From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Kaye (born August 31, 1941) is an American screenwriter, novelist and playwright. His feature credits as a screenwriter include American Hot Wax, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins and Where the Buffalo Roam. He also directed the feature film Forever Lulu, starring Melanie Griffith and Patrick Swayze. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Kaye was producer and writer of The Lohman and Barkley Show, a late-nite live, 90 minute, satirical show that ran for a year on KNBC, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in 1971. A precursor to Saturday Night Live, Kaye gave Barry Levinson, Craig T. Nelson, John Amos, and McClean Stevenson their first jobs in the entertainment business. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Kaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 31, 1941 (85)
- USA
- Writer and director
- 3 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
What are John Kaye's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch John Kaye's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for John Kaye's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
My Omaha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Forever Lulu(2000)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Where the Buffalo Roam(1980)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
American Hot Wax (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 1975 to 2025.
How do John Kaye's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the plot and story 33/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 48, detractors 17. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does John Kaye work with?
People who share at least 2 of John Kaye's MovieCove titles; Art Linson shares the most, 2.
- Art LinsonShared titles: Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Art Linson
