# Guy Magar

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{{short description|American director and screenwriter (born 1948)}}
'''Guy Magar''' is an American director and screenwriter, born in [Cairo](/source/Cairo), Egypt, in 1948.  He directed television series before he transitioned to feature films, such as ''[Our Family Honor](/source/Our_Family_Honor)'' and ''[Riptide](/source/Riptide_(American_TV_series))''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19870820&id=b7BPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5512,4554684|title=TV Directors Have Trouble with Film|last=Scott|first=Vernon|work=[The Bryan Times](/source/The_Bryan_Times)|agency=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International)|date=1987-08-20|page=<!-- unlisted -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-07-01 |title=Producer-Director Magar Jumps From TV To Pix On 'Retribution' |page=14 |work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))}}</ref>  An independent director, he is best known for having directed films such as ''[Retribution](/source/Retribution_(1987_film))'' (1987),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-29-ca-200-story.html|title=Movie Reviews : Beware of This Frighteningly Tedious 'Retribution'|last=Willman|first=Chris|work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=1988-10-29|access-date=2014-06-07}}</ref> ''[Lookin' Italian](/source/Lookin'_Italian)'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/lookin-italian-2-1200435276/|title=Review: 'Lookin' Italian'|last=Gaydos|first=Steven|work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=1994-01-13|access-date=2014-06-07}}</ref> ''[Stepfather III](/source/Stepfather_III)'' (1992),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-04-ca-1249-story.html|title=TV REVIEW: 'Stepfather III' on HBO Takes a Step Down|last=Wilmington|first=Michael|work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=1992-06-04|access-date=2014-06-07}}</ref> and ''[Children of the Corn: Revelation](/source/Children_of_the_Corn%3A_Revelation)'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/2889/children-of-the-corn-revelation/|title=Children of the Corn: Revelation|last=Tyner|first=Adam|work=[DVD Talk](/source/DVD_Talk)|date=2001-10-09|access-date=2014-06-07}}</ref>  He wrote his autobiography in 2011 called ''Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot''.

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