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Christian I. Nyby II

Director | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Writer

The day after Nyby graduated from Van Nuys High School in California in 1959, he drove to north central Idaho, following a friend to the University of Idaho for college. He stayed at Idaho for two years as a member of the swim team and the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity before transferring to USC. In 1963... See full bio »

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Francine Locke Film Reel -- Family Law (Best Actress, Gideon), Stealing Home (Best Supporting Actress-nom.) 168 Project, True Tale Monster (Albert P. Weisman Award), The Discarded (2011 Feature Release).

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Christopher Mann's Theatrical Demo Reel -- This reel contains Christopher performing in Film and Television. The clips included are from the following: "The Boundary", "The Wire", "Duplicity", "Law & Order(SVU)", "Michael Clayton", "Cost Of A Soul", "HEROES" and "Law & Order (CI)".

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Franklin Ojeda Smith - -- "...back in the day the 'barb wire' was more visible" and early on I chose baseball over acting; then academia and not baseball. Now,"...the kids are grown, the dog is dead and now that I may, I choose acting." Please take a look: 1)Boardwalk Empire - Deacon Cuffy 2)Murder Incorporated - Sam Christenson 3)Cayman Went - Aniston Turnkey 4)Letting Go -Therapist 5)Footsteps in the Sand - Jim. Thank You! Franklin

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David H. Lawrence, XVII - Drama -- On-camera drama reel featuring David H. Lawrence XVII, in scenes from Heroes, The Unit, LOST, and more

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2006 Murder 101 (TV movie)
 
2002 Without Warning (TV movie)
 
1993-2002 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
– Without Warning (2002)
– Deja Vous (2001)
– Dance of Danger (2001)
– Less Than Zero (2001)
– Playing God (2001)
See all 53 episodes »
 
2001 Sheena (TV series)
– Marabunta (2001)
 
1995-2001 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)
– Reel Rangers (2001)
– Justice for All (2001)
– Wedding Bells: Part 1 (2000)
– Wedding Bells: Part 2 (2000)
– The General's Return (2000)
See all 12 episodes »
 
2000 Tequila & Bonetti (TV series)
– La rivincita (2000)
 
2000 Martial Law (TV series)
– Honor Among Strangers (2000)
 
1999 Sons of Thunder (TV series)
– Lost & Found (1999)
– Daddy's Girl (1999)
 
1999 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
– Bobbi Dearest (1999) (as Chris Nyby)
 
1996 Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (TV movie)
 
1995 Stick with Me, Kid (TV series)
– Damsel in This Dress (1995)
– Stick with Me, Kid: Part 2 (1995)
 
1995 Deadly Games (TV series)
– Motivational Speaker (1995)
– Divorce Lawyer (1995)
 
1993 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (TV movie)
 
1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (TV movie)
 
1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (TV movie)
 
1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (TV movie)
 
1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (TV movie)
 
1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (TV movie)
 
1992 The House on Sycamore Street (TV movie)
 
1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (TV movie)
 
1988-1992 Jake and the Fatman (TV series)
– Stormy Weather: Part 2 (1992)
– Stormy Weather: Part 1 (1992)
– How Long Has This Been Going On? (1988)
 
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (TV movie)
 
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (TV movie)
 
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (TV movie)
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (TV movie)
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (TV movie)
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (TV movie)
 
1990 Capital News (TV series)
– Shell Game (1990)
– The Last Supper (1990)
 
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (TV movie)
 
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (TV movie)
 
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (TV movie)
 
1988 Too Good to Be True (TV movie)
 
1988 Remo Williams (TV movie)
 
1988 A Whisper Kills (TV movie)
 
1988 Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (TV movie)
 
1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (TV movie)
 
1987 Matlock (TV series)
– Blind Justice (1987)
 
1987 U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart (TV movie)
 
1983-1987 Hill Street Blues (TV series)
– Dogsbreath Afternoon (1987)
– Sorry Wrong Number (1987)
– Der Roachenkavalier (1987)
– She's So Fein (1987)
– Larry of Arabia (1986)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1985-1986 Moonlighting (TV series)
– Big Man on Mulberry Street (1986)
– All Creatures Great... and Not So Great (1986)
– Yours, Very Deadly (1986)
– The Man Who Cried Wife (1986)
– The Bride of Tupperman (1986)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1985-1986 Stir Crazy (TV series)
– Basic Straining (1986)
– The Magnificent Repossesion (1985)
 
1985 Lady Blue (TV series)
– The Hunter (1985)
 
1985 Double Dare (TV series)
– Now You See It, Now You See It (1985)
– Hong Kong Con (1985)
– Double Negative (1985)
 
1985 Call to Glory (TV series)
– Images (1985)
 
1984 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series)
– Brunettes Are In (1984)
– Fearless Dotty (1984)
– The Artful Dodger (1984)
 
1984 T.J. Hooker (TV series)
– Hardcore Connection (1984)
 
1984 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Catfight (1984)
 
1983-1984 Simon & Simon (TV series)
– C'est Simon: Part 1 (1984)
– C'est Simon: Part 2 (1984)
– I Heard It Was Murder (1983)
– D.J., D.O.A. (1983)
 
1984 Riptide (TV series)
– Pilot (1984)
 
1983 The A-Team (TV series)
– When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?: Part 1 (1983)
– When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?: Part 2 (1983)
– The Only Church in Town (1983)
– Black Day at Bad Rock (1983) (as Christian I. Nyby Jr.)
– Children of Jamestown (1983) (as Christian I. Nyby Jr.)
 
