen") with opera-quality soprano for Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner's "Open Your Eyes," then dancing in a shipboard ballroom with brother Tom (Fred Astaire), in MGM's Royal Wedding, 1951.

Royal Wedding (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Sunday Jumps Fred Astaire (as entertainer "Tom Bowen") in his famous routine with a coat rack, to Burton Lane's "Sunday Jumps," choreography by Nick Castle, from MGM's Royal Wedding, 1951.

Summer Stock (1950) -- (Movie Clip) If You Feel Like Singing, Sing From the credits, we find an unusually stout Judy Garland (as farmer "Jane") singing in the shower, Harry Warren and Mack Gordon's If You Feel Like Singing, Sing, opening Charles Walters' Summer Stock, 1950, also starring Gene Kelly.

Seven Little Foys, The -- (Movie Clip) Mary's A Grand Old Name Certainly the best remembered piece in the picture, James Cagney appearing as George M. Cohan (as he did in Yankee Doodle Dandy), presents an award to rival Eddie Foy (Bob Hope), before they tangle to a Cohan song, in The Seven Little Foys, 1955.

Escape From New York (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Call Me Snake In 1997, chief cop Hauk (Lee Van Cleef) takes a call from the veep about the president held hostage on Manhattan, the prison, then consults with just-arrived inmate Plisskin (Kurt Russell), in John Carpenter's Escape From New York, 1981.

Escape From New York (1981) -- (Movie Clip) I've Got His Pulse tbd

Anything Goes (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Give The People Hoke TV star Ted (Donald O'Connor) is introduced to Broadway star Bill (Bing Crosby), who doesn't yet know they're about to be partners, but they join impromptu for a tune by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen, early in Anything Goes, 1956.

Anything Goes (1956) -- (Movie Clip) You're The Top Musical partners Bill (Bing Crosby) and Ted (Donald O'Connor), on the way back to New York, trying to avoid telling Betsy (Mitzi Gaynor) and Gaby (Zizi Jeanmarie) they've been given the same part, with a witty staging of Cole Porter's song, in Anything Goes, 1956.

Family

Nick Castle

Father

Choreographer. Born on March 21, 1910; died in 1968.

Millie Castle

Mother

Bibliography

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