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Lloyd Kaufman (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. With producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, including The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet.
Kaufman was born Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Jr. in New York City, New York, the son of Ruth (née Fried) and Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Sr. a lawyer.
Kaufman graduated from Yale University with the class of 1968, where he majored in Chinese studies. His fellow Yale classmates included Oliver Stone and George W. Bush. Originally intending to become a social worker, he became fast friends with student filmmaker Robert Edelstein and Eric Sherman (son of filmmaker Vincent Sherman), who introduced him to his future lifelong obsession, cinema. Some of Lloyd's favorite filmmakers include John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, Stan Brakhage and Franklin Schaffner. Like the members of Monty Python troupe, who were a big influence on him, Kaufman read Punch magazine and enjoyed the theatrical performances of Beyond the Fringe, Flanders & Swann, etc.
Actors: Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Andy Sexton (actor), Andy Sexton (director), Andy Sexton (writer), Alex Preston (actor), Han Htet (actor), Blake Lindsey (actor), Dustin Maeno (actor), Dustin Maeno (producer), Eddie Keeling (actor), Josh Kay (actor), Julian Forte (composer), Christopher Reeves (actor), Adrian Moss (actor), Anne Sexton (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror,Actors: Erik A. Williams (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Jessica Cameron (actress), Wil Wheaton (actor), Felicia Day (actress), Jason Janes (editor), Jason Janes (producer), Jason Janes (writer), Jason Janes (director), Jason Janes (actor), Stacy Chambers (actress), Mercer Sage (actor), Phil Lacefield (actor), Nana Valtiel (actress), Monica Boes (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Maurice LaMarche (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Hugh M. Hefner (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Jeremy Bulloch (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), J.J. Abrams (actor), Paul Dini (actor), Sid Caesar (actor), Ray Harryhausen (actor), Bruce Campbell (actor), Matt Groening (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Mark Hamill (actor), Stan Lee (actor),
Plot: A host of real-life celebrities - including Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, and Kevin Smith - journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture of craziness that he's totally unprepared for!
Keywords: colon-in-title, comic-book, convention, fake-documentary, fandom, four-word-title, hugh-hefner, man-with-glasses, mockumentary, movie-in-title