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Randall Frakes

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Visual Effects
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Randall Frakes is known for Aliens (1986), Escape from New York (1981) and Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988).
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    Known for

    Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)
    Aliens
    8.4
    Movie
    • Music Department
    • 1986
    Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)
    Escape from New York
    7.1
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(as Randy Frakes, special visual effects)
    • 1981
    Sandahl Bergman, Roddy Piper, and Cec Verrell in Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
    Hell Comes to Frogtown
    5.5
    Movie
    • Writer
    • 1988
    Allison Nurse, Juvenile, Kita Sha, and Phoenix Brown in Hood Angels (2003)
    Hood Angels
    2.7
    Movie
    • Writer
    • 2003

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Empires of the Deep
      • screenplay
      • Completed
    • Zaatari (2016)
      Zaatari
      Short
      • writer
      • 2016
    • Groupie (2010)
      Groupie
      3.4
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Allison Nurse, Juvenile, Kita Sha, and Phoenix Brown in Hood Angels (2003)
      Hood Angels
      2.7
      • written by
      • 2003
    • Daniel Baldwin, Coolio, and Jenya Lano in Stealing Candy (2003)
      Stealing Candy
      4.4
      • screenplay
      • 2003
    • Mark Dacascos, Missy Crider, and Kadeem Hardison in Instinct to Kill (2001)
      Instinct to Kill
      4.7
      • written by
      • 2001
    • Patsy Kensit and Patrick Muldoon in Bad Karma (2001)
      Bad Karma
      3.3
      • written by
      • 2001
    • Ashley Jones and Jennifer Lyons in Devil's Prey (2001)
      Devil's Prey
      3.4
      • screenplay
      • 2001
    • Michael Madsen and Bokeem Woodbine in Sacrifice (2000)
      Sacrifice
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2000
    • James Remar and Mario Van Peebles in Blowback (2000)
      Blowback
      4.6
      • screenplay
      • 2000
    • True Lies (1995)
      True Lies
      7.2
      Video Game
      • co-story
      • 1995
    • The Force (1994)
      The Force
      4.6
      Video
      • Writer
      • 1994
    • Twisted Fate (1993)
      Twisted Fate
      3.8
      • Writer (uncredited)
      • 1993
    • The Deadly Avenger (1992)
      The Deadly Avenger
      3.9
      Video
      • ghostwriter
      • 1992
    • Diplomatic Immunity (1991)
      Diplomatic Immunity
      4.6
      • screenplay
      • 1991
    • Elizabeth Kaitan and Kathleen Kinmont in Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989)
      Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
      3.5
      • screenplay (as Lloyd Strathern)
      • 1989

    Producer

    • It's Not About You
      • executive producer
      • Completed
    • Twisted Fate (1993)
      Twisted Fate
      3.8
      • producer (uncredited)
      • 1993
    • Sandahl Bergman, Roddy Piper, and Cec Verrell in Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
      Hell Comes to Frogtown
      5.5
      • producer
      • 1988
    • Xenogenesis (1978)
      Xenogenesis
      5.4
      Short
      • producer (as R.L.A. Frakes)
      • 1978

    Visual Effects

    • Galaxy of Terror (1981)
      Galaxy of Terror
      5.0
      • camera operator: special visual effects (as Randy Frakes)
      • 1981
    • Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)
      Escape from New York
      7.1
      • camera assistant: special visual effects (as Randy Frakes)
      • 1981
    • Sybil Danning, George Peppard, Richard Thomas, Lara Cody, Darlanne Fluegel, Lawrence Steven Meyers, and Morgan Woodward in Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
      Battle Beyond the Stars
      5.5
      • additional photography: special photographic effects
      • 1980

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      • R.L.A. Frakes

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