Guy Magar

{{short description|American director and screenwriter (born 1948)}}

Guy Magar is an American director and screenwriter, born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1948. He directed television series before he transitioned to feature films, such as Our Family Honor and Riptide.{{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|agency=UPI|date=1987-08-20|page=}}{{Cite news |date=1987-07-01 |title=Producer-Director Magar Jumps From TV To Pix On 'Retribution' |page=14 |work=Variety}} An independent director, he is best known for having directed films such as Retribution (1987),{{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|date=1988-10-29|access-date=2014-06-07}} Lookin' Italian (1994),{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/lookin-italian-2-1200435276/|title=Review: 'Lookin' Italian'|last=Gaydos|first=Steven|work=Variety|date=1994-01-13|access-date=2014-06-07}} Stepfather III (1992),{{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|date=1992-06-04|access-date=2014-06-07}} and Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001).{{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|date=2001-10-09|access-date=2014-06-07}} He wrote his autobiography in 2011 called Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot.