Ralph W. Hemecker is an American director, writer, and producer. He directed episodes of the drama series Once Upon a Time and The Flash .
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", in which 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 ]
| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Silk Stalkings | 1 | "S.O.B." | 3 | Director |
| "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 | |||
| 1994 | 4 | "Red Flag" | 7 | ||
| 1992 | Renegade | 1 | "Renegade" | 1 | Director |
| "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" | 1 | Director |
| "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" | 7 | Director |
| "Win, Place or Dead" | 10 | ||||
| 1996 | Kindred: The Embraced | 1 | "Romeo and Juliet" | 4 | Director |
| "Cabin in the Woods" | 8 | ||||
| 1996 | Millennium | 1 | "The Well-Worn Lock" | 8 | Director |
| 1997 | 2 | "The Curse of Frank Black" | 6 | ||
| 1998 | 3 | "Exegesis" | 2 | ||
| 1997 | Roar | 1 | Pilot | 1 | Director |
| 1998 | The X-Files | 5 | Schizogeny | 9 | Director |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Parallax" | 1 | Director; Story; Teleplay |
| "Conundrum" | 2 | Story | |||
| "Diplopia" | 3 | ||||
| "Sacrifice" | 4 | ||||
| "Legion" | 5 | ||||
| "Maelstrom" | 6 | ||||
| "Periculum" | 7 | ||||
| "Thanatopis" | 8 | ||||
| "Apprehension" | 9 | ||||
| "Convergence" | 10 | Story; Teleplay | |||
| "Transcendence" | 11 | ||||
| 2002 | 2 | "Emergence" | 1 | Writer | |
| "Destiny" | 2 | Teleplay | |||
| "Parabolic" | 10 | Writer | |||
| "Ubique" | 12 | ||||
| 2007 | Numb3rs | 4 | "Thirteen" | 4 | Director |
| 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" | 14 | Director |
| The Vampire Diaries | 2 | "The Sacrifice" | 10 | Director | |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | 1 | "Samaritan" | 2 | Director |
| "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" | 9 | Director |
| Nikita | 1 | "Glass Houses" | 20 | Director | |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | 1 | "Turf War" | 6 | Director |
| "Self Cleaning Oven" | 12 | ||||
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time | 1 | "7:15 A.M." | 10 | Director |
| "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" | 1 | Director |
| "The Serpent" | 4 | ||||
| 2014 | The Flash | 1 | "The Man in the Yellow Suit" | 9 | Director |
| 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" | 8 | Director |
| 2017 | "Land of the Lost" | 13 | |||
| 2018 | 3 | "Guest Starring John Noble" | 17 | ||
| 2017 | Quantico | 2 | "Fallenoracle" | 12 | Director |