Armand Mastroianni

Armand Mastroianni has been directing feature films, mini series, movies of the week, TV pilots and episodic series since 1979, beginning with his first feature film He Knows You're Alone (1980), which was released by MGM in 1980 and featured the screen debut of Tom Hanks. That led to a string of features including The Clairvoyant (1982) (developed with William Friedkin), The Supernaturals (1986), Distortions (1987), Cameron's Closet (1988) and Double Revenge (1988). In between shooting feature films Armand began to produce and direct episodic television shows like Dark Shadows (1991), Against the Law (1990), Friday's Curse (1987), War of the Worlds (1988), Mann & Machine (1992), Wes Craven's Nightmare Cafe (1992), Freshman Dorm (1992), Reasonable Doubts (1991), Touched by an Angel (1994) and The Dead Zone (2002). Working almost non-stop, he directed several highly received mini-series including Danielle Steel's book The Ring (1996) (based on her book) and Robin Cook's Invasion (1997).