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Harley Cokeliss (born Harley Louis Cokliss, February 11, 1945) is an American director, writer and producer of film and television.

Early life

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.

Career

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 (Add MS 89171/1). 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.

Filmography

Film

Assistant director

• Six Reels of Film to Be Shown in Any Order (1971)

Second unit director

• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Television

TV series

TV movies

• Crash! (1971) (short film)
• The Ruby Ring (1997)
• An Angel for May (2002)

References

1. The New York Times
2. Film, British Council. "British Council Film: Harley Cokeliss". film.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
3. "Harley Cokliss". BFI. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
4. Baxter, John, Chapter 34, "The Nasty", The Inner Man: The Life of J.G. Ballard, Hachette, 2011.
5. Harley Cokeliss: Papers relating to his film about J.G. Ballard, archives and manuscripts catalogue, the British Library. Retrieved 21 May 2020
6. Beckett, Chris (2017). Crash: The Collector's Edition. HarperCollins.
7. Pareles, Jon (September 1, 1983). "SCREEN: 'CHICAGO BLUES,' A HISTORY". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
8. Thomas, Philip (March 5, 1991). "Chicago Blues OST review". Q Magazine. 55: 85.
9. Chibnall, Steve; Petley, Julian (2002). British Horror Cinema. Routledge. p. 6.
10. Project, The Chicago Independent Radio. "The History of Chicago Blues (1972) | CHIRP Radio". chirpradio.org. Retrieved January 16, 2023.

External links

• Harley Cokeliss at IMDb
• website: http://harleycokeliss.co.uk/

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