Stanley John Dragoti (October 4, 1932 – July 13, 2018) was an American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

whose work includes the comedies '' Mr. Mom'' and ''

Love at First Bite ''Love at First Bite'' is a 1979 American comedy horror film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Robert Kaufman, using characters originally created by Bram Stoker. It stars George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, and Ar ...

''.

Life

Dragoti was born in New York City to Albanian parents, both having emigrated in the 1920s from the district of

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, in Southern

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. His interest in cinematography led him to Cooper Union College in New York and later to the Visual Arts College. He has also produced ads for the

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and

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. Dragoti died on July 13, 2018, in Los Angeles at the age of 85.Stan Dragoti, Director of 'Love at First Bite' and 'Mr. Mom,' Dies at 85
/ref> He underwent open-heart surgery in 2014.

Filmography

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