Ralph Hemecker

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Ralph W. Hemecker is an American director, writer, and producer. He directed episodes of the drama series Once Upon a Time and The Flash .

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Career

In 2000, Hemecker founded Mythic Films, a full service feature film, TV and commercial production company. [1] After directing Witchblade , Hemecker served as the showrunner, writer, and producer for the subsequent television series, which aired from 2000 to 2002. [1]

Hemecker has directed episodes of Renegade , Dead at 21 , Millennium , Numb3rs , V , Blue Bloods , and Nikita . [2] He directed 21 episodes of the ABC fantasy/drama series Once Upon a Time.

In 2014, he joined as a recurring director on The CW superhero series The Flash . He directed the first-season episode, "Tricksters", where Mark Hamill reprised the role of the titular supervillain. He also directed the second season crossover episode with Arrow , "Legends of Today". In the third season, Hemecker returned to direct the second episode of the season, "Paradox".[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Television credits

YearShowSeasonEpisode titleEpisodeCredit
1991 Silk Stalkings 1"S.O.B."3Director
"Men Seeking Women"6
1992"The Brotherhood"9
"Blo-Dri"10
"Powder Burn"20
2"Good Time Charlie"2
1993"Irreconcilable Differences"11
"Was It Good for You Too?"14
3"Love Never Dies"7
19944"Red Flag"7
1992 Renegade 1"Renegade"1Director
"Final Judgment"3
"Payback"8
1993"Fighting Cage, Part 1"21
2"Wheel Man"9
1994"Once Burned, Twice Chey"18
"Murderer's Row, Part 1"20
"Murderer's Row, Part 2"21
3"Escape"3
"Black Wind"5
1995"Den of Thieves"12
1994 Dead at 21 1"Dead at 21"1Director
"Brain Salad"2
"Shock the Monkey"4
"Hotel California"11
"In Through the Out Door: Part 1"12
"In Through the Out Door: Part 2"13
1995 Vanishing Son 1"Runaway Hearts"7Director
"Win, Place or Dead"10
1996 Kindred: The Embraced 1"Romeo and Juliet"4Director
"Cabin in the Woods"8
1996 Millennium 1 "The Well-Worn Lock"8Director
1997 2 "The Curse of Frank Black"6
1998 3 "Exegesis"2
1997 Roar 1Pilot1Director
1998 The X-Files 5 Schizogeny 9Director
2001 Witchblade 1"Parallax"1Director; Story; Teleplay
"Conundrum"2Story
"Diplopia"3
"Sacrifice"4
"Legion"5
"Maelstrom"6
"Periculum"7
"Thanatopis"8
"Apprehension"9
"Convergence"10Story; Teleplay
"Transcendence"11
20022"Emergence"1Writer
"Destiny"2Teleplay
"Parabolic"10Writer
"Ubique"12
2007 Numb3rs 4 "Thirteen"4Director
2008 5 "The Decoy Effect"2
2009"12:01 AM"18
6 "Hydra"5
"Con Job"9
2010"And the Winner Is…"14
2010 Ghost Whisperer 5 "Dead to Me"14Director
The Vampire Diaries 2"The Sacrifice"10Director
2010 Blue Bloods 1 "Samaritan"2Director
"Officer Down"4
2011"Silver Star"17
2 "Critical Condition"3
"A Night on the Town"5
2012"Collateral Damage"21
3 "Risk and Reward"5
"Greener Grass"6
2013 4 "Drawing Dead"7
2014 5 "Most Wanted"6
2017 7 "Love Lost"19
8 "The Forgotten"5
2018"Your Six"20
9 "Blackout"4
2019"Ripple Effect"13
"Two-Faced"17
10 "Behind the Smile"3
2021 11 "Guardian Angels"11
12 "True Blue"4
"USA Today"7
2022"Guilt"16
"Long Lost"18
"Silver Linings"20
2011 V 2 "Devil in the Blue Dress"9Director
Nikita 1 "Glass Houses"20Director
2012 NYC 22 1"Turf War"6Director
"Self Cleaning Oven"12
2012 Once Upon a Time 1 "7:15 A.M."10Director
"Hat Trick"17
2 "Broken"1
"Queen of Hearts"9
2013"The Miller's Daughter"16
"Selfless, Brave and True"18
"Second Star to the Right"21
3 "The Heart of the Truest Believer"1
"Going Home"11
2014"The Tower"14
"A Curious Thing"19
"There's No Place Like Home"22
4 "A Tale of Two Sisters"1
"The Apprentice"4
"Smash the Mirror, Part 2"9
"Heroes and Villains"12
2015"Enter the Dragon"15
"Lily"20
"Operation Mongoose, Part 2"23
5 "Siege Perilous"3
"The Bear and the Bow"6
2016"Souls of the Departed"12
6 "Heartless"7
2017"The Final Battle, Part 2"22
7 "Hyperion Heights"1
"Pretty in Blue"8
"The Eighth Witch"10
2018"Leaving Storybrooke"22
2013 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland 1"Down the Rabbit Hole"1Director
"The Serpent"4
2014 The Flash 1 "The Man in the Yellow Suit"9Director
2015"Tricksters"17
2 "The Man Who Saved Central City"1
"Legends of Today"8
2016 3 "Paradox"2
2018 4 "Subject 19"14
2016 Legends of Tomorrow 2 "The Chicago Way"8Director
2017"Land of the Lost"13
2018 3 "Guest Starring John Noble"17
2017 Quantico 2 "Fallenoracle"12Director

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References

  1. 1 2 MYTHIC FILMS developing Sean Flynn bio-pic FLYNN. Ralph Hemecker is set to direct. - Free Press Release.com
  2. "Ralph Hemecker". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-08-15.