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Psy Vs. Psy
The second season of ''Psych'' originally aired in the United States on USA Network from July 13, 2007 to February 15, 2008. It consisted of 16 episodes. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, and Corbin Bernsen reprised their roles as the main characters, and Kirsten Nelson joined the main cast. James Roday portrayed Shawn Spencer, a fake psychic detective who periodically consults for the Santa Barbara police department. A DVD of the season was released on July 8, 2008. Production Show creator Steve Franks remained in his position of showrunner. "I Know, You Know," performed by The Friendly Indians, continued to be used as the theme song, though it was modified for two episodes: "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy," in which it was performed with a Christmas theme, and " Lights, Camera... Homicidio," in which the lyrics were sung in Spanish. Mel Damski directed three episodes for the season, while John Badham, Jason Ensler, Joanna Kerns, John La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Roday
James Roday Rodriguez (born James David Rodriguez, April 4, 1976) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for starring on the USA Network series ''Psych'' as hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic Shawn Spencer. He currently stars in ''A Million Little Things,'' which debuted in 2018. Early life Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, as James David Rodriguez. He attended Taft High School in San Antonio. His father, Jaime "Jim" Rodriguez, is of Mexican descent, and his mother, Deborah Collins, is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Rodriguez's father is a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and used to be the regional catering manager of Taco Cabana. At New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, Rodriguez studied theatre and earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts. At the age of 22, he selected the professional name James Roday. In a July 2020 interview, Rodriguez explained the decision was mainly driven by producers and cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Damski
Melvin Damski (born July 21, 1946 in New York, New York) is an American director and producer of film and television. Life and career Mel Damski (born in New York, New York) is an American film director and film producer. Damski has Northern European Jewish heritage, one of four children of German refugee parents. Damski grew up in Roslyn, Long Island, New York and attended Colgate University on a football scholarship. He was a reporter for Long Island ''Newsday'' before moving to Los Angeles to attend the AFI Conservatory in 1972. Damski was the Producing-Director of ''Psych''. In addition to his long directing career, including 29 movies and scores of episodes, he has taught film and television at NYU, USC and AFI. He is also President of Lyrique Wine Company, a small family owned winery. In 1998, Damski, along with Andrea Blaugrund, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Documentary for the film '' Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Bycel
Josh Bycel is a television writer/producer. He has worked on such shows as ''Veronica's Closet'', ''It's All Relative,'' '' Andy Barker P.I.,'' and ''American Dad!.'' He was hired as the executive producer and co-showrunner (along with Bill Lawrence) for the final season of ''Scrubs''. He was most recently a writer and executive producer on '' Happy Endings'', ''The Big Show Show'', and ''Solar Opposites''. Bycel once wrote column for The Huffington Post in 2016. Writer *2020: ''Solar Opposites'' (writer/executive producer) **The Booster Manifold **The Lake House Device **The Solar Opposites Almost Get An Xbox **The Gargoyle Ray **The Fog of Pupa *2020: ''The Big Show Show'' (writer/executive producer) **Prototype **The Big Brain *2018: ''LA to Vegas'' (writer) **Things to Do in Vegas When You're Grounded *2011–13: '' Happy Endings'' (writer/executive producer) **Sabado Free-Gante **Four Weddings and a Funeral (Minus Three Weddings and One Funeral **The Code War **Blax, Snake, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Zinberg
Michael Allan Zinberg (born March 22, 1944), is an American television director, producer and writer. Early life and education Zinberg was born in Bexar County, Texas to Dorothy Zinberg (née Rissien) and William Zinberg. Zinberg graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, TX. In 1977, received a B.S. in radio-television-film from Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. Career Zinberg moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1968, with his first job as an usher at CBS Television City. He worked his way up to become a production assistant and then a writer, eventually working as an Associate Producer on the James Garner TV show '' Nichols.'' In 1972, Zinberg joined the MTM Productions television production company that was founded by Mary Tyler Moore's husband, Grant Tinker. While at MTM Productions he wrote, produced and directed ''The Bob Newhart Show'' for six seasons, as well as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show,'' among other popular T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Surjik
Stephen Surjik (born 1960) is a Canadian film and television director, and producer. He is known for his work on the film ''Wayne's World 2'', the Marvel TV series '' Daredevil'' and ''The Punisher'', the Netflix series ''The Umbrella Academy'' and ''The Witcher''. He was nominated three times for Gemini Awards for best direction, for '' Little Criminals'', ''Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery'' and ''Intelligence'', and received four Emmy Award nominations for '' Weapons of Mass Distraction''. Career Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960, he studied at the Concordia University in Montreal and received a Best Director award at the ''14th Canadian Student Film & Video Festival'' in 1982 for ''Second Story Man''. (Montreal World Film Festival) After working as producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Shakman
