Mr. King was ready for it. A former actor, he had already had success with erotic theatrical movies, helping to write and produce the controversial 1986 film “9 ½ Weeks,” directed by Adrian Lyne. From there he made the original film version of “Red...

Channing Tatum has hit out at the people running Hollywood studios saying they are no longer interested in taking risks. He said they often only deal in developing movies based on books or comics that already have an established audience. The actor said...

It’s also the first feature directed by Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Jacob’s Ladder), a TV commercial veteran whose work was often maligned on first release but tends to look better with age. Foxes anticipates some of Larry Clark’s films (Bully,...

The cause was cancer. Born Zalman King Lefkowitz, King began his career acting on TV in the ’60s. But his real breakthrough came when he and his wife, Patricia Louisianna Knop, wrote the screenplay for 1986′s 9 1/2 Weeks. Slickly directed by Adrian...

Although King would continue to act in movies ranging from the sentimental Tell Me A Riddle to the schlocky sci-fi B-movie Galaxy Of Terror, his attentions turned to first producing and then directing in the 1980s—most notably beginning with his...

He was 70. King, dubbed “the high priest of erotic filmmaking,” has dozens of film and TV producer, director and writer credits and often collaborated with his wife, writer-producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They co-penned 9½ Weeks, the 1986 film that...