Krishna Rao (director)

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Krishna Rao
OccupationFilm/television director, cinematographer
Years active1978–present

Krishna Rao is an American film, television director and cinematographer.

As a director, he has directed episodes of Dawson's Creek , Angel , The Pretender , The Chronicle , She Spies , The Unit , 90210 also working as a cinematographer on three of the latter series. In 1997, his first directorial credit was the sci-fi film Crossworlds . [1]

Rao has also worked as a camera operator on number of notable films namely, Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980) (both directed by John Carpenter), Bachelor Party (1984), Predator 2 (1990), Ricochet (1991) and Star Trek Generations (1994). [2]

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References

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  2. "Krishna Rao Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2011.