Matt Shakman is an American film, television, and theatre director, and former child actor. He produced and directed ''WandaVision'' and has directed episodes of ''The Great'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', '' Fargo'' and ''Game of Thrones''. He is the artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California. Early life Shakman was born and raised in Ventura, California. His Jewish father and Catholic mother maintained a "relatively secular household", their interfaith marriage being a source of conflict with Shakman's Jewish paternal grandmother. After acting as a child, starting with commercials and landing a series regular role on ''Just the Ten of Us'', he stepped away to attend The Thacher School in Ojai. Shakman went on to attend Yale University where he graduated with an art history and theater double major. It was at Yale where Shakman became interested in theatre, going on to direct a number of stage productions. After university, Shakman lived in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oz Scott
Osborne Scott (born September 16, 1949) is an American film director, television director, television producer and theatre director. He is most known for ''Mr. Boogedy'', the award-winning short film. Life and career Born in Hampton, Virginia, Scott attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and earned a MFA before he began his career in Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage. While at the Arena Stage, he managed the improvisational touring company The Living Stage. He then moved on to directing on and off Broadway plays including ''For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf'', which earned him a Drama Desk Award in 1977, in 1982 he also directed a television version. In 1981, he directed his first feature film, '' Bustin' Loose''. During the 1980s and 1990s, Scott directed several television series and television movies including ''Gimme a Break!'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'', '' Crash Course'', '' New Attitude'', ''Civil Wars'', '' American Gothic'', '' Lois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlene Sanford
Arlene Sanford is an American film and television director. Sanford has directed for several notable television series and several motion picture and television films which include ''A Very Brady Sequel'' (1996), ''I'll Be Home for Christmas'' (1998) and ''Twelve Men of Christmas'' (2009). Sanford has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for her work on the David E. Kelley-produced series '' Ally McBeal'' (in 1999) and ''Boston Legal'' (in 2008). Filmography *''Almost Family'' (2019) TV series **episode #9: " Rehabilitated AF" *''Grand Hotel'' (2019) TV series **episode #6: " Love Thy Neighbor" *'' Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists'' (2019) TV series *''Life Sentence'' (2018) TV series **episode #5: " Wes Side Story" *''Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!'' (2011) TV film *''Pretty Little Liars'' (2010–2016) TV series *''Twelve Men of Christmas'' (2009) TV film *''My Boys'' (2006) TV Series *''Psych'' (2006) TV series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor and director. Some of his best-known acting roles include the title character of the 1960s animated ''Jonny Quest'' TV series, Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 comedy film ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', and the recurring role of Vice President John Hoynes in the 2000s NBC drama ''The West Wing'', which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Early life Matheson was born in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, Matheson was the son of Sally and Clifford Matthieson, a training pilot. He served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Career At age 13, Matheson appeared as Roddy Miller in Robert Young's CBS nostalgia comedy series ''Window on Main Street'' during the 1961–1962 television season. In the 1962–1963 season he appeared in two episodes of '' Leave It to Beaver'', cast as Mike Harmon, a friend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lazarus
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Laneuville
Eric Gerard Laneuville (born July 14, 1952) is an American television director, producer and actor. His first acting roles were in the science-fiction film ''The Omega Man'' (1971) with Charlton Heston, and the ABC television series ''Room 222'' (1970–1973). His role as Luther Hawkins in the television series '' St. Elsewhere'' is his best known role. He also starred in ''A Force of One'' (1979) playing Charlie, the adopted son of Chuck Norris's character. In more recent years, he frequently directs such one-hour dramas as '' Blue Bloods'' and '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. He directed ''Body of Proof'' episode "Missing". He also appeared in ''Love at First Bite''. Career Acting Laneuville was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Mildred, a guidance counselor, and Alexander Laneuville. He began acting while attending Audubon Junior High School in the Crenshaw, Los Angeles, District. He often played juvenile characters younger than his own age. He appeared in several musicals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American comedy and fantasy filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), The Blues Brothers (film), ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980), ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), ''Trading Places'' (1983), ''Three Amigos'' (1986), ''Coming to America'' (1988) and ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' (1994), for directing Michael Jackson's Michael Jackson videography, music videos for Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video), "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991). Early life Landis was born into a American Jews, Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Shirley Levine (''née'' Magaziner) and Marshall Landis, an interior designer and decorator. Landis and his parents relocated to Los Angeles when he was four months old. Though spending his childhood in California, Landis still refers to Chicago as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
