Guy Magar

Filmmaker Guy Magar has already checked these items off of his Bucket List: almost decapitating a young Drew Barrymore, hiring a Mafia assassin as his first producer, nearly derailing James Cameron’s burgeoning career, and directing a grunting Mr. T on The A-Team. This is all while garnering 100 film credits, including episodes of La Femme Nikita, Sliders, The A-Team, Blue Thunder, Fortune Hunter, The Young Riders, Lawless, and Capitol. But first, his story starts in Egypt, where he was born and raised until the age of nine, when his family was forced to immigrate to the U.S. After graduating from Rutgers University with a B.A. in philosophy, Magar began his film career at the London Film School. Soup Run, his first short about the homeless, won a Special Jury Prize at the 1974 San Francisco International Film Fest. Following this achievement, Magar relocated to Los Angeles to attend the American Film Institute. His first dramatic short, Once Upon an Evening (which had a budget of $500) earned him a seven-year deal at Universal Studios. He soon began directing network TV dramas in the action/adventure genre, and in 1995, Magar was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for his television work on the series Nowhere Man. His feature film credits include Lookin’ Italian, Stepfather 3 (which launched HBO’s World Premiere Series) and the cult thriller Retribution.