1983 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
– The Gang's All Here (1983)
 
1983 Knight Rider (TV series)
– Knight Moves (1983)
 
1983 The Greatest American Hero (TV series)
– Heaven Is in Your Genes (1983) (as Christian Nyby II)
– It's Only Rock and Roll (1983)
 
1982 The Devlin Connection (TV series)
– Of Nuns and Other Black Birds (1982)
– Love, Sin and Death at Point Dume (1982)
– Brian and Nick (1982)
 
1982 Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV series)
– Trunk from the Past (1982)
 
1982 Cassie & Co. (TV series)
– One Thief Too Many (1982)
– Gorky's Army (1982)
 
1982 Chicago Story (TV series)
– Bright Lights, Big City (1982)
 
1982 McClain's Law (TV series)
– A Matter of Honor (1982)
 
1982 The Devlin Connection III
 
1981 The Fall Guy (TV series)
– That's Right, We're Bad (1981) (as Chris Nyby II)
 
1981 Code Red (TV series)
– The Little Girl who Cried Fire (1981)
 
1980-1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV series)
– Lobo and the Pirates (1981)
– Mystery on the Orly Express (1980)
 
1979-1981 B.J. and the Bear (TV series)
– Seven Lady Captives (1981)
– A Bear in the Hand (1981)
– Blond in a Gilded Cell (1981)
– Beauties and the Beasts (1981)
– The Fast and the Furious: Part 2 (1981)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1979 240-Robert (TV series)
– Earthquake (1979)
– Time Bomb (1979)
– Out of Sight (1979)
– The Apology (1979)
 
1979 Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (TV movie)
 
1978 Sword of Justice (TV series)
– Judgement Day (1978)
 
1978 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
– Fire in Space (1978)
– The Magnificent Warriors (1978)
– The Long Patrol (1978)
– Lost Planet of the Gods: Part 2 (1978)
– Lost Planet of the Gods: Part 1 (1978)
 
1972-1978 Emergency! (TV series)
– The Most Deadly Passage (1978)
– Survival on Charter #220 (1978)
– Limelight (1977)
– An Ounce of Prevention (1977)
– Welcome to Santa Rosa County (1976)
See all 28 episodes »
 
1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
– Arson and Old Lace (1978)
– Mystery on the Avalanche Express (1978)
– Sole Survivor (1978)
 
1977 CHiPs (TV series)
– Green Thumb Burglar (1977)
– Undertow (1977)
 
1977 Pine Canyon Is Burning (TV movie)
 
1977 Kingston: Confidential (TV series)
– Triple Exposure (1977)
– Shadow Game (1977)
 
1976 The Rockford Files (TV series)
– The Trouble with Warren (1976)
 
1974-1976 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– The Thunderbird Connection (1976)
– The Deadly Test (1975)
– Act of Piracy (1974)
– The Deadly Replay (1974)
– The Pioneers (1974)
 
1975 Swiss Family Robinson (TV series)
– The Hawk (1975)
 
1973-1975 Adam-12 (TV series)
– Grand Theft Auto (1975)
– Point of View (1974)
– L.A. International (1974)
– Hot Shot (1973)
– West Valley Division (1973)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1974 The Rangers (TV movie)
 
1974 Sierra (TV series)
– The Rangers (1974)
– The Trek (1974)
 
1973 Chase (TV series)
– A Bit of Class (1973)
 
1972 Ironside (TV series)
– Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder (1972)
– Find a Victim (1972) (as Christian Nyby II)
 
1969-1972 Ironside (TV series) (assistant director - 34 episodes)
– Cold Hard Cash (1972) (assistant director)
– Nightmare Trip (1972) (assistant director)
– Programmed for Panic (1972) (assistant director)
– Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part I (1972) (assistant director)
– His Fiddlers Three (1972) (assistant director)
See all 34 episodes »
 
1972 Emergency! (TV series) (assistant director - 1 episode)
– Kids (1972) (assistant director)
 
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series) (assistant director - 1 episode)
– Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part II (1972) (assistant director)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1976-1978 Emergency! (TV series)
– Survival on Charter #220 (1978) (written by)
– Firehouse Quintet (1977) (written by)
– The Game (1976) (written by)
 
1977 CHiPs (TV series)
– Aweigh We Go (1977) (writer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2000 Tequila & Bonetti (TV series) (consultant to the series - 1 episode)
– La rivincita (2000) (consultant to the series)
 
1978 Emergency! (TV series) (segment director - 1 episode)
– Greatest Rescues of Emergency (1978) (segment director)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2004 Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Working with the Daggit of 'Battlestar Galactica' (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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(1987) Director, Miller High Life Beer TV commercials, starring Betty Thomas and Ed Marinaro.

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Alternate Names:

Christian Nyby II | Chris Nyby II | Christian I. Nyby Jr. | Chris Nyby
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"A director is a storyteller. Using the words the writers provide, the director then takes those words and puts them into a specific location. And then how the actors interpret it, placement of the camera, the lighting, the movement of the characters, the movement of the camera, consistent themes throughout;... See more »

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Directed 12 episodes of Hill Street Blues, which is more than any other director (Gregory Hoblit directed 11). See more »

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