Zisk, Randall (Randall S. Zisk, Randy Zisk)

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Zisk, Randall (Randall S. Zisk, Randy Zisk)

PERSONAL

Born in TX; brother of Craig Zisk (a director and producer); married Jennifer Grant (an actress), May 30, 1993 (divorced 1996). Education: University of Southern California, degree in film.

Addresses:

Agent—International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career:

Director, producer, and writer.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing for a comedy series, 2005, for "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine," Monk.

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; Series:

(With others) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1994-95.

(With others) Charlie Grace, ABC, 1995.

(With others) The Visitor, Fox, 1997-98.

(With others) Cracker (also known as Cracker: Mind over Murder), ABC, 1997-98, Arts and Entertainment, beginning 1999.

Opposite Sex, Fox, 2000.

(With others) Gideon's Crossing, ABC, 2000-2001.

(With others) Glory Days (also known as CSL—Crime Scene Lake Glory, Demontown, Demon Town—A cidade do demonio, and L'ile de l'etrange), The WB, 2002.

(With others) Monk, USA Network, beginning 2002.

Television Producer; Series:

Associate producer, Fathers and Sons, NBC, 1986.

Associate producer, Heart of the City, ABC, 1986-87.

Associate producer, Midnight Caller, NBC, 1988.

(With others) Midnight Caller, NBC, 1989-90.

Midnight Caller, NBC, 1990-91.

Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1991-93.

Supervising producer, Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1992-93.

Supervising producer, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1993-95.

Television Work; Movies:

Producer, For the Very First Time (also known as Til I Kissed Ya), NBC, 1991.

Director, Moment of Truth: To Walk Again, NBC, 1994.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Planes," Midnight Caller, NBC, 1990.

"Can't Say N-N-No," Midnight Caller, NBC, 1991.

Reasonable Doubts, NBC, episodes from 1991-93.

"The Cold Light of Day," Bodies of Evidence, CBS, 1992.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, episodes from 1993-95.

Bring Me the Head of Darnell Sims," Charlie Grace, ABC, 1995.

"Designer Knock-Off," Charlie Grace, ABC, 1995.

"Baby," Early Edition, CBS, 1996.

"Chapter Fourteen," Murder One, ABC, 1996.

"Chapter Six, Year Two," Murder One, ABC, 1996.

"Curiouser and Curiouser," L.A. Firefighters (also known as Fire Company 132, Alerte rouge, and Extreme urgence), Fox, 1996.

"Head Case," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1996.

"The Judge," Millennium, Fox, 1996.

"Chapter Twelve, Year Two," Murder One, ABC, 1997.

"Fear of Flying," The Visitor, Fox, 1997.

"Going Home," The Visitor, Fox, 1997.

"Missing in Action," Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (also known as SOF, Inc., S.O.F., Inc., and S.O.F. Special Ops Force), syndicated, 1997.

"Neither Have I Wings to Fly," EZ Streets, CBS, 1997.

"Split Decisions," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997.

"Taillight's Last Gleaming," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997.

"Collision," Early Edition, CBS, 1998.

"Handymen," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1998.

"Just Kissed," Legacy, UPN, 1999.

"Masquerade," Legacy, UPN, 1999.

"Pig in Providence," Providence, NBC, 1999.

"Y2K: Total System Failure," The Net, USA Network, 1999.

"The Fantasy Episode," Opposite Sex, Fox, 2000.

"Father Knows Best," Gideon's Crossing, ABC, 2000.

"Final Answer," Felicity, The WB, 2000.

"The Homosexual Episode," Opposite Sex, Fox, 2000.

"Syd in Wonderland," Providence, NBC, 2000.

"The Virgin Episode," Opposite Sex, Fox, 2000.

"Anthrax," The Agency, CBS, 2001.

"Silent Epidemic," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2001.

"Death, Lies and Videotape," Glory Days (also known as CSL—Crime Scene Lake Glory, Demontown, Demon Town—A cidade do demonio, and L'ile de l'etrange), The WB, 2002.

"The Lost Girls," Glory Days (also known as CSL—Crime Scene Lake Glory, Demontown, Demon Town—A cidade do demonio, and L'ile de l'etrange), The WB, 2002.

"Shadow Play," Providence, NBC, 2002.

"The Shatterer," Odyssey 5, Showtime, 2002.

"Silent Night," American Dreams (also known as Bandstand, Miss American Pie, and Our Generation), NBC, 2002.

(As Randy Zisk) "Symbiosis," Odyssey 5, Showtime, 2002.

(Sometimes credited as Randy Zisk) Monk, USA Network, episodes beginning 2002.

(Sometimes credited as Randy Zisk) Without a Trace (also known as Vanished and W.A.T.), CBS, episodes beginning 2002.

"False Start," American Dreams (also known as Bandstand, Miss American Pie, and Our Generation), NBC, 2003.

"Game Time," Mister Sterling, NBC, 2003.

"Kate in Ex-Tasy," Miss Match, NBC, 2003.

(As Randy Zisk) "Tone Dead," John Doe, Fox, 2003.

"Old Enough to Fight," American Dreams (also known as Bandstand, Miss American Pie, and Our Generation), NBC, 2004.

"Stewart's Charge," American Dreams (also known as Bandstand, Miss American Pie, and Our Generation), NBC, 2004.

"Control," House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, 2005.

"English, Fitz or Percy," Prison Break (also known as Prison Break: Manhunt), Fox, 2005.

(As Randy Zisk) "Breakup," Conviction (also known as Young Prosecutors and NY: Distrito judicial), NBC, 2006.

(As Randy Zisk) "There Is No Other Way," Desperate Housewives, ABC, 2006.

Directed episodes of other programs, including Against the Grain, NBC; Alias, ABC; High Incident, ABC; Mercy Point, UPN; and Paradise. Directed "Damaged Goods," an unaired episode of Brutally Normal, The WB.

Television Director; Pilots:

Golden Gate, NBC, 1994.

"L.A. Fire," L.A. Firefighters (also known as Fire Company 132, Alerte rouge, and Extreme urgence), Fox, 1996.

Opposite Sex, Fox, 2000.

"Grim Ferrytale," Glory Days (also known as CSL-Crime Scene Lake Glory, Demontown, Demon Town—A cidade do demonio, and L'ile de l'etrange), The WB, 2002.

The Virgin of Akron, Ohio, Lifetime, 2007.