Biography
Son of Hollywood choreographer Nick Castle Sr. , this writer-director has crafted a variety of mainstream entertainments for film and TV. Castle's most memorable works include his sly screenplay for John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" (1983), his own "The Boy Who Could Fly" (1986), a slightly flawed, but well-intentioned "small movie", and his old-fashioned homage to black dancers, "Tap" (1989). He has also earned a small footnote to the …
Career Milestones
2007 | Wrote the screenplay for "August Rush," a musical-drama starring Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Keri Russell | |
2001 | Helmed "Delivering Milo," starring Anton Yelchin and Albert Finney | |
1995 | Directed Damon Wayans in the comedy, "Major Payne" | |
1993 | Directed the live-action film, "Dennis the Menace," based on the comic strip | |
1989 | Directed "Tap," co-starring Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr. in his final film appearance | |
1987 | Helmed an episode of Steven Spielberg's anthology series "Amazing Stories" (NBC) | |
1986 | Helmed the family film, "The Boy Who Could Fly" | |
1984 | Helmed "The Last Starfighter" an adventure film, using computer graphics for its special effects | |
1982 | Feature film directing debut, "Tag: The Assassination Game" | |
1979 | Feature film screenwriting debut, "Skatetown, U.S.A" | |
1978 | Appeared as 'The Shape' in John Carpenter's "Halloween" | |
1970 | With USC classmates (including John Carpenter), worked on the Oscar-winning short, "The Resurrection of Bronco Billy" | |
| As a child appeared as a dancer in a few films that his father choreographed, such as "Artists and Models" (1955) | ||