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Christian I. Nyby II

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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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, the Air Force sent Nyby to Vietnam as a photographer. Four years later, he landed a job as an assistant director; his first directing job was an episode of Ironside (1967). In the years since, he has directed television movies and episodes of many television series, counting his Hill Street Blues (1981) episodes as his favorites.
BornJune 1, 1941
BornJune 1, 1941
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      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Emergency! (1972)
    Emergency!
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)
    Hill Street Blues
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
    Knight Rider
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)
    Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
    6.9
    • Director(co-director with Vince Edwards)
    • 1979

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    • Dick Van Dyke, Tracey Needham, and Barry Van Dyke in Murder 101 (2006)
      Murder 101
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992)
      Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Gena Lee Nolin in Sheena (2000)
      Sheena
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
      Walker, Texas Ranger
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1995–2001
    • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)
      Diagnosis Murder
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1993–2001
    • Jack Scalia in Tequila & Bonetti (2000)
      Tequila & Bonetti
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in Martial Law (1998)
      Martial Law
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Chuck Norris, Marco Sanchez, and James Wlcek in Sons of Thunder (1999)
      Sons of Thunder
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
      Beverly Hills, 90210
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director (as Chris Nyby)
      • 1999
    • Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996)
      Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1996
    • John Gielgud, Leigh Lawson, and Kristopher Milnes in Stick with Me, Kid (1995)
      Stick with Me, Kid
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1995
    • Christopher Lloyd, Cynthia Gibb, James Calvert, and Stephen Kay in Deadly Games (1995)
      Deadly Games
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1995
    • Gene Barry and Peter Barton in Burke's Law (1994)
      Burke's Law
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1994
    • Paul Sorvino, Kathy Ireland, Kim Alexis, Shelley Hack, and Beverly Johnson in A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993)
      A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993)
      Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1993

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)
      Ironside
      6.9
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1969–1972
    • Emergency! (1972)
      Emergency!
      7.9
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1972
    • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
      The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
      6.8
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1972
    • The Name of the Game (1968)
      The Name of the Game
      7.5
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1970

    Writer



    • Emergency! (1972)
      Emergency!
      7.9
      TV Series
      • writer
      • written by
      • 1976–1978
    • Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in CHiPs (1977)
      CHiPs
      6.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1977

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Christian Nyby II
    • Born
      • June 1, 1941
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Susan Carol KeenanDecember 20, 1963 - present (3 children)
    • Parents
        Thelma Nyby
    • Other works
      Director, Miller High Life Beer TV commercials, starring Betty Thomas and Ed Marinaro.
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      • 2 Articles

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      He is one of the many directors profiled in "The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television," by Christopher Wicking, 1979.
    • Quotes
      "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; it's really through the director's eyes that you see the story unfolding." (University of Idaho alumni magazine, winter, 2005)

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