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Known For

Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

(1986)

Alias Director

(2002)

The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain Art Department

(1971)

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

(1984)

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Director (64 credits)

2012-2019 Supernatural (TV Series) (18 episodes)

- Prophet and Loss (2019)

- Stranger in a Strange Land (2018)

- Exodus (2018)

- The Rising Son (2017)

- Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets (2017)

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2004-2018 NCIS (TV Series) (44 episodes)

- Friendly Fire (2018)

- Keep Your Enemies Closer (2018)

- Fake It 'Til You Make It (2017)

- M.I.A. (2017)

- Shell Game (2016) ... (as Tom Wright)

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2018 Code Black (TV Series) (1 episode)

- As Night Comes and I'm Breathing (2018)

2017 Lore (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes)

- Black Stockings (2017) ... (as Thomas Wright)

- Echoes (2017) ... (as Thomas Wright)

2017 Frequency (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Signal Loss (2017)

2010-2016 Castle (TV Series) (10 episodes)

- Heartbreaker (2016)

- I, Witness (2015)

- Law & Boarder (2014)

- Deep Cover (2014)

- Dreamworld (2013)

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2015 Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) (1 episode)

- I Feel the Earth Move (2015)

2015 Constantine (TV Series) (1 episode)

- A Whole World Out There (2015) ... (as Tom Wright)

2013 Cult (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Off to See the Wizard (2013) ... (as Thomas Wright)

2012 Hiding (Video)

2010 Tower Prep (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Snitch (2010)

- The Rooks (2010) ... (as Thomas Wright)

- Monitored (2010) ... (as Thomas Wright)

2004-2008 One Tree Hill (TV Series) (9 episodes)

- Don't Dream It's Over (2008)

- You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love (2007) ... (as Tom Wright)

- Over the Hills and Far Away (2006)

- A Multitude of Casualties (2005) ... (as Tom Wright)

- The Tide That Left and Never Came Back (2005) ... (as Tom Wright)

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2006 Bones (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Girl with the Curl (2006)

2006 Criminal Minds (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Poison (2006)

2005 Threshold (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Revelations (2005)

2005 Wanted (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Click, Click, Boom (2005)

2003-2004 10-8: Officers on Duty (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Wild and the Innocent (2004)

- Love Don't Love Nobody (2004)

- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (2003)

2003-2004 Smallville (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Whisper (2004)

- Precipice (2003)

2003 Veritas: The Quest (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Lost Codex (2003) ... (as Tom Wright)

- Devil Child (2003) ... (as Tom Wright)

2003 Miracles (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Letter (2003) ... (as Tom Wright)

2003 Tru Calling (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Putting Out Fires (2003)

2003 Tarzan (TV Series)

2002-2003 Dinotopia (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Cure: Part 2 (2003)

- The Cure: Part 1 (2003)

- Marooned (2002)

- Making Good (2002)

2003 The Wire (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Backwash (2003)

2003 Firefly (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Heart of Gold (2003)

2003 Dragnet (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Artful Dodger (2003)

2002 Taken (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)

- Charlie and Lisa (2002)

2001-2002 Night Visions (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Patterns/Voices (2002) ... (uncredited)

- Hate Puppet/Darkness (2001) ... (segment "Hate Puppet")

- Reunion/Neighborhood Watch (2001) ... (segment "Reunion", as Thomas Wright)

2002 Wolf Lake (TV Series) (1 episode)

- If These Wolves Could Talk (2002)

2002 Unspeakable

2002 Alias (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Coup (2002) ... (as Tom Wright)

2001-2002 Dark Angel (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Berrisford Agenda (2002)

- Proof of Purchase (2001)

- Pollo Loco (2001)

2000-2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Bully for You (2001)

- Justice Is Served (2001)

- Sex, Lies and Larvae (2000)

2000-2001 Angel (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Epiphany (2001)

- Blind Date (2000)

2001 FreakyLinks (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Subject: Me and My Shadow (2001)

2000 The Fugitive (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Miles to Go (2000)

2000 Bull (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Final Hour (2000)

- One Night in Bangkok (2000) ... (as Thomas Wright)

2000 The Others (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Life Is for the Living (2000)

- The Ones That Lie in Wait (2000)

1999-2000 The X-Files (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Amazing Maleeni (2000)

- The Goldberg Variation (1999)

- Millennium (1999)

1996-1999 Millennium (TV Series) (26 episodes)

- Goodbye to All That (1999)

- Nostalgia (1999)

- Bardo Thodol (1999)

- Forcing the End (1999)

- Antipas (1999)

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1997 Roar (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Red Boot (1997)

1996-1997 Dark Skies (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- To Prey in Darkness (1997)

- Moving Targets (1996)

1996 The Pretender (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Not Even a Mouse (1996)

1996 L.A. Firefighters (TV Series)

1995-1996 Space: Above and Beyond (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- ...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best (1996)

- Sugar Dirt (1996)

- R & R (1996)

- Level of Necessity (1996)

- Stay with the Dead (1995)

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1995 Nowhere Man (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Spider Webb (1995)

- Paradise on Your Doorstep (1995)

