
Harley Cokeliss
Known for directing · Born 11 February 1945 · 81 · San Diego, California, USA
22 credits
Harley Cokeliss (born Harley Louis Cokliss, February 11, 1945) is an American director, writer and producer of film and television. Originally brought up in Chicago, he moved to Britain in 1966 to study at the London Film School, and spent the majority of his career in the UK. Cokeliss started making documentaries for British television in 1970, including the first filmed version of J. G. Ballard's story Crash!. Papers relating to the film Crash! are available at the British Library. Cokeliss's initial treatment and Ballard's draft script for Crash! are published in Crash: The Collector's Edition, ed. Chris Beckett. He returned to Chicago in 1972 to make a documentary about blues musicians in the city. Cokeliss later graduated to making feature films, serving as second unit director on The Empire Strikes Back before helming films like Battletruck, Black Moon Rising, and Malone. He wrote and directed the 1988 horror film Dream Demon. He has directed episodes of various television series, including The New Adventures of Robin Hood, CI5: The New Professionals, and Xena: Warrior Princess.
Known for

The Empire Strikes Back
1980

Xena: Warrior Princess
1995

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995

Black Moon Rising
1986

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
1994

Malone
1987

Dream Demon
1988

Battletruck
1982

The New Adventures of Robin Hood
1997

An Angel for May
2002

Pilgrim
2000

Crash!
1971