(Creator and Executive Producer of COPS)
Producer/writer/director John Langley created Fox Broadcasting Company’s television series COPS in 1988. The long-running FBC reality program, currently in its 19th season, pioneered the often emulated video verite format.
Also for television, Langley Productions has produced the new original series VIDEO JUSTICE for Court TV, a program that illustrates how the camera has become law enforcement’s most powerful tool in the fight against crime. Each episode reveals how difficult it is for criminals to make a clean getaway in a world where someone is always watching. Also for Court TV, ANATOMY OF CRIME is a series of 26 one-hour documentaries that takes viewers behind the scenes of the American legal system, and onto the streets – providing a fast-paced look at the controversial issues and individuals in today’s justice system. Among the Company’s other credits are two
seasons of the prime-time reality series CODE 3 for FBC, and the series COP FILES, hosted by Richard Roundtree. Langley also produced numerous specials for network and first-run syndication, including the two-hour live programs AMERICAN VICE, INNOCENCE LOST, SONS OF SCARFACE, DEVIL WORSHIP, MURDER: LIVE FROM DEATH ROW and MODERN LOVE. In addition, Langley produced the AMERICAN EXPOSE series of specials with Jack Anderson, including WHO KILLED JFK? and the inside look at terrorism, TARGET USA. Other specials include INSIDE THE KGB (NBC) and NIGHT PROWLERS (CBS). John Langley also produced and directed the multiple award-winning documentary COCAINE BLUES.
In 1995, Langley Films was established to create and produce independent theatrical motion pictures. The company has just released TIPTOES, a quirky drama starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Gary Oldman and Patricia Arquette. Also recently completed are teen horror flick “Reality Check,” and true crime story, “Vampire Clan”. Previously, the Company developed and produced SEARCH & DESTROY with Martin Scorcese as executive producer and DOGWATCH, starring Sam Elliott, Esai Morales and Paul Sorvino, directed by John Langley. Also produced were WILD SIDE, an erotic thriller starring Anne Heche, Christopher Walken and Joan Chen; GUNFIGHTER’S MOON, a western, with Rysher Entertainment, and DEADLY SINS, a psychological thriller starring David Keith and Alyssa Milano.