1992 Highlander (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- See No Evil (1992)

- The Sea Witch (1992)

- Mountain Men (1992)

- Free Fall (1992)

- The Road Not Taken (1992)

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1992 Chrome Soldiers (TV Movie)

1991 Deadly Game (TV Movie)

1991 Hell Hath No Fury (TV Movie)

1990 The Fatal Image (TV Movie)

1990 Snow Kill (TV Movie)

1990 Mancuso, FBI (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Part 2 (1990)

- Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Part 1 (1990)

1990 The Operation (TV Movie)

1989 Thunderboat Row (TV Movie)

1989 No Holds Barred

1987-1989 Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) (9 episodes)

- Arabesque (1989)

- The Outsiders (1989)

- Fever (1988)

- Promises of Someday (1988)

- The Alchemist (1988)

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1989 A Fine Romance (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Desperately Seeking Louisa (1989)

1988 Chain Letter (TV Movie)

1987 Max Headroom (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Deities (1987)

- War (1987)

- Rakers (1987)

1987 The New Mike Hammer (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Green Blizzard (1987)

1986 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Convict's Piano (1986)

- The Toys of Caliban (1986)

1985 Otherworld (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar (1985) ... (as Tom Wright)

- Paradise Lost (1985) ... (as Tom Wright)

1985 Torchlight

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Art department (16 credits)

1984 The Wild Life (production illustrator)

1983 Terms of Endearment (storyboard illustrator - as Thomas Wright)

1983 Staying Alive (production illustrator)

1983 Max Dugan Returns (production illustrator - as Tom Wright)

1981 Pennies from Heaven (production illustrator)

1979 Apocalypse Now (production illustrator - as Thomas A. Wright)

1978 Paradise Alley (production illustrator)

1977 March or Die (production illustrator)

1976 Family Plot (production illustrator)

1975 The Hindenburg (continuity illustrator)

1975 Jaws (production illustrator - uncredited)

1970-1973 Night Gallery (TV Series) (gallery paintings - 36 episodes)

- Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) ... (gallery paintings - as Tom Wright)

- The Doll of Death (1973) ... (gallery paintings - as Tom Wright)

- Whisper (1973) ... (gallery paintings - as Tom Wright)

- She'll Be Company for You (1972) ... (gallery paintings - as Tom Wright)

- The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes (1972) ... (gallery paintings - as Tom Wright)

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1971 Diamonds Are Forever (sketch artist - uncredited)

1971 The Andromeda Strain (production illustrator - as Thomas Wright)

1969 Topaz (storyboard artist - uncredited)

1966 The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (sketch artist - as Thomas J. Wright Jr.)

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Producer (3 credits)

1997-1999 Millennium (TV Series) (producer - 45 episodes)

- Goodbye to All That (1999) ... (producer)

- Via Dolorosa (1999) ... (producer)

- Nostalgia (1999) ... (producer)

- Seven and One (1999) ... (producer)

- Bardo Thodol (1999) ... (producer)

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1992 Chrome Soldiers (TV Movie) (co-producer)

1991 Deadly Game (TV Movie) (co-producer)

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

1985 Otherworld (TV Series) (supervising consultant - 8 episodes)

- Princess Metra (1985) ... (supervising consultant - as Tom Wright)

- Mansion of the Beast (1985) ... (supervising consultant - as Tom Wright)

- I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar (1985) ... (supervising consultant - as Tom Wright)

- Village of the Motorpigs (1985) ... (supervising consultant - as Tom Wright)

- Rock and Roll Suicide (1985) ... (supervising consultant - as Tom Wright)

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (7 credits)

2000 Final Destination (second unit director)

1986 Howard the Duck (second unit director)

1986 Annihilator (TV Movie) (second unit director)

1984 Beverly Hills Cop (second unit director - as Tom Wright)

1983 Staying Alive (second unit director)

1982 I Ought to Be in Pictures (second unit director)

1981 Pennies from Heaven (second unit director)

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Visual effects (1 credit)

1978 Dr. Strange (TV Movie) (visual effects consultant)

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Thanks (3 credits)

2015 Book of the Senseless (Short) (special thanks)

2004 End Game: Making 'Millennium' Season Three (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

2004 Turn of the Tide: Making 'Millennium' Season Two (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

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Self (7 credits)

2018 Millennium After the Millennium (Documentary)
Himself

2012 Beyond and Back (Documentary)
Himself

2004 End Game: Making 'Millennium' Season Three (Video documentary short)
Himself - Director

2004 Turn of the Tide: Making 'Millennium' Season Two (Video documentary short)
Himself - Director

2004 Order in Chaos: Making Millennium - Season One (Video documentary)
Himself

2002 Art of Darkness: A Night Gallery Retrospective (TV Short documentary)
Himself (as Tom Wright)

1992 Making of 'Highlander: The Series' (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

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Alternate Names:

Thomas J. Wright Jr. | Thomas A. Wright | Thomas Wright | Tom Wright

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Thomas J. Wright created all the paintings for Rod Serling's horror anthology series 'Night Gallery (TV series 1969-1973)'. See more »

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