Holcomb, Rod

(Alan Smithee)

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Agent—Cori Wellins, William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Director and producer.

Member:

Directors Guild of America (member of the board of directors).

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1988, and Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic specials, 1989, both for the pilot episode of China Beach; Directors Guild of America Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic specials, and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in directing for a drama series, both 1995, for the pilot episode of ER; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing for a drama series, 1997, for "Last Call," an episode of ER; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in movies for television, 2004, for The Pentagon Papers.

CREDITS

Television Producer; Series:

Supervising producer, China Beach, ABC, 1988-91.

Executive producer, The Division (also known as Heart of the City), Lifetime, 1996-97.

Executive producer and producer, The Education of Max Bickford (also known as Max Bickford), CBS, 2001-2002.

Executive producer, Shark, CBS, beginning 2006.

Executive producer, Moonlight (also known as Twilight), CBS, beginning 2007.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Thanks of a Grateful Nation (also known as The Gulf War), Showtime, 1998.

Television Director; Movies:

Captain America, CBS, 1979.

Midnight Offerings, 1981.

The Cartier Affair, 1984.

No Man's Land, NBC, 1984.

The Red Light Sting (also known as The Whorehouse Sting), CBS, 1984.

Chase, CBS, 1985.

Two Fathers' Justice, 1985.

Blind Justice, CBS, 1986.

The Long Journey Home (also known as Bloody Home), CBS, 1987.

Stillwatch, CBS, 1987.

A Promise to Keep (also known as Angels without Wings and Promises to Keep), NBC, 1990.

Chains of Gold, Showtime, 1991.

Finding the Way Home (also known as Mittelmann's Hardware), ABC, 1991.

A Message from Holly, CBS, 1992.

Donato and Daughter (also known as Dead to Rights and Under Threat), CBS, 1993.

Royce, Showtime, 1994.

Convict Cowboy, Showtime, 1995.

The Prosecutors, 1996.

Songs in Ordinary Time, CBS, 2000.

The Pentagon Papers, FX Network, 2003.

Code Breakers, ESPN, 2005.

Television Producer; Movies:

Producer, No Man's Land, NBC, 1984.

Producer, Finding the Way Home (also known as Mittelmann's Hardware), ABC, 1991.

Executive producer, The Prosecutors, 1996.

Supervising producer, The Pentagon Papers, FX Network, 2003.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Bigfoot V," The Six Million Dollar Man (also known as Cyborg, De Man van zes miljoen, Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann, El hombre de los seis millones de dolares, Kuuden miljoonan dollarin mies, L'homme qui valait 3 milliards, and L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari), ABC, 1977.

"The Cancelled Czech," The American Girls (also known as Have Girls, Will Travel), CBS, 1978.

"Date with Danger: Parts 1 & 2," The Six Million Dollar Man (also known as Cyborg, De Man van zes miljoen, Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann, El hombre de los seis millones de dolares, Kuuden miljoonan dollarin mies, L'homme qui valait 3 milliards, and L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari), ABC, 1978.

Battlestar Galactica (also known as Galactica), ABC, multiple episodes, 1978-79.

"Mode of Death," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, 1979.

"The Money Plague," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, 1979.

"The Murphy Contingent," B. J. and the Bear, NBC, 1979.

Big Shamus, Little Shamus, CBS, 1979.

"Aphrodite/Dr. Jeckyll and Miss Hyde," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1980.

"Loose Larry's List of Losers," Tenspeed and Brownshoe, ABC, 1980.

"My Brother's Keeper," Beyond Westworld, CBS, 1980.

"Riot," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, 1980.

"Unholy Wedlock/Elizabeth," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1980.

"Untitled," Tenspeed and Brownshoe, ABC, 1980.

"What Do You People Want from Me?," Stone, ABC, 1980.

"Fruits of the Poisonous Tree," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1981.

"Welcome to Sweetwater," Bret Maverick, NBC, 1981.

The Greatest American Hero, ABC, multiple episodes, 1981-82.

"The French Detective," The Devlin Connection, NBC, 1982.

Chicago Story, NBC, 1982.

"The First Time," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1983.

"Mexican Slayride: Parts 1 & 2," The A Team, NBC, 1983.

"There Goes the Neighborhood," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1983.

"To Catch a Mongoose," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1984.

"The Defector," The Equalizer, CBS, 1985.

Detective in the House, CBS, 1985.

"The Game's Not Over, 'til the Fat Lady Sings," Spies, CBS, 1987.

"Home," China Beach, ABC, 1988.

"Somewhere over the Radio," China Beach, ABC, 1988.

"On the Run," Wolf, CBS, 1989.

ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, multiple episodes, between 1994 and 1998.

"In a Yellow Wood," Trinity, NBC, 1998.

"Hearts and Minds," The Education of Max Bickford (also known as Max Bickford), CBS, 2001.

"Herding Cats," The Education of Max Bickford (also known as Max Bickford), CBS, 2001.

"The Most Dangerous Job," The District (also known as Washington Police, The District—Einsatz in Washington, Mannions distrikt, and Poliisipaeaellikkkoe Mannion), CBS, 2001.

"The Good, the Bad and the Lawyers," The Education of Max Bickford (also known as Max Bickford), CBS, 2002.

"Fish Story," Invasion, ABC, 2005.

"Hearts and Minds," Lost, ABC, 2005.

"Ninety Miles Away," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 2005.

"Deja Vu All Over Again," Shark, CBS, 2006.

"LAPD Blue," Shark, CBS, 2006.

"The OG," Numb3rs (also known as Numbers and Num3ers), CBS, 2006.

"Teacher's Pet," Shark, CBS, 2007.

Also directed episodes of other programs, including The Division (also known as Heart of the City), Lifetime.

Television Associate Producer; Episodic:

"Fausta, the Nazi Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman (also known as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman and The New Original Wonder Woman), ABC, 1976.

"Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther" (also known as "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Paula Von Gunther"), Wonder Woman (also known as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman and The New Original Wonder Woman), ABC, 1976.

"Just a Matter of Time," The Six Million Dollar Man (also known as Cyborg, De Man van zes miljoen, Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann, El hombre de los seismillones de dolares, Kuuden miljoonan dollarin mies, L'homme qui valait 3 milliards, and L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari), ABC, 1978.

Television Director; Pilots:

"The Greatest American Hero," The Greatest American Hero, ABC, 1981.

(As Alan Smithee) Moonlight, CBS, 1982.

The Quest, ABC, 1982.

Scene of the Crime, NBC, 1984.

"The Equalizer," The Equalizer, CBS, 1985.

Stark (also known as Las Vegas Cop), CBS, 1985.

Wiseguy, CBS, 1987.

China Beach, ABC, 1988.

(And cocreator) Wolf, CBS, 1989.

Silverfox (also known as Double Old 7 and Our Man James), ABC, 1991.

Angel Street (also known as Polish Hill), CBS, 1992.

"24 Hours," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1994.

The Underworld, NBC, 1997.

Hopewell, CBS, 2000.

The Education of Max Bickford (also known as Max Bickford), CBS, 2001.

Bradford, CBS, c. 2001.

The Lyon's Den (also known as I lovens hule and Lain luola), NBC, 2003.

Bounty Hunters, CBS, 2005.

Lancaster, CBS, c. 2005.

The Way, CBS, 2006.

"No Such Thing as Vampires," Moonlight (also known as Twilight), CBS, 2007.

Director for other pilot projects, including Allies, CBS; and Match, ABC.

Television Producer; Pilots:

Associate producer, The Man with the Power, NBC, 1977.

Associate producer, Mandrake, NBC, 1979.

Producer, Wiseguy, CBS, 1987.

Producer and cocreator, Wolf, CBS, 1989.

Supervising producer, Silverfox (also known as Double Old 7 and Our Man James), ABC, 1991.

Executive producer, Bradford, CBS, c. 2001.

Executive producer, The Lyon's Den (also known as I lovens hule and Lain luola), NBC, 2003.

Executive producer, Bounty Hunters, CBS, 2005.

Executive producer for other pilot projects, including Allies, CBS; and Match, ABC.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, TV Land Moguls, TV Land, 2004.

Film Director:

(As Alan Smithee) Stitches, International Film Marketing, 1985.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Remembering "Battlestar Galactica," Universal Studios Home Video, 2004.

WRITINGS

Nonfiction:

Some sources state that Holcomb wrote the article that was the basis for the made-for-television movie The Red Light Sting (also known as The Whorehouse Sting), CBS, 